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More than 215 dairy producers from across the U.S. gathered April 8-10 in Gray Summit, Missouri, for the Calf and Heifer VIP program, hosted by Purina Animal Nutrition. This year’s attendees represented 145 dairy farms and more than 78,000 calves and heifers.
From time to time, many of us are called to give back in some way to the industry that has given us so much. Sometimes, it is in giving back that we gain even more.
Recently, I was just one of more than 200 volunteers who devoted a day or two to educating roughly 1,000 youth about the career opportunities in agriculture.
World market prices pull back in first quarterAfter a year of historically high world commodity prices that led to record U.S. export volumes and record U.S. milk prices, global prices have pulled back in the last two months. By late April, Oceania milk powder and butter prices dropped about 15 percent from their mid-February peak, while European prices declined 5 to 10 percent.
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More than 1,000 junior high school students attended Ag Career Days at Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy in Casco, Wisconsin, to learn about the breadth of agricultural job opportunities in Kewaunee County.
Situated between Green Bay and Lake Michigan, this rural area boasts more cows than people, earning its status as one of the nation’s top 50 dairy-producing counties. In fact, one out of every four jobs is directly related to agriculture in Kewaunee County.
With more than 15 percent of the nation’s milk production (on a total solids basis) exported in 2013, the U.S. is a global dairy marketer. Milk production in New Zealand, the European Union (EU) or other countries has as much impact on farm milk prices as production in California or Wisconsin.
Due to this impact, it is important for dairy farmers to know what is happening in milk production in other countries.
It is quite likely that as a child you were exposed to a game known as “Musical Chairs.” A room full of children would race around an ever-declining number of chairs assembled back-to-back while a song played in the background.
Two dairymen who have been test-driving web-based margin projection software since the start of the year say they are now getting a better handle on their real-time operating margins.
Here’s the story of one methodical, unflappable guy whose relentless pursuit of calm and order means “no surprises” and that confident feeling of being prepared for anything.
As I write this column, I’m about to head out on a vacation to a nice warm place, and I’m nervous. I’ve never been completely unplugged before.
There has been a lot of talk about the Margin Protection Program (MPP) introduced in the new farm bill. As the saying goes, “Out with the old and in with the new.” The MPP replaces the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC), Dairy Product Price Support and the Dairy Export Incentive Program.
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