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The 5 best practices for Dairy-RP

July 19, 2021

Curtis Bosma

As a risk management tool, Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) provides protection against a decline in revenue (yield and/or price). With premiums subsidized by the USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA), dairy producers can protect quarterly milk revenue for up to five quarters into the future.

Weekly Digest: Mailbox and all-milk prices maintain spread

July 6, 2021

Dave Natzke

Digest Highlights

1Q 2021 mailbox, all-milk prices maintain wider spread
California QIP referendum falls short of passage
Darigold plans $500 million protein and butter facility
Global Dairy Trade index down again
Ag Economy Barometer dips
Things you might have missed: KDI and Agri-Mark expansions, Nebraska analysis
Coming up: June uniform prices, PPDs released next week

Using earth-heated systems for open water

February 24, 2021

Richard Winebrenner

Whether ranchers and farmers are raising cattle, bison, horses, sheep or other livestock, reliably providing fresh water is a necessity throughout the year, but a particular challenge during winter when standing water sources can ice over.

New agricultural air quality research task force members announced

January 20, 2021

Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue announced Jan. 19 the appointment of 26 members to serve on the USDA Task Force for Agricultural Air Quality Research.

Vilsack to return to USDA under Biden administration

December 11, 2020

Carrie Veselka

President-elect Joe Biden announced Dec. 10 that Tom Vilsack will return to the helm of the USDA.

3 Open Minutes with Dennis Hancock, Ph.D

September 30, 2020

Dennis W. Hancock

The U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center (USDFRC) is a research center of the USDA devoted to the optimization of the use of forages in improving dairy cattle production and sustainability. The center employs 20 research scientists and 40 support staff, and hosts another 40 students, post-docs and visiting scientists.

Improvements added to the Livestock Risk Protection Insurance Program

September 22, 2020

The USDA Risk Management Agency (RMA) recently announced it is increasing premium subsidies and will make other improvements to the Livestock Risk Protection (LRP) plan of insurance for feeder cattle, fed cattle and swine, starting with the 2021 crop year.

APHIS awards contracts to purchase up to 8 million RFID eartags

August 14, 2020

USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently awarded contracts to purchase up to 8 million low-frequency radio frequency identification (RFID) eartags, which will help increase overall animal disease traceability in cattle and bison.

USDA reports on cattle market investigation

August 3, 2020

Carrie Veselka

The USDA recently released a preliminary report of their findings from the investigation into price spread in the cattle markets.

APHIS invests $27 million in foot-and-mouth disease vaccine stockpile

July 24, 2020

Carrie Veselka

The USDA Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) recently announced the purchase of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) vaccine for the National Animal Vaccine and Veterinary Countermeasures Bank (NAVVCB).

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