States subsidise winter feed for dairy farmers by £175,000
DAIRY farmers are to receive £175,000 of taxpayers’ money to feed the Island’s herds after this year’s exceptionally dry weather caused fodder crops to fail.
Feed budgeting vital this summer
There are a number of options for farmers looking for assistance when it came to feed budgeting.
USDA: Tariffs to raise dairy feed costs, hinder US market share expansion in China
The US Department of Agriculture (USDA) released details about the dairy production industry in China and the challenges that US producers face with that industry on Thursday [November 1] in a Foreign Agricultural Service’s agricultural attaché’s report.
Dairy farmers hit by rising feed prices
HAY and feed grain prices paid by WA dairy farmers have risen by at least 23 per cent this year on the back of drought-driven demand from the Eastern States.
NSW farmers desperately seeking feed from all over Australia as the drought deepens
Many farmers in Australia are desperately searching for feed to keep precious livestock alive as the drought deepens.
Milk Prices Are Getting Ugly; At Least Feed Prices are Low, Too
Milk prices have been on the decline for several months. Fortunately, feed prices are low as well. ( Wyatt Bechtel ) For the current issue, the Class III component price for November closed at $16.88/cwt and then decreased to $15.44/cwt in December. The January Class III futures price is unchanged at $15.44/cwt, but it is […]
Farmers buying feed to keep cows milking as drought ravages coastal Taranaki
Herds are being dried off months early on some farms and dozens of cows are being culled as feed runs out in drought-hit coastal Taranaki.
By: CATHERINE GROENESTEIN
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/business/farming/100839871/farmers-buying-feed-to-keep-cows-milking-as-drought-ravages-coastal-taranaki
Feeding productive dairy cows is balancing act
Feeds from one year may be drastically different from the next.
By: Jan Shepel
Source: Wisconsin State Farmer
Link: http://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/2017/11/21/feeding-productive-dairy-cows-balancing-act/883061001/
Could the EU’s giant stocks of milk powder end up as animal feed
The EU’s giant stocks of skimmed milk powder (SMP) may end up as animal feed as the Commission continues to explore all options for its disposal, Commissioner Phil Hogan said yesterday.
By: Ciaran Moran
Source: Independent
WASDE Lowers Milk, Feed Prices
On Tuesday USDA released the September Crop Production and WASDE reports. Class III milk price forecast for 2017 was increased slightly, Class IV took a dip, and the all-milk price is was reduced to $17.70 to $17.90 for 2017. By: Anna-Lisa Laca