The Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) program is hitting a milestone date in its six-month existence: On April 22, the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) will announce average prices used to calculate potential indemnity payments for milk revenue covered during the first quarter of 2019, according to Robin Schmahl with AgDairy LLC.
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Initially, smaller farms installed robotic milking systems because they wanted improved lifestyle and labor flexibility. It also allowed them to milk more cows without hiring labor. More recently, larger farms are considering robots because of the challenge of finding hired labor. We continue to get questions about actual labor savings, expected robot lifespan and repair costs. The true experts on these topics are the robot users.
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- Stop dairying in early 2018? You may be eligible for partial MPP-Dairy payments
- ‘Retroactive’ MPP-Dairy payments arriving
- Fairlife to build production facility in Arizona
- California Cattle Council approved
- Proposal require over-order premium transparency on Pennsylvania milk checks
- Another temporary Northeast milk dumping request granted
- Large dairy manure biogas conversion project launched in Yakima County
- More than 150 workers have completed advanced dairy training
- USDA Census of Agriculture set for release on April 11
The Dairy Together Road Show continues its trek across the U.S., seeking support for dairy policy changes providing both short-term relief and long-term structural changes.
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