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The USDA’s National Agricultural Statistics Service (NASS) reports that alfalfa hay production for the U.S. in 2008 totals 69.62 million tons, down 0.4 percent from 2007. Production in the Western region and the comparison to last year is as follows: Ar...
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Editor’s note: The following are available market reports and futures data as of January 23, 2009.
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WASHINGTON, D.C.NMPF and DMI announce National Dairy FARM Program
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The following update is provided by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI), which manages the national dairy checkoff program, and is a producer-funded, nonprofit domestic and international planning and management organization responsible for increasing sales of and...
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Across America, you can find pictures of family, barns and inherited homesteads adorning the walls of parlors and offices of proud dairy producers. These pictures are a symbol of what brought these producers to where they are today.
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In response to declining milk prices, dairy cooperatives and organizations are seeking congressional support for relief in a federal economic stimulus package. Letters have also been sent to the U.S. Department of Agriculture to reignite some of its econo...
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Dairy cooperatives across the country are doing what they can to provide services and benefits to their members. They are implementing different processing and marketing methods, cutting their own expenses and offering tools to members to improve their in...
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Dairy financial consultant Bob Matlick writes journal entries after participating in regular conference calls with Jon Spainhour, a dairy market analyst at Rice Dairy, and his dairy producer clients. He says most times he writes what he is thinking. Somet...
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In January, I sent an e-mail to contacts throughout the industry requesting comments about what dairymen are doing to effectively cope with the industry’s current difficult economic situation.
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Progressive Dairyman asked dairy producers and allied industry at Managers Academy Jan. 20-22 in Orlando, Florida, the following question: “What strategies will your business employ or recommend to keep dairies strong through 2009?”
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Over 60 dairy producers and allied industry converged on south Florida, Jan. 20-22, for a one-of-a-kind learning and networking experience. Participants of Managers Academy spent two days of MBA-level business training that focused on understanding dairy ...
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As we look at the current economic environment, both in the dairy industry and nationwide, it can be easy to become pessimistic and downtrodden. However, now is a critical time for dairy producers to seek and obtain professional and objective consultation...
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1. In tough times, cash is king.Carefully examine every capital purchase that will require additional debt. Ask yourself if the expenditure will generate the cash flow needed to pay for itself. If the new item can’t create enough new cash to pay for its...
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Milk market regulations are like a balloon, poke it here and it pops there. Fights over dairy policy are about where and how deep to poke and who gets the pop. Milk payment timing is one of those pokes and pops.
Consider this: It is the 15th of the month...
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“Come on! Go in the parlor!” your herdsman yells at Cow #216, who won’t go into the milking parlor again. Most who have worked with cows have experienced this frustration at some point in time. Sometimes it seems that some cows are bound and determi...
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Large quantities of wholesome, quality milk are the major goals of dairy producers. However, dairymen also contribute to the beef supply each year through elimination of market (cull) cows and bulls. Approximately one-third of the total non-fed beef produ...
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Employment by its very nature requires that managers and supervisors place performance expectations on employees to ensure business success. Very often however, managers are so consumed by what their expectations are for the people that work for them, the...
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If you talk to most producers, they would love to repeat 2008 again this year. Even though inputs were high, income was also higher. Unfortunately, 2009 is going to be almost a polar opposite in many aspects. That’s the bad news. The good news is hay gr...
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Q. What does sustainability mean?
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The economic silver lining for many businesses has been lower commodity prices. Unless, of course, you locked in commodity inputs at a high price without protections against a price drop.
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Re: Chasing a dream: One woman’s fight for a dairy farm life
Posted on Sunday, 09 December 2012 by sandra.She is a winner. Leontine deserves to win the battle too. She remains...
Re: Honoring our Women in Dairy
Posted on Monday, 03 December 2012 by PD Editor Emily Caldwell.Thanks for your comment, Sharon! Just wanted to invite you to join our...
Re: CityBoy's Christmas Message 2012
Posted on Monday, 03 December 2012 by Joan.Nicely put together. Reminded me to get the Cow Christmas cassette...