Record percentage of Wisconsin dairy farms go out of business in 2018
“America’s Dairyland” lost a record percentage of dairy farms in 2018, according to the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade, and Consumer Protection.
How will new farm bill impact Southwest Missouri dairy farmers?
In overwhelming votes, the United States House of Representatives and the Senate approved the farm bill. If signed into law by President Trump, the new farm bill will cover a lot of ground.
Dairy's 'impressive' impact on NZ's economy
Fonterra says a recently-released NZIER report commissioned by the Dairy Companies Association of New Zealand, shows the value the dairy industry adds to New Zealand and rural communities.
New farm bill boosts protection for dairy farms
The Agriculture Improvement Act of 2018, also known as the farm bill, was passed last week with bipartisan support in both chambers of Congress.
It's not easy being cheesy
How the dairy industry works through an oversupply.
Virginia’s losing one dairy farm a week. Can cheese save the industry?
Cline Brubaker bought his dad’s dairy farm in 1967, but he has no plans to entice his own children into the family business. He shut down his farm in October after more than 50 years of milking cows and plans to begin selling off his land.
New Farm Bill does not solve all the dairy farmers' financial problems
Despite many claims coming from several people, the new Farm Bill only potentially covers some of the dairymen’s’ losses.
More farmers benefit from improved dairy safety net tool
More than 21,400 dairy producers opted for coverage through the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) in 2018, up by more than 2,000 producers from the previous year.
Dairy industry's near $1billion value to Taranaki economy revealed
The dairy industry accounted for 11 per cent of the Taranaki region’s economy and earned nearly $1billion last year, a new report reveals.
Sheep and goat dairy industry among beneficiaries of Government's almost $2 million investment in Southland
The Southland region will receive almost $2 million in funding from the Provincial Growth Fund (PGF) with the sheep and goat dairy industry, a salmon hatchery, and an Invercargill development project the initiatives to benefit.