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State of the Dairy 2022: Beyond geography, there’s a squeeze in the middle

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Residing north of Sioux Falls, South Dakota, Michael Reecy is vice president of dairy-related business for Farm Credit Services of America, an agricultural lender with offices in Iowa, Nebraska, South Dakota and Wyoming.

State of the Dairy 2022: California in a ‘state’ of its own

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Many issues facing California dairy producers are not unique to the state, notes Daniela Bruno, University of California Extension dairy adviser in Fresno County.

State of the Dairy 2022: Water, regulations add to regional challenges

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

The collective mood of dairy producers in the Northwest and Mountain states was a mix of cautious optimism and apprehension as the new year got underway.

State of the Dairy 2022: Southwest: The neighborhood is changing

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Texas and New Mexico combine to produce about 10% of the U.S. milk supply, with about 80% of that total produced in northwest Texas and eastern New Mexico. Although the distance between them is short, in some ways dairy producers in the two states are seemingly a canyon apart.

State of the Dairy 2022: I-29 Corridor: At the intersection of growth and balance

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Winding its way north through the central U.S., Interstate 29 is a major artery connecting Nebraska, Iowa, Minnesota, South Dakota and North Dakota.

State of the Dairy 2022: Wisconsin the Midwest base for ‘forward’

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Starting 2022, few states are home to more dairy cows than they were a year ago. Based on the USDA’s semi-annual Cattle report, Wisconsin is one of them – up 15,000 head from a year earlier.

State of the Dairy 2022: Mideast: Balancing multiple market forces

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

Like many other major dairy states, last year’s story about cow numbers in Illinois, Indiana, Michigan and Ohio was written in two chapters. There was growth early in the year before numbers tailed off as base-excess programs and higher feed costs put lids on production.

State of the Dairy 2022: Southeast: The struggles continue

March 10, 2022

Dave Natzke

The current outlook for milk prices is creating cautious optimism among dairy producers in the Southeast. Beyond that, however, the mood turns more precarious, scarred by the recent past and clouded by uncertainty for the future.

The State of Dairy 2021: The caution signs are out

March 12, 2021

Dave Natzke

Almost immediately after Progressive Dairy put together its State of Dairy editorial package in February 2020 (and probably even before the magazine made it to your mailbox in March of last year), the COVID-19 pandemic rendered much of that report outdated.

The State of Dairy 2021: The state of retail sales: Maintaining strength

March 12, 2021

Dave Natzke

Driven by the change in at-home versus away-from-home eating habits, dairy sales through grocery stores and other retail outlets showed significant volume and value growth in 2020.

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