The USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced that 15 additional states have joined the National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), bringing the total to 28 states within a month of the program's launch. These states represent...
The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) Program have introduced two new resources to aid dairy farmers and regulatory officials in managing the ongoing H5N1 outbreak. These tools aim to enhance disease detection...
Source: Dairy Farmer Cooperative news release
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative announced today its priorities for the next congressional session, focusing on rural workforce accessibility, trade and supply chain opportunities, the 2025 farm bill and climate and environmentally sustainable efforts.
"At Edge,...
The United States has secured a significant victory in its dispute under the United States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) over Mexico’s biotechnology measures concerning genetically engineered (GE) corn. The dispute settlement panel ruled in favor of the U.S. on all seven...
The U.S. Department of Agriculture's (USDA) Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) has announced the second wave of states joining its National Milk Testing Strategy (NMTS), launched December 6, 2024. The NMTS requires the nationwide collection and testing...
Source: USDA
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Dairy: Milk production forecasts for 2024 and 2025 have been revised upward, driven by an expected increase in the number of dairy cows, partially offset by slower growth in...
A groundbreaking summit addressing methane emissions from livestock—one of agriculture's most significant environmental challenges—was held earlier this year on May 19–20, 2024, at UC Davis. Organized by the UC Davis CLEAR Center, Spark Climate Solutions, and the California Department...
Source: CDCB
The CDCB and USDA AGIL team describes changes implemented for the triannual genetic evaluations on December 3, 2024, including updated calculations for Residual Feed Intake, integration of foreign evaluations with the new Rear Teat Placement in Brown Swiss,...
Source: Iowa State University
Cheese consumption edged up in 2023 after setting an all-time record in 2022. Americans ate about 42.3 pounds of cheese per capita, with increases in both American and cottage cheese. Cottage cheese consumption reached the highest...
Source: USDA news release
USDA's Economic Research Service forecasts inflation-adjusted U.S. net cash farm income (NCFI), defined as gross cash income minus cash expenses, to decrease by $5.7 billion (3.5 percent) to $158.8 billion in 2024. This would come after...
