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U.S. average all-milk price halted a six-month downward trend. California Class 4a/4b milk prices increased from June. The Margin Protection Program for Dairy will pay at the $6 per hundredweight coverage level and above. With slumping milk prices through much of the first half of 2016, U.S. quarterly dairy herd replacement cow prices weakened. This and other U.S. dairy economic news can be found here.
The University of Wisconsin-Madison’s Program on Dairy Markets and Policy launched a new podcast series, “Phone-A-Friend.” The series format is based on a popular U.S. television game show in which a participant is able to call a friend if they’re struggling with the answer to a question.
From the top of the Hopkins Farm Creamery’s 80-foot tall silo, one can see the Lewes Beach coastline. Five miles from the beach and a 10-minute drive by car, tourists and beachgoers stop at the popular ice cream shop after a hot day in the sand and swim on the coast.
The last in a series of five payments to settle a class-action lawsuit between southeast U.S. dairy farmers and Dean Foods is expected by early fall, according to Farrah Newberry, executive director of Georgia Milk Producers Inc.
Lower prices, but more regulations, characterize the crop input picture in the second half of 2016, according to the Northwest Farm Credit Services (FCS) Crop Inputs Market Snapshot.
Although they’re in different parts of the country, Pacific Northwest and Southcentral U.S. agricultural land has something in common: Values are holding despite a multitude of economic pressures.
A few nights ago, my hubby was out moving cows with friends. He texted me at 7:30 telling me they were almost done and he'd see me soon. Before long, it was 8:30. No hubby. Then 9:30. 10:30 crept up, no word.
The Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) will provide indemnity payments to dairy producers with milk income over feed cost margins insured down to $6 per hundredweight (cwt) level, according to the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA).
