DC Ag Policy 360

DC Ag Policy 360

USDA Pauses Cattle Tracking Proposal Only nine months after a USDA proposal to transition away from metal and plastic identification ear tags, USDA reversed course. They can now be used indefinitely on dairy cattle, cattle that cross state borders and on cattle...
Vice President’s Message

Vice President’s Message

Vice President’s Message By Bruce ShultzIn the late 1920s, the federal government understood healthy farm economies make our country stronger. The agricultural parity concept was created to ensure farmers received fair prices for their back-breaking work. The Great...
Dairy Marketing Signals

Dairy Marketing Signals

Working Together On Order Issue By Brad RachThe past year has brought enormous challenges for our organization and for each of our farmer members. I’ve recently had a wonderful reminder that we are not alone in facing those challenges. That’s some good news for Dairy...
Grain Marketing Signals

Grain Marketing Signals

Two Price Risk Factors Mean Producers Need To Talk With Us By Matt BrandyberryThe first of four quarterly stocks and acres reports prepared by the USDA put acres for both corn and soybeans below expectations of even some of the more historical bulls out there. Very...
Cattle Marketing Signals

Cattle Marketing Signals

New Crossbred May Offer More Profit Potential In New JBS/Nexus Contract By Jeff RoseSomething had to give. Dairy farms have been breeding increasing numbers of cows using beef semen for more than two years now. Semen companies have been selling this as a way to get...
Daryl Martin Leads Finger Lakes Cooperative

Daryl Martin Leads Finger Lakes Cooperative

In 2018, National Farmers and New York’s Finger Lakes Milk Co-op officials established a relationship, which means National Farmers now pools the co-op’s milk and balances it with the plants, provides farmer payroll services and schedules all loads between the milk...

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