From stud to straw, and all the way to the milking string, a recent Midwestern bus tour showcased each step of the process of creating elite genetics.

It’s a love of animals that drive most into the veterinary field, followed by years of hard work and training.

The new Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) program was designed to provide simpler, more comprehensive risk management opportunities for dairies of any size. This new revenue-based insurance program offers several choices that allow farmers to create a more predictable and sustainable revenue stream. 

September 2018’s Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) calculations indicate margins improved somewhat, thanks to a combination of a slightly higher U.S. average milk price and lower soybean meal price, which offset higher prices for corn and alfalfa hay. There will be no MPP-Dairy payments at any level for the month.

Digest Highlights Dairy-RP activity surpasses 1.3 billion pounds of milk A2 milk advertising claims referred for review Hart Dairy expanding distribution to Asia AMPI upgrades Minnesota cheese plant Agropur: Canada first Saputo to acquire F&A Dairy Products Professional Dairy Producers Foundation grant application deadline is Dec. 1

The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) has confirmed that a Wisconsin dairy herd has tested positive for bovine tuberculosis (TB).

The USDA needs to better reflect the dairy farm incomes lost to tariff retaliation when it calculates its next round of trade mitigation payments, according to a leader of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF).

Activity in Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) increased in the program’s second week, based on information from USDA’s Risk Management Agency.

Slightly higher dairy product prices resulted in improved revenues for most dairy cooperatives in 2017, according to an annual report from the National Cooperative Bank (NCB). However, the increased revenues didn’t substantially change the dairy co-ops’ rankings, or their standing among the nation's 100 largest cooperatives.

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