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USDA Announces Improvements to the Dairy Safety Net and New Pandemic Market Volatility Assistance Program

Who votes for you? If a proposed amendment to the federal milk marketing system advances to a final decision by USDA, the revised order is then voted on by the dairy farmers who would be affected by the change. It is a one farmer, one vote system, unless bloc voting is called into action. In a way, bloc voting could be compared to the republic democracy we use in state and local politics: We elect individuals who then vote on issues on our behalf. In regard to federal order reform, cooperative ...

Photo by Dan Ordze Burlington--The 2021 Online Dairy Education Series will provide farmers with the latest research and information on forage production, cow comfort and other dairy topics. The University of Vermont (UVM) Extension Northwest Crops and Soils Program will host the free, virtual program in March. Farmers may sign up for one or more of the six sessions although a separate registration is required for each session. To register, go to https://onlinedairyeducationseries.eventbri...

President trumps speech to the international association of chiefs of police, which was right there in his home of chicago. meanwhile ice cream maker ben and jerrys facing big lawsuit over happy cow marketing platform. environmental advocate accuses them of false advertising in claiming their products come from happy cows. the suit claims many of ben and jerrys farms are factory style and only some are part of the companys caring dairy program. all of that stuff backfired on them. interesting. t...

The canadians on the dairy program, and i think that we can solve some of these relatively quickly. those are the things that we can do in the short term. the longer term would be what you work out with europe, autos is one thing that the president is concerned about. we have a two 2.5% tariff on tr autos, we could come up with a good settlement. and the longer term one will be china. that is tough. these are long-standing concerns, not just about classic tariff issues, but nontariff barriers al...