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Almost Paradise

May 15, 2024

Almost Paradise Farm By Denice Rackley Almost Paradise Farm is where Jake and Jessie Hensley call home. “We chose this as our farm name, because we firmly believe that while the farm involves a lot of daily hard work, living off the land with our family is truly...

Bylsma on Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearings

May 15, 2024

Bylsma on Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearings At National Farmers Convene ’24, dairy consultant and authority on the Federal Milk Marketing Order System Dick Bylsma, updated members on the FMMO hearings that began last year. Changes are important to dairymen,...

Convene ’24

May 15, 2024

National Farmers Convene ‘24 Featured Top-Tier Speakers, Awards and Entertainment At National Farmers Convene ‘24, highly-regarded speakers spoke about farm topics of keen interest, and awards were presented to high-performing staff and marketing centers in...

Vice-President’s Message

May 15, 2024

Vice Presidential Views I’m Jim Hayes, your newly-elected vice president. I’m sure I’m a new face to many of you. My wife, Dawn, and I have a 100 cow organic dairy farm in Columbus, Wisconsin. Dawn and I are second-generation NFO members, and my parents joined the...

Dairy Marketing Signals

May 15, 2024

Dairy Farm Numbers Fall, Convene Mood Upbeat By Brad Rach The dairy news is all about staggering losses in dairy farm numbers. On top of that, Congress can’t seem to do anything to bring us a new farm bill that would help family farms that need it the most. So why was...

Cattle Marketing Signals

May 15, 2024

Price Risk Factors Lay Heavy Hand On Cattle Markets By Pat Lampert April 1, it was announced a human contracted the Avian flu, supposedly from dairy cows. Apparently, that individual is being treated and doing well. On the end of that trading day, the market fell by...