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Weekly Digest: 2021 DMC payments top $1.1 billion

December 7, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • 2021 DMC payments top $1.1 billion
  • DFA regional brands donating 2 million servings of milk
  • MMPA to acquire Superior Dairy
  • Land O’Lakes seeks to quell butter supply chain concerns
  • FMCSA extends COVID-19 emergency exemption
  • World Dairy Expo seeks new general manager
  • USDA buys nonfat dry milk, cheese
  • Input costs, policy changes weigh on producer sentiment
  • GDT price index keeps rising
  • And in other news …

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Weekly Digest: USDA denies Class I exemption request

November 30, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • USDA denies Class I exemption request
  • Vitaliano: Production shift taking on historical perspective
  • Lactalis closes acquisition of U.S. Kraft Heinz natural cheese business
  • Dairy cull cow slaughter steady
  • U.S. dairy export outlook improves
  • August 2021 mailbox, all-milk price spread narrows
  • Kansas seeks Supreme Court review of ag facility protection act

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What happened? What’s next? - A class paradigm shift to end 2021

November 24, 2021
Dave Natzke
In this column, Progressive Dairy summarizes issues in the news and attempts to describe how they might affect dairy farmers. Look for more extensive background, details and updates at Progressive Dairy.
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Let's Get Social: Featured dairy from social media – Annaliese Wegner of Modern-Day Farm Chick

November 24, 2021
Peggy Coffeen

How did you get started sharing your farming journey on social media?


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Checkoff Watch: Sharing the farm story with food chain leaders

November 24, 2021
Lana Smaciarz

You know how farm life goes. The work never seems to cease, and the thought of finding a spare moment for much of anything else can seem like a distant hope.


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Cheese Corner: American cheese

November 24, 2021
Kelly McCoy
No cheese (or “cheese”) brings as much controversy with it as American cheese. The plastic-wrapped singles that grace fast-food burgers and kids’ grilled cheese lunches are loved by some and hated by many in the U.S. these days.
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Weekly Digest: Home-centric meals support October retail dairy sales

November 22, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • Home-centric meals support October retail dairy sales
  • December 2021 Class I base price moves above $19
  • September 2021 fluid sales: Same story
  • USDA buys string cheese, seeks 19 million pounds of cheese
  • EPA unveils revised definition of ‘Waters of the U.S.’
  • Dairy invests in projects to reduce GHG emissions
  • Following up: Farm Credit East merger

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Weekly Digest: Changes to DMC program should be announced soon

November 16, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • Changes to DMC program should be announced soon
  • GDT price index continues to climb
  • USDA buys dairy products, seeks millions more
  • Dairy Business Innovation Initiatives grants awarded
  • Following up: Strikes coming to end

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What happened? What’s next? - All things (probably) come to those who wait

November 9, 2021
Dave Natzke
In this column, Progressive Dairy summarizes issues in the news and attempts to describe how they might affect dairy farmers. Look for more extensive background and details at Progressive Dairy.
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Weekly Digest: USDA outlook sees deeper milk production cuts

November 9, 2021
Dave Natzke
Digest Highlights
  • USDA milk outlook sees deeper production cuts
  • October Class IV milk price highest since November 2014
  • DFA’s Smith to retire; Rodenbaugh named successor
  • FSA county committee elections underway
  • NMPF presents ‘communication’ awards
  • USDA provides ‘organic’ pandemic financial support
  • USDA buys nonfat dry milk, string cheese; seeks UHT milk
  • NMPF, IDFA object to FDA sodium guidance
  • Things you might have missed

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