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State, local and farm leaders were on hand Thursday, as Darigold officials broke ground on the company’s $600 million facility north of Pasco, WA.  According to company officials, the state-of-the-art facility, slated to open in early 2024, will process approximately 8 million pounds of milk per day when fully operational from more than 100 dairy farms in surrounding communities.  Darigold... Read

As roughly 50 million children return to public schools nationwide in the coming days, a group of farmer and nutrition advocates encourages parents and policymakers to remember dairy.  Dairy advocates say when it comes to the health of students, milk and dairy product options need to be more accessible during the school year.     ...

Holstein Association USA believes in continued improvement, generation after generation.  As high performing as the Holstein cow is today, there are ways to make the world’s perfect cow even more profitable.  In fact, Holstein leaders are willing to bank on people who want to make it happen.  Dr. Chad Dech...

The American Farm Bureau Federation is hosting an industry-wide forum on the Federal Milk Marketing Order.  The forum, slated for October 14th-16th in Kansas City, was prompted by a call from Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack to get as many people involved in dairy as possible in one room to discuss solutions to the Federal Milk Marketing Order shortfalls. The...

U.S. milk production my increase slightly, year-over-year, despite production numbers well off of just a month ago.  USDA is reporting that milk production during the April, May and June quarter was 57.9 billion pounds; 0.5% lower than the same quarter a year ago.  Pa...

Key industry groups say the Ocean Shipping Reform Act, recently signed into law by President Biden, hasn’t fixed West Coast shipping problems for U.S. dairy exports.  The National Milk Producers Federation and U.S. Dairy Export Council trade manager Tony Rice says the Act was supposed to end abuses by ocean carriers. “But u...

As we wrap up the first half of our six-part Northwest Farm Credit Services quarterly commodity snapshot series today, northwest livestock take center stage.  Bill Perry, Northwest Farm Credit Services Vice President said their 12-month outlook for dairy suggests profitable returns. “...

The National Milk Producers Federation is taking an active role to promote affordable and nutritious foods in the Biden administration’s upcoming Hunger Conference.  The federation recently led 11 national agricultural, anti-hunger, nutrition and medical groups in a virtual listening session.  The goal...

In May, the U.S. Trade Representative’s office initiated the second USMCA dispute regarding Canadian dairy tariff-rate quota policies.  The TRQs deny allocation access to eligible applicants, including retailers, food service operators, and other types of importers, and impose new conditions on the allocation and use of the TRQs. Wiscon...

USDA's June outlook for dairy production and prices starts with, " small downward adjustments, in terms of milk production, for both the current calendar year and for next year; lowered by 200 million pounds in each year," which World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekaowski said reflects drought stress and high feed costs...