Digest Highlights Wisconsin’s ‘cow of the year’ to be honored at World Dairy Expo January-August dairy cow slaughter tops 2 million head California entry into FMMO system enters final stages Borden delivers 45,000 milk servings for Hurricane Florence CMPB jumping at chance to reward kids ‘Quality Chekd’ dairy award finalists named PMMB extends over-order premium at 75 cents Cheese, butter inventories see slight drawdown FarmFirst Dairy Cooperative seeks more tariff-related support LGM-Dairy policies on sale Sept. 28

A decline in cow numbers was offset by stronger milk output per cow, pushing August 2018 milk production up 1.4 compared to a year earlier. However, cow numbers were up from July 2018, reversing course from last month’s 9,000-cow drop.

Digest Highlights Dairy Revenue Protection webinars scheduled Federal order BTSCC improved in 2017 Americans drank less milk but ate more dairy in July Cattle hide values falling DFA Kansas plant suffers fire FDA unveils five-year antimicrobial plan UW – Madison Dairy Science Department sets fall visit date CDI appoints Anderson as COO

With milk prices low and margins tight, dairy farmers seeking a quick infusion of some cash may want to get to the USDA Farm Service Agency (FSA) office to apply for payments under the Market Facilitation Program (MFP).

The threat of Hurricane Florence is raising concerns regarding North Carolina’s cotton crop. For dairy farmers, that translates into what impact the storm will have on cottonseed supplies and prices.

After Sept. 14, the full House is scheduled to be in session just 12 days prior to elections in early November. With limited days and a full slate of issues to tackle, dairy organization leaders continue to push Congress for a bill to address the industry’s growing labor needs.

The USDA’s September World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report reduced the 2018 milk production forecast by another 100 million pounds, but raised the 2019 forecast by an equal amount.

USDA opening bidding process for dairy products CWT export assistance hits 1 billion pounds of milk milestone ‘Tennessee Milk’ logo introduced 2018 MPP-Dairy buy-up premiums due Sept. 28 Bill would impose moratorium on agricultural business mergers Land O'Lakes selects Dairy Accelerator program participants California producers receive alternative manure management project grants UW – Madison’s dairy product research projects launched Conferees named for ‘minibus’ appropriations bill USDA, FDA plan public meeting on use of animal cell culture technology to develop ‘meat’ products

Three years ago, 12 leading industry cooperatives came together to rally around a shared concept: Manure is a product and not a problem.