September’s Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) advanced Class I base price will hit a six-month low, while likely escalating producer irritation over the 2019 “Class I mover” formula change.  

Tips for implementing a safety-oriented culture on the farm for employees and family members of all ages.  

Does the right hand know what the left hand is doing on your farm?  
The truth is: On a lot of farms, partners couldn’t tell you what their other partners are planning on doing the next day. On even more farms, partners assume they know what their partners are doing and get upset when it turns out they really didn’t. Most of the time, when a partner does get upset, nothing is mentioned beyond disgruntled body language, but from time to time there is a blow up with energy being vented both for the current situation and also the past 10 incidents that weren’t ever mentioned.   

Milk prices declined and feed costs continued to rise in July, cutting into monthly dairy producer milk income over feed cost margins calculated under the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program.

Trusts can be very effective at establishing succession plans for second marriages, providing adequate income to the spouse while protecting the assets for the deceased spouse’s children.