Source: Dairy Management Inc. news release
The Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) New Product Competition for college students is accepting entries for 2024.
The competition seeks innovative dairy product concepts and is open to undergraduate and graduate students in the U.S.
This year's...
By Daniel Munch, American Farm Bureau Federation
On August 23, USDA began hearing testimony on proposals to amend the Federal Milk Marketing Order system. The 21 submitted proposals have been categorized under six different subjects by USDA. The second subject,...
Source: USDA
The USDA, Economic Research Service (ERS) forecasts inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI) to decrease by $60.5 billion (28.9 percent) from 2022 to $148.6 billion in 2023. Similarly, U.S. net farm income (NFI) is forecast to fall...
Source: Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative news release
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative today announced the hiring of Laura Hensley to lead the company's communication team to help develop and execute the multiple channels of communications to members, lawmakers and other...
Source: Iowa State University
Milk production in Iowa during July 2023 totaled 502 million pounds, up 2 percent from the previous July according to the latest USDA, National Agricultural Statistics Service – Milk Production report. The average number of milk...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Hannah Taylor, William Hahn, Angel Terán, Mildred Haley, Grace Grossen, and Adriana Valcu-Lisman
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for August 2023 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s “World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates”...
Source: Iowa State University
The USDA Farm Service Agency administers a Livestock Indemnity Program (LIP) for livestock owners who have livestock deaths exceeding normal mortality caused by eligible adverse weather, such as extreme heat stress.
“Producers who lost animals due to...
Source: The Dairy Alliance
Hillcrest Farms is a contender for “Innovation in Sustainable Farming Practices-Socio-Economic”
After a remarkable year of sustainability progress, Hillcrest Farms Inc., a member of The Dairy Alliance, has been nominated as a finalist in the 2023 International...
Source: University of Maine
With new developments in so-called “precision technology,” farmers can use high-tech tools to learn more about their land and animals — and improve their practices. Glenda Pereira, assistant extension professor and dairy specialist at the University...
Source: https://www.blackburn.senate.gov/2023/8/blackburn-baldwin-introduce-bill-to-support-american-dairy-businesses
U.S. Senators Marsha Blackburn (R-Tenn.) and Tammy Baldwin (D-Wis.) introduced the Dairy Business Innovation Act of 2023, bipartisan legislation that will reauthorize and strengthen the Dairy Business Innovation (DBI) Initiatives to help more American dairy farmers and...
