Industry News

Adverse economic conditions and herd liquidations continue to apply downward pressure on prices paid for dairy replacement cows.

The new Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) program was designed to provide simpler, more comprehensive risk management opportunities for dairies of any size. This new revenue-based insurance program offers several choices that allow farmers to create a more predictable and sustainable revenue stream. 

September 2018’s Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) calculations indicate margins improved somewhat, thanks to a combination of a slightly higher U.S. average milk price and lower soybean meal price, which offset higher prices for corn and alfalfa hay. There will be no MPP-Dairy payments at any level for the month.

Digest Highlights

• Dairy-RP activity surpasses 1.3 billion pounds of milk
• A2 milk advertising claims referred for review
• Hart Dairy expanding distribution to Asia
• AMPI upgrades Minnesota cheese plant
• Agropur: Canada first
• Saputo to acquire F&A Dairy Products
• Professional Dairy Producers Foundation grant application deadline is Dec. 1

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has confirmed that a Wisconsin dairy herd has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB).

The USDA needs to better reflect the dairy farm incomes lost to tariff retaliation when it calculates its next round of trade mitigation payments, according to a leader of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF).