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USDA's Milk Price Changes and Biggest Corn and Soy Crops Ever
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA’s proposed changes to how milk should be priced could impact California dairy farmers more negatively than other states, and farmers are on track to harvest some of their biggest corn and soybean crops ever.
Sustainable Groundwater Management Act and Wheat Production Higher
The Agribusiness Update
As California farmers prepare for groundwater cutbacks with implementation of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, they are trying to stretch every drop, and U.S. wheat production for 2024-25 is forecast at 2.008 billion bushels, the largest crop since 2016-17.
Lenders Urge Stronger Sugar Policy and Wheat Production Higher
The Agribusiness Update
Farm lenders and financial experts sent a letter to Ag leaders urging Congress to strengthen U.S. sugar policy in the Farm Bill and oppose efforts to weaken the farm safety net, and U.S. wheat production for 2024-25 is forecast at 2.008 billion bushels, the largest crop since 2016-17.
Discussion Continues on USDA FMMO Update
California Ag Today
Erica Maedke, vice president of insights at Ever.Ag, sees potential challenges in recommendations that came out from the USDA on July 1.
Evolving Trends of Dairy Sales
California Ag Today
Cheese, butter, and yogurt are fueling category growth, along with new dairy-based products designed to capitalize on convenience, health, and snacking trends.
California Burn Ban and Bird Flu Price Tag
The Agribusiness Update
Farmers in the eight counties of California’s San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District will be prohibited from nearly all open burning under a state law adopted in 2003, and USDA's response to bird flu in poultry and cows will end up costing at least $2 billion.
Tyson Sells Georgia Poultry Plant and Bird Flu Price Tag
The Agribusiness Update
Tyson Foods has entered into an agreement to sell its Vienna, Georgia poultry complex to House of Raeford Farms, and USDA's response to bird flu in poultry and cows will end up costing at least $2 billion.
Unlucky Number 13
California Ag Today
The H5N1 avian influenza had now been found in over 150 U.S. dairy herds spread over thirteen states.
Federal Milk Marketing Order Progress Report
Line on Agriculture
The National Milk Producers Federation is pleased with the proposed changes to the Federal Milk Marketing Order.
USDA Dairy Assistance and Beef Export Values Highest in a Year
The Agribusiness Update
The USDA is accepting applications for financial assistance to dairy producers who incur losses due to bird flu, and U.S. beef export value topped $900 million in May, the highest since June of last year.
4th of July Food Prices Higher and Colorado Dairy Worker Gets Bird Flu
The Agribusiness Update
In case you didn’t notice, the food for your Fourth of July celebration came with stubbornly high prices at the grocery store, and public health officials in Colorado announced that a dairy farm employee tested positive for avian flu last week.
5,000 More Dairy Cows and a Decline in Cheese Stocks
California Ag Today
We’re talking milk stocks on today’s program following up on recent data from the U.S. milk production report which indicates a slight year-over-year decrease.
Filtered Manure Water for Irrigation and Support for Renewable Energy Down
The Agribusiness Update
Prompted by drought-induced water-allocation cutbacks in 2014, DeJager Farms turned to buried drip irrigation and manure water from its dairy to try to survive, and a Pew Research Center survey shows a decline in America’s support for renewable energy.
USDA Proposes Changes to Federal Milk Marketing Order
California Ag Today
Roger Cryan, chief economist with the American Farm Bureau, says the changes are a mixed bag.
USDA Proposals After 49-Day FMMO Hearing
California Ag Today
Late last year and into the start of 2024, the USDA held a 49-day Federal Milk Marketing Order hearing and listened to hundreds of hours of testimony, which resulted in reform proposals released this week.
ELAP Opens Up to Dairy Producers Harmed by H5N1
California Ag Today
The Farm Service Agency expanded ELAP through the rule-making process to assist with a portion of financial losses resulting from reduced milk production when cattle are removed from commercial milking in dairy herds having a confirmed positive H5N1 test.
H5N1 Work by USDA Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The H5N1 virus, or bird flu, continues to make headlines due to its impact on the dairy industry and in the poultry industry from where it originated.
H5N1 Work by USDA Pt 1
Washington State Farm Bureau Report
The H5N1 virus, or bird flu, continues to make headlines due to its impact on the dairy industry and in the poultry industry from where it originated.
Dairy as a Health and Wellness Product
California Ag Today
The California Milk Advisory Board has announced the return of the Real California Milk Excelerator competition with an emphasis on Health & Wellness startups.
A Tale of Two Species
Southeast Regional Ag News
The H5N1 virus continues to be a story in the dairy industry and the poultry industry it originated from. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the virus has differing effects on each.