Articles tagged under: dairy
Dairy Farmers Urged to Embrace Marketing Opportunities
Published November 8, 2022
AgDairy marketing specialist Robin Schmahl expects Class III milk prices to remain steady with little change expected in milk production or consumer demand. "Higher demand probably isn't going to happen because of the current economic situation and it will take…TransFARMation: Record Milk Check Offset by High Production Costs
Published July 22, 2022
"The margins shrunk," said Mark Sauter, who farms at Cannon Falls, Minnesota. "With today's price, we're floating probably 50 cents either side of breakeven; the feed costs are a big chunk of that." In the TransFARMation podcast, Sauter describes the…U.S. Dairy Industry Applauds Ocean Shipping Reform Act Passage
Published June 14, 2022
National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council Executive Vice President of Policy and Strategy Jaime Castaneda says indirectly, the Ocean Shipping Reform Act provides a set of new rules the Federal Maritime Commission will follow. "The FMC will…The U.S. Initiates Another Dispute Panel Against Canada
Published May 25, 2022
Canada is not meeting their dairy trade obligations under the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. On Wednesday, the Office of the U.S. Trade Representative initiated a second dispute panel to address the challenge. The U.S. issued the first dispute panel earlier this year.…Holding Canada Accountable
Published May 22, 2022
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack met with his Canadian counterpart during the G7 meetings in Germany. Vilsack discussed a dispute panel’s enforcement of the dairy provisions in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "I had a very frank and specific conversation with her about…Untangling the Supply Chain
Published May 16, 2022
The U.S. dairy industry is untangling the supply chain crisis. "Within the last year, because of the imbalance of how people were buying things, companies that shipped products from Asia unload those ships and sent them back empty," said Chris…Origin of Livestock Final Rule for Organic Dairy Published
Published April 8, 2022
The USDA published the Origin of Livestock final rule for organic dairy in the Federal Register. The new rule will allow a dairy livestock operation transitioning to organic or starting a new organic farm to transition non-organic animals one time.…Holding Trade Partners Accountable
Published April 1, 2022
U.S. Trade Representative Katherine Tai answered questions from the House Ways and Means Committee this past week about holding trade partners accountable for implementing trade agreements. This includes the way Canada handled dairy market access in the U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement. "This…Origin of Livestock Rule Released
Published April 1, 2022
The USDA released the details of the Origin of Livestock rule for organic dairy. This final rule changes USDA’s organic regulations that are meant to promote a fairer and more competitive market for dairy farmers. This new rule allows new…