Dairy producers across the country are breathing a collective sigh of relief after receiving better milk prices and pandemic relief from USDA. These two factors have gone a long way to rebuilding the capital and liquidity base of dairy...
Source: Dairy Management Inc. news release
Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), the planning and management organization that oversees the national dairy checkoff program on behalf of America's dairy farmers and importers, has posted its 2021 annual report at www.usdairy.com/for-farmers/resources.
The report provides...
Source: University of Minnesota Extension
Dana Adams, University of Minnesota Extension livestock educator, shares dairy knowledge in Stearns, Benton and Morrison counties
For Extension livestock educator Dana Adams, partnering with farmers across three counties is a career that marries her two professional...
Dairy Revenue Protection (DRP) is a federally subsidized insurance program for dairy producers looking to minimize the impact of unanticipated declines in milk prices. Locking in a milk price for a future quarter can be an effective risk management...
By prices alone, the past year or so has gone well for dairy producers. In March, USDA reported the highest-ever average all-milk price at $25.90 per hundredweight, 20 cents ahead the previous record set in September 2014. The all-milk...
Source: USDA
by Russell Knight, Christopher G. Davis, William Hahn, Jerry Cessna, Angel Teran, Mildred Haley, Adriana Valcu-Lisman, Hannah Taylor, and Margaret Cornelius
The Livestock, Dairy, and Poultry Outlook for January 2022 analyzes economic impacts of month-to-month changes in USDA’s World Agricultural Supply and Use Estimates Report on domestic and...
Source: Dairy Management Inc. news release
Registration is open for the fourth annual Dairy Experience Forum to be held virtually on July 13 from noon to 5 p.m. EDT. The forum is an innovative, disruptive event that will examine the...
I had a great honor recently when I was asked to be a guest speaker for a class taught at the University of Notre Dame.
The class couldn’t have covered a more appropriate subject – sustainability – and it couldn’t...
As I drove to our veterinarians house through the mountains recently, I started thinking back on the past seven plus years of working together with him. Now, first let me first explain why I was driving through the mountains....
Source: University of Minnesota Extension
Luciano Caixeta, assistant professor, College of Veterinary Medicine
Quick facts
Even though it is practically impossible to eliminate hypocalcemia from a dairy herd, the adoption of strategies that prevent this health disorder is key to any successful...
