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Senator Tammy Baldwin, a Wisconsin Democrat, and Jim Risch, an Idaho Republican, have led a bipartisan coalition that sent a letter to Stephen Hahn, the new Commissioner of the Food and Drug Administration, asking him to stop the use of dairy terms on the labels of non-dairy products...

Acting World Ag Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski anticipates lower milk production in 2020.   "We reduced our milk production forecast by 400 million pounds and that's all reflecting lower milk-per-cow production growth,” he noted.  “We kept...

Thanks to sluggish milk prices and trade uncertainty, it’s been a challenging couple of years for American dairy producers.  But Tom Vilsack, President and ECO of the U.S. Dairy Export Council, believes the industry is now on the track upward.  He said ...

As we prepare to wrap up 2019, what can we expect for dairy prices into the New Year?   “Imports of butter to weaken a bit for the remainder of this year in to next year,” said Acting World Agricultural Outlook Board Chair Mark Jekanowski.  “On the other ...

A bipartisan bill introduced by a dairy country lawmaker would create a formal definition of “natural cheese” to ensure consumers are fully informed when purchasing cheese.  Representative Ron Kind, a Wisconsin Democrat, this week introduced the bipartisan Codifying Useful Regulatory Definitions Act, called the CURD Act.  Kind said the ...

Many analysts expect the U.S. dairy herd to shrink this year, which could push milk prices higher.  They may be a month late, thanks to the government shutdown, but the USDA has finally released the milk production numbers from 2018.  Last year, dairy operations turned out 218 billion pounds of milk 1% higher than 2017's figure, and they did it with a slightly smaller herd but milk per cow was up

When faced with consumer questions over how milk is produced, consider this:   98% of the U.S. fluid milk supply is involved in the National Dairy FARM program, meeting rigorous standards for quality.  Quality animal care; quality environmental stewardship; and quality products for consumers.   “...

When faced with consumer questions over how milk is produced, consider this:   98% of the U.S. fluid milk supply is involved in the National Dairy FARM program, meeting rigorous standards for quality.  Quality animal care; quality environmental stewardship; and quality products for consumers.   “It’...

World Ag Outlook Board Chair Seth Meyer expects a decline in the growth of milk supplies into 2019.  He adds that lower than expected milk prices are related to large stocks in the cheese market.   "So, we did reduce the all-milk price a nickel in 2018 to $16.20 a hund...

World Ag Outlook Board Chair Seth Meyer expects a decline in the growth of milk supplies into 2019.  He adds that lower than expected milk prices are related to large stocks in the cheese market.   "So, we did reduce the all-milk price a nickel in 2018 to $16.20 a hund...