Industry News

The last few years have proven rough for even the most efficient dairy farms. Seeking federal policy changes to address those financial struggles, hundreds of dairy producers gathered over the last few months at events organized by the National Farmers Organization (NFO) and Wisconsin Farmers Union (WFU), dubbed the Dairy Together Road Show.

Digest Highlights

• Dairy-RP indemnity payments beginning
• Interest rate movement mixed
• Beef, dairy collaboration launches HOLSim program
• New publication provides snapshot of LLCs for Midwest farming businesses
• FFAR grant funds dairy cow heat stress research
• Cargill conducts voluntary recall of select Southern States feed products

U.S. cheese exports hit a record high in March, but a setback in negotiations with China cast some dark clouds over the trade picture.

If the latest USDA projections hold true, U.S. dairy farmers could see the 2019 all-milk price top $18 per hundredweight (cwt), the first time that’s happened since 2014.

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farmers and leading companies, announced its eighth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award winners during a May 8 ceremony in Rosemont, Illinois. 

What does the African swine fever (ASF) epidemic in China have to do with U.S. dairy product exports? Plenty, according to Mary Ledman, global dairy strategist with Rabobank.