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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…

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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…

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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.…

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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…

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A Fire in South Dakota State University Dairy Unit

Published February 8, 2022

The South Dakota State University dairy unit in Brookings, South Dakota caught fire last Tuesday. A 9-1-1 call was sent shortly before 8 a.m. and an all-clear notice was given around 9:30 a.m. According to an extension specialist, the damage…

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Dairy Farmers Urged to Embrace Marketing Opportunities

TransFARMation: Record Milk Check Offset by High Production Costs

U.S. Dairy Industry Applauds Ocean Shipping Reform Act Passage

The U.S. Initiates Another Dispute Panel Against Canada

Holding Canada Accountable

Untangling the Supply Chain

Origin of Livestock Final Rule for Organic Dairy Published

Holding Trade Partners Accountable

Origin of Livestock Rule Released

A Fire in South Dakota State University Dairy Unit

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