Citing a “significant and unprecedented imbalance” between milk supply and demand, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) is requesting increased milk pooling flexibility in the Northeast federal milk marketing order (FMMO 1).

When we started down the milking robot road five years ago, there were plenty of people who considered this the end of our four-generation run at dairy farming. But instead of failure, we have emerged with better cow health, better reproductive efficiency, more milk production, less labor hassles and a better quality of life.

The U.S. beef cattle industry continues to improve efficiencies and enhance production, which results in a more sustainable product for consumers. To support producer education, The Samuel Roberts Noble Foundation will host its sixth annual Texoma Cattlemen’s Conference, the premier beef conference in the Southern Great Plains. Entitled The Future of Sustainable Beef, the conference will take place from 9 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Feb. 24, at the Ardmore Convention Center in Ardmore, Oklahoma.

Some things don’t change. Yogurt starts with milk, and that requires dairy farmers, cows and feed. However, creating a non-GMO dairy supply chain requires changing some long-held business arrangements. One of those is the producer-processor relationship.

The 2017 Cattle Industry Convention and NCBA Trade Show wrapped up on Saturday with the election of Nebraska cattleman Craig Uden as the organization’s new president.

Meet Country Dairy, located near New Era, Michigan. While much of the attention on a non-GMO dairy supply chain has been on the East and West coasts and in small niche markets, Country Dairy is trying to create a larger presence in the Midwest.

Deadly storms that ravaged much of south Georgia Jan. 20-22 also damaged or destroyed many irrigation pivots that supply needed water to agricultural crops.

Clover Stornetta Farms is a third-generation family-owned-and-operated dairy processor and co-op in Sonoma County, California. In 2016, the brand announced it would begin transitioning all its 28 member farms to non-GMO feed to pursue a non-GMO Project Verified label.

According to the USDA, the national corn crop in 2016 was in the neighborhood of 15.2 billion bushels; prices are hovering somewhere around $3.50 per bushel, which is much less than those prices we saw in 2012 (an average of $6.89 per bushel), but much more than what we paid in 2005 ($2 per bushel).