dairy farmers

The dairy industry has expressed frustrations with our neighbors to the north. Many American producers allege Canada is trying to limit imports of U.S. dairy products, despite the updated USMCA. So now, the U.S. dairy industry is pressing the Biden administration to start a dispute settlement case with Canada ...

On Wednesday, Washington Governor Jay Inslee signed into law a bill that established overtime for the Ag community. The new law will step the hours per week need to trigger overtime until it hits 40 hours in early 2024. Colfax Republican Joe Schmick said for him, that Ag overtime legislation was the biggest win for the farming community during the virtual session ...

The Washington State Legislature passed a bill this session shifting overtime threshold rules for agricultural workers to anything over 40 hours by 2024. Washington State Dairy Federation Communications Director Scott Dilley said they were able to protect producers from retroactive pay for the past three years. “In th ...

The National Milk Producers Federation is going on the offensive, telling the American people how important dairy is to their diets and everyday lives. The NMPF’s Miquela Hanselman said the argument that dairy isn’t important to human diets would be laughable if it were not so dangerous. Han ...

World Dairy Expo will stay in Madison, WI for 2021. “We are staying in Madison and that decision really was based on conversations that we were having and the assurance that we have in regards to how we can hold our event in Madison, and really not taking into consideration that contract extension that was proposed by Dane County earlier in the month,” said Katie Schmitt, with World Dairy Expo. Da

The U.S. Heartland China Association recently hosted a roundtable discussion on the trading relationship between the U.S. and China. Agriculture and trade officials from both countries talked about ways to go about improving the relationship between the nations ...

The nation’s dairy industry has changed a great deal over the past two decades. Farms are larger in scale, with more cows, and with advancements in technology, dairy cattle breeders are focusing more on improving herd genetics and performance than ever before. Mil ...

For the dairy industry, 2020 was a year of two, very different halves. Dairy West's Vice President of Strategic Communications Kristi Spence says 2020 started off very strong, which was welcomed news after several years of low milk prices ...

For most of the dairy industry, 2020 was a challenging year thanks to the pandemic and disruptions to the food supply chain. However, many, including Dairy Management Incorporated, say from a sales and export perspective, 2020 turned out to be not that bad ...

During a virtual annual meeting of dairy industry groups, Dairy Management Incorporated reflected on strategically adjusting business plans due to the impacts of COVID-19. They told farmers and industry representatives that this year’s results are due to industry unity, agility, and relentless relationship building. “ ...