dairy

Earlier this week, United States Trade Representative Katherine Tai announced that the United States is requesting new dispute settlement consultations with Canada under USMCA.  The request is over Canada’s dairy tariff-rate quota, or TRQ, allocation measures.  Since initiat...

Much of the movement in USDA's December dairy outlook was a shoring up of import and export forecast for this calendar year as well as next.  World agricultural outlook board chair Mark Jekanowski said when it comes to 2022 fat solid imports.   “...

USDA analysts have been projecting that U.S. milk output this year will total roughly 227 billion pounds, topping 2021’s output by roughly 700 million pounds.  Monday's USDA milk production report says that as we started the month of December the nation's dairies had already produced this year a little over 207.7 billion pound...

External parasites in your dairy herd can turn shiny coats into tattered ones and reduce the comfort, efficiency, and performance of the herd.   “Lice are typically going to be found around the neck, shoulders, or back of cattle and there's a couple of different kinds. We have b...

The fiscal year for agricultural exports starts October 1st of every year, and when you look back in October of 2021, which kicked off the 2022 fiscal year, things started with record high October exports $17.7 billion.   But what about this past October which launched FY23?  ...

The FAO Food Price Index averaged 135.7 points in November 2022, virtually unchanged from October.  The index offered month-on-month decreases in the price indices for cereals, dairy and meat, nearly offsetting increases in vegetable oils and sugar.  At...

Dairy farmers have a few days left to enroll in the 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage program from USDA.  The enrollment deadline for the 2023 program is December 9th.  Chris Galen of the National Milk Producers Federation said the program is a valuable risk management tool for dairy farmers.   ...

A month-over-month drop in prices received by crop producers led to an overall decline in the latest USDA agricultural prices report.  The overall index was down 2.7% in October while the crop price index was reduced by 4% from the previous month.   ...

In many ways, 2022 was a turbulent year for Northwest producers, for a variety of reasons, with some commodities enjoying a great year, and others struggling.  When it comes to the Idaho dairy sector, Rick Naerebout says this was a pretty good year for the average producer.   “...

Like most business owners, passion for work get strong badge but skills are common characteristics for successful dairy operators.  University of Minnesota’s Jim Salfer said most of operators are successful farmers with pretty flexible business plans and they think about long- and short-range goals.  He noted, aft...