Producers weighing #dairy policy shift in new farm bill
As the dust settles on February’s enactment of the Agricultural Act of 2014, commonly referred to as the farm bill, experts continue to analyze the bill’s provisions to determine what the legislation means for farmers in Pennsylvania and beyond. With the U.S. Department of Agriculture busy writing new rules to implement the nearly 1,000-page law, […]
U.S. Senate Warns Europeans to Stop Food Fight Over #Dairy Names
A bipartisan majority of the U.S. Senate weighed in this week on the importance of rejecting European Union efforts to restrict the use of common food names, including a variety of popular, well-known cheeses, used by U.S. dairy producers and companies.
The #dairy bonanza just gets better
An already good year for most of the country’s dairy farmers is turning into an even better one.
#Dairy farmer commitment
RECENT investment in the WA dairy industry is showing the resilience of producers on the back of some tough years.
#Milk price hike puts question mark over SMP exports
Mother Dairy, one of the biggest sellers of milk in north India, resorted to repeated increase in price of milk, followed by hike in rates by private dairy Gopaljee Ananda right in the middle of flush season of 2013-14.
#Dairy prices rise at latest auction
Dairy product prices have risen for the second GlobalDairyTrade (GDT) auction in a row, led by butter and whole milk powder, while volumes continued to retreat.
Manuka dairy firm under investigation in Chile
New Zealand dairy company Manuka is under investigation by Chilean authorities for alleged animal abuse in killing 6000 calves unusable in the milk production process.
2014 looks to be promising for #dairy farmers
Looking back at 2013, many producers would say it was a pretty good year; milk prices went up, feed prices dropped and the U.S. exported a record amount of dairy. Although there is always uncertainly in the upcoming year, many dairy economists are positioning 2014 to be an even more profitable.
Heatwave hits crops, #milk production
Vegetable producers say the extent of crop damage from this week’s heatwave in southern Australia won’t be known for weeks.
#Milk price outlook, the unforeseen risk of the US’
“The huge increase in supplies of natural gas and oil in the US and Canada will probably pose a strong risk to future Irish milk price by enabling US milk producers to be competitive at lower prices than before.”