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U. S. Dairy Farms In Crisis As Milk Prices Turn Sour

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“When 50 per cent of your total cost doubles then the bottom line suffers severely.” – CALIFORNIA DAIRYMAN JOHN FISCALINI Illinois farmer Linnea Kooistra expects to keep her 250-cow dairy farm afloat despite a rising tide of red ink caused by a collapse in milk prices, but other U. S. dairy farmers may be forced
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Musical Chairs Occur At Milk Price Review Commission

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“There are some advantages that have been given away here.” – CRAIG LEE The Manitoba government has sacked all independent members of a provincial milk price regulator and replaced them with civil servants as it moves towards a single western Canadian fluid milk price. Letters went out to members of the Manitoba Milk Prices Review
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Midwest Winters Challenge Dairy Calf Survival

If dairy producers need a sweatshirt when working around their calves, they need to start thinking about increasing calf rations. Making sure calves consume enough feed to meet their maintenance needs and grow is especially important in the winter, North Dakota State University Extension Service dairy specialist J. W. Schroeder says. Sufficient nutrition is one
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Dairy cattle, Opinion

Farming On The Fringe – for Feb. 12, 2009

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American Farmland Trust (AFT) has partnered with Dick Esseks and the University of Nebraska-Lincoln to release a report regarding the long-term viability of agriculture in counties that are becoming increasingly urban. The report, titled Farm Viability in Urbanizing Areas, explores which public policy efforts have been effective in retaining the spectrum of benefits provided by
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

herd shrinks by bob burgdorfer

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The U. S. cattle herd is shrinking and better beef demand is needed to restore profits and turn the industry around, a cattle industry economist says. A Jan. 30 U. S. Agriculture Department report showed the U. S. cattle herd is the smallest it’s been in 50 years. “It is drought, producer retirement, reduced profitability
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Dairy farmers must patch up differences with processors

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An informal discussion might enable us to open our minds a little bit.” Jacques Laforge, DFC Jacques Laforge, president of Dairy Farmers of Canada, says he wants to try again to develop a better working relationship with the country’s dairy processors. In his fourth term as association president, Laforge told the DFC annual meeting Jan.
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cash for dairy, rural Internet brussels/ reuters E urope’s farm

Europe’s farm chief will propose spending part of the unused EU agriculture budget to help countries finance rural development projects, including support for dairy industries and improved Internet access. Speaking to bloc farm ministers, EU agriculture commissioner Mariann Fischer Boel said up to 1.5 billion euros ( US$ 2 billion) could behandedout for certain schemes
Beef cattle, Dairy cattle, Livestock

U. S. dairy farmers culling cows

A sharp drop in milk prices has the nation’s dairy producers sustaining huge losses and many are culling cows, a move that should mean less milk in 2009, said industry sources attending a convention here. Currently, the U. S. Agriculture Department estimates slightly more milk production in 2009 versus 2008, but USDA may revise down

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