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Senators Ask USDA for More COVID-19 Relief for Dairy

Published October 30, 2020

A group of Senators sent a letter to the USDA asking the agency to cover dairy meat production losses in the new Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. While milk is the primary income for dairy farms, the lawmakers said many process…

Milk Production Increases

Published October 22, 2020

Milk production in the 24 major milk producing states was at 17.2 billion pounds in September, an increase of 2.4 percent from one year ago. USDA also revised August production upward by nearly two percent from one year ago to…

2021 Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up Underway

Published October 16, 2020

The National Milk Producers Federation is encouraging dairy farmers sign up for maximum coverage under the 2021 Dairy Margin Coverage program. Program sign-up is now open. COVID-19 related volatility is expected to continue well into next year and DMC payments…

Farmers to Family Food Box Program Strengthening Milk Prices

Published September 25, 2020

The announcement USDA will be hosting another Farmers to Families Food Box program is helping boost Class III milk prices. The demand from the government program is expected to last through the end of November into December. "What's going to…

Less Than $10 Billion Paid in CFAP So Far

Published September 13, 2020

Friday was the sign-up deadline for the Coronavirus Food Assistance Program. As of September 8, the USDA paid out less than $10 billion to farmers and ranchers across the country. The total is an increase of more than $300 million…

Vilsack: U.S. Dairy Needs Canada to Comply with USMCA

Published August 17, 2020

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement requires Canada to eliminate their class six and seven milk pricing systems and to have a fair dairy tariff rate quota. The U.S. dairy industry says Canada is currently limiting access to their dairy market, filling quotas…

Lawmakers Ask U.S. Government to Enforce USMCA Dairy Provisions

Published August 13, 2020

On Thursday, a bipartisan coalition of House lawmakers sent a letter to the U.S. government urging them to enforce provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council are showing support for the effort.…

Senators Seek Food Name Safeguards in Trade Talks

Published August 9, 2020

Sixty-one U.S. Senators sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue asking them to establish a core U.S. policy objective in all trade-related discussion regarding specific common food names. The Senators are urging the…

A Roller Coaster Market

Published August 7, 2020

The dairy industry has seen huge swings in the market. "We had $2 cheese and we went to $1 cheese and then it was $3 cheese and now we're back in the neighborhood of $2 again," said Michael Dykes, president/CEO,…

Demand for Cheese Declines, Prices Take a Tumble

Published August 6, 2020

Cheese prices nosedived this past week. AgResource Company President Dan Basse says that’s due, in part, to a drop in demand as the USDA Farmers to Family Food Box program winds down. "We're now seeing the dairy markets reflecting less…

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Senators Ask USDA for More COVID-19 Relief for Dairy

Milk Production Increases

2021 Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up Underway

Farmers to Family Food Box Program Strengthening Milk Prices

Less Than $10 Billion Paid in CFAP So Far

Vilsack: U.S. Dairy Needs Canada to Comply with USMCA

Lawmakers Ask U.S. Government to Enforce USMCA Dairy Provisions

Senators Seek Food Name Safeguards in Trade Talks

A Roller Coaster Market

Demand for Cheese Declines, Prices Take a Tumble

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