More U.S. dairy cows are working, and they’re more productive than ever. However, continuing a two-year trend, they again brought home less money in 2016.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue conducted a series of meetings with Canadian officials on June 5. Among other issues, Perdue raised the topic of U.S.-produced ultra-filtered milk and Canadian dairy ingredient pricing policy that has been a point of disagreement between the two countries.

June Dairy Month activities are well underway, but dairy producers will have to wait a little longer to celebrate a milk price improvement. Students are headed for summer vacation, so demand for fluid milk will be tested. With heat stress imminent, milk production will trend downward.

U.S. dairy and policy officials are seeking domestic and international solutions to address markets for ultrafiltered (UF) milk.

Dairy farmer participation in the federal dairy income safety net program, the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy), continues to slide, based on 2017 enrollment data released by USDA’s Farm Service Agency (FSA).

The 2016 summary of Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) test-day results revealed somatic cell counts (SCC) were down compared to a year earlier.

Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national farmer-owned dairy cooperative, and Vanguard Renewables, a Massachusetts-based renewable energy developer, formed a strategic partnership to help bring anaerobic digestion technology to more farms across the country.

If you’ve been away from “home” for a while, a return trip for a graduation party or summer vacation may reveal your neighborhood has changed. The same can be said for the U.S. dairy landscape, where Incremental changes aren’t always noticeable, but snapshots in time might paint a different picture.

Pooling requirements are a main point of disagreement in comments submitted on a proposed California Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) likely headed for a vote later this year.

Dairy Marketing Services (DMS), the marketing arm of Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), has given about 225 independent milk producers in its Mideast Area until Nov. 30, 2017 to decide on their future milk marketing options.