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The USDA approved another $1 billion to fund a third round of the “Farmers to Families Food Box Program,” an effort to feed the nation’s hungry while boosting demand for U.S. agricultural commodities during the ongoing coronavirus pandemic.
How are animal health, nutrition and precision farming emerging from the current crisis, and how can we create a more connected future for the livestock industry? To answer these questions, a powerhouse of 10 high-flying international animal ag-tech startups will pitch their innovative technologies at the virtual Animal AgTech Innovation Summit on Sept. 14.
Export-assisted products in 2020 represent the milkfat equivalent of 642.6 million pounds of milk. That’s equal to the average annual milk production of 27,472 U.S. dairy cows.
You’re busy milking cows, harvesting crops and wondering what keeps other folks happy on Labor Day weekend while you do what you love. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business.
Retail dairy prices and their relation to milk prices are frequent questions at dairy farmer meetings. Using two dairy products found in almost every dairy case, natural cheddar cheese and whole milk, this article examines how retail prices compare to raw milk prices.
After limiting year-over-year milk production growth to about 0.5% in the second quarter of the year, July 2020 output bounced up about 1.5% compared to a year earlier, according to the USDA’s monthly Milk Production report, released Aug. 19. The increase was fueled by higher milk prices that were incentive enough for producers to reverse a three-month trend to cut cow numbers but limited by very modest growth in milk production per cow.
Also on Aug. 19, the USDA’s Ag Marketing Service announced the September 2020 Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) Class I base price of $18.44 per hundredweight (cwt). After peaking last month, the September price is down $1.34 from August 2020 but 59 cents more than September 2019. Through the first nine months of 2020, the Class I base price average is $16.65 per cwt, just 14 cents more than the same period a year ago.
Last week’s derecho (high winds) in the Midwest was a stark reminder of how Mother Nature is in charge. This was one of the big events that changes how a year of farming turns out, especially if you are in the center of it. There are so many pictures of flat corn and snapped corn, plus lots of ruined grain bins. Some of this event will be covered by crop insurance, wind insurance and property/casualty insurance. It still is a big deal.
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