Industry News

Low-fat and fat-free milk plays a key role in school feeding programs and is required to be offered with every school breakfast and lunch because of its unique nutrient package. In school year 2018, more than 3 billion pounds of milk were served in school feeding programs.

Nearly half of dairy owners have heightened concern for adequate forage supplies for their farms this year. That’s according to recent online and phone surveys conducted by Progressive Dairy.

The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) released results of the 2017 Census of Agriculture, spanning some 6.4 million new points of information about U.S. farms and ranches and those who operate them.

You’re busy milking cows and making corn silage. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business.

Less than 10 days remain for U.S. dairy farmers to enroll in the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program for 2019. Then, three weeks later, the DMC enrollment period opens for 2020.

Digest Highlights

• Dean Foods to pursue ‘stand-alone’ strategy
• August Class III, IV milk prices diverge
• Rhode Island: Wright's Dairy Farm named 2019 Outstanding Dairy Farm
• Reinford to chair Pennsylvania Dairy Future Commission
• California ‘quota’ process moves to phase two
• New Mexico Milkmaid, Cargill team up for milk donation campaign
• Pennsylvania CDE offers dairy team grants
• DFA seeking applicants for Accelerator program
• Milk Donation Reimbursement Program details unveiled
• Nomination period open for ninth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards