Milk Prices
Federal government will cut the bureaucracy to support the dairy industry, focused on tougher measures to stop major animal disease problems and improve labor availability.
As the industry braces itself for a tumultuous road ahead, it is crucial for stakeholders across the board to engage in constructive dialogue and seek resolutions that protect the backbone of rural America – our dairy farmers.
With much of the Upper Midwest processing capacity maxed out in terms of milk production, finding a new home for milk is not an easy task. This is causing dairy farms to dump milk due to the oversupply.
The rural economy is slowly improving after being crashed by the COVID-19 pandemic in 2020.
One year ago, a tornado completely devasted Wellacrest Farms, New Jersey’s largest dairy farm. Community support outpoured from a group of Amish to a GoFundMe account that helped with the rebuild.
Heavy demand, falling milk production, and a shortage of labor combine to send butter prices to four-year-highs.
Farmers across the country are being asked to dump their milk, as food service demand crumbled rapidly due to COVID-19. Still, farmers are frustrated that consumers can’t buy as much milk as they want right now.
USDA announces details of the second round of CFAP payments.
After months of uncertainty and murky details, the agency announced per acre payments will vary by county but will range from $15 to $150.