USDA announcing it would purchase about 11 million pounds of cheese hasn’t had a positive psychological impact on prices.

July’s weather apparently didn’t substantially curtail monthly milk production, according to Bob Cropp, professor emeritus at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. 

Audits of 95 U.S. herds found many have addressed dairy efficiency from feed processing and storage perspectives, but cow comfort remains an area needing improvement.

While sexed semen is often cited as the reason for the increased number of available dairy replacement heifers, another factor is helping create a larger pool of next-generation milk producers: U.S. dairy farmers are doing a better job keeping heifer calves alive and getting them off to a healthy start.

The latest USDA National Animal Health Monitoring System (NAHMS) study results show dairy producers are doing a better job of colostrum management (see related story NAHMS Diary 2014: Producers making progress on pre-weaned calf management).

Lower milk prices boosted Dean’s bottom line; September fluid milk minimum prices rise and August margins are improving.

With commodity prices pressuring cropland values lower in most parts of the country, rental rates will need to follow suit for crop production to remain economically viable, according to a new report from Rabobank.

Two USDA reports suggest dairy income margins should improve through the end of 2016. Days later, the Global Dairy Trade index jumped nearly 13 percent.

Quarterly Federal Reserve Bank surveys are in, and the second quarter of 2016 took a toll on land values across much of the nation’s midsection.