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MN Dairy Numbers Continue to Dwindle

Published January 22, 2020

In Minnesota, 315 licensed dairy farms exited the industry in 2019. That’s according to data released by the Minnesota Department of Agriculture. This is the second year in a row the state has lost more than 300 dairies. 2,448 licensed…

Strong Domestic Dairy Demand Expected to Continue in 2020

Published December 26, 2019

The outlook improved for the U.S. dairy sector toward the end of 2019. AgResource Company President Dan Basse says domestic product demand was strong the last six months of the year. That’s expected to continue in 2020. "We're relatively upbeat…

U.S. Dairy Milk Production Shows Slight Increase for November

Published December 19, 2019

November milk production in the U.S totaled 17.4 billion pounds in November; up a half percent from a year ago. USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service also revised the October milk production number up 1.4 percent from a year ago to…

MN Milk Production Increases from One Year Ago

Published December 19, 2019

Milk production in Minnesota during November totaled 798 million pounds, a one percent year-over-year increase. USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service says the average number of milk cows during November was 446,000 head, down 5,000 head from one year earlier and…

SD Milk Production Increases in November

Published December 19, 2019

South Dakota milk production in November increased five percent from one year ago at 232 million pounds. That's according to USDA’s National Ag Statistics Service. The average number of milk cows in South Dakota’s the dairy herd was up 5,000…

Enrollment Reopens for MN DAIRI Program

Published December 17, 2019

Enrollment for the Minnesota Department of Agriculture’s Dairy Assistance, Investment and Relief Initiative (DAIRI) program will reopen through the end of 2019. To qualify, farmers must have produced less than 160,000 hundredweight of milk in 2018. Farmers will be paid…

An Optimistic Outlook Remains for the Dairy Industry

Published November 29, 2019

Midwest Dairy Board Chairman Allen Merrill remains optimistic about the future of the dairy industry as the industry adjusts to current market forces. "The dairy industry is changing. We've seen a price point a little more appealing coming out of…

Stronger Milk Prices Provide Hedging Opportunities

Published November 6, 2019

November Class III Milk futures have move above $20 per hundredweight. Kluis Commodities market analyst Jacob Burks sees that $20-plus price as a psychological level for dairy producers. "This has been too little, too late for some of these dairies,"…

AMPI Discontinues Production at Two Plants

Published November 4, 2019

Due to a decline in dairy farm numbers and milk production in the region, Associated Milk Producers, Incorporated is shutting down two of its plants. Those facilities are the Rochester, Minnesota cheese plant and the Arlington, Iowa nonfat dry milk…

Little Change for June Milk Output

Published July 23, 2019

In the 24 major dairy states, June milk production totaled more than 17 billion pounds. That’s up just a fraction of one percent from last year. In Minnesota, milk output increased one percent from last year. At the same time,…

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MN Dairy Numbers Continue to Dwindle

Strong Domestic Dairy Demand Expected to Continue in 2020

U.S. Dairy Milk Production Shows Slight Increase for November

MN Milk Production Increases from One Year Ago

SD Milk Production Increases in November

Enrollment Reopens for MN DAIRI Program

An Optimistic Outlook Remains for the Dairy Industry

Stronger Milk Prices Provide Hedging Opportunities

AMPI Discontinues Production at Two Plants

Little Change for June Milk Output

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