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Having navigated through a stormy past, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and other dairy and agricultural companies face turbulence caused by outside political and economic forces, according to Bob Engel, chief executive officer of CoBank.
The oldest USDA Process Verified Program in existence, the Red Angus Feeder Calf Certification Program (FCCP), which cattlemen have come to recognize quickly with the distinctive yellow tag that denotes Red Angus-genetic feeder calves, is setting new sales records.
Dairy farmers daily observe outside forces flowing into their operations and shaping what they do and what revenue floats to the surface. If armed with current information, they can funnel the impact of those forces into profit-making energy.
Hay and straw producers can add value to their products by achieving weed-free forage certification through the South Dakota Department of Agriculture (SDDA).
Two major agricultural banks forecast an improved global dairy price picture, but differ slightly on the timeline. The European Union (EU) is the epicenter for both.
Gary Wilson from Jenera, Ohio, has been active in the forage industry as a producer, extension agent and educator, and has sat on many forage-related organizational boards. His forage involvement has spanned a lifetime.
It's no secret that dairy producers are facing a steep deterioration in milk prices. Class III milk futures have fallen about 45 percent from a peak of $24 per hundredweight in 2014. Though this decline is consistent with milk price cycles, the drop is more pronounced than usual in monetary terms.
U.S. hay producers intend to harvest 54.3 million acres of all hay in 2016, according to the USDA’s annual Prospective Plantings report released March 31.
Alfalfa harvest is underway in Arizona and California. Fields are greening up in other regions, giving a glimpse of how the hay crop survived winter. Most areas of the country reported adequate to surplus hay and roughage supplies.
