Industry News

Southeast U.S. dairy producers and processors continue recovery efforts following Hurricane Michael, while damage assessment and a return to normalcy are ongoing following Hurricane Florence.

Most dairy farmers are still kicking the tires, but some are already buying coverage under the new Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) insurance program.

Digest Highlights

• Second dairy biogas project begins operations in Indiana
• August fluid sales slip
• Global Dairy Trade prices mixed
• Environmental groups suing EPA over air emission exemption
• Stand-alone California QIP effective Nov. 1
• Sanders’ bill prioritizes dairy federal emergency payments
• FarmFirst Dairy urges FDA to use existing dietary guidelines to define ‘healthy’
• Law paves way for California Cattle Council referendum
• DFA employees aided ‘Hunger Month’ efforts

Florida and Georgia dairy leaders continue to assess the damage from Hurricane Michael, but it appears Georgia suffered the most severe damage.

The USDA’s October World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report boosted milk production forecasts for both 2018 and 2019, while also projecting only a slight improvement in 2019 prices.

For only the second time in World Dairy Expo’s 52-year history, the Supreme Champion of the Junior Show and the Supreme Champion of World Dairy Expo were the same cow. Cutting Edge T Delilah, exhibited by Kyle Barton of Copake, New York, was named Grand Champion Brown Swiss and the 2018 Supreme Champion of both the junior and open shows.