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PORTLAND — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening session Wednesday in Chautauqua County.

PORTLAND, N.Y. — What’s contained in the 2023 Farm Bill was on the minds of more than 120 people who attended a House Agriculture Committee listening session Wednesday in Chautauqua

CME establishes dairy’s most vital benchmark For those who closely follow dairy product pricing, monitoring CME movement, and particularly the block and barrel cheese prices, is a critical component of their sales planning. Specifically, CME markets set the benchmark for dairy product pricing and provide a floor for the market. During the March 3 Hoard’s Dairyman DairyLivestream, commentators discussed how they view the CME and its influence on prices. “I will say that we have to be care...

Cheddar blocks and Cheddar barrels . . . these terms are likely familiar to those who closely follow dairy commodity prices.

Cheddar cheese pays the bills Mozzarella is the most commonly produced cheese in the U.S. and the most consumed. So why are the cheese block and barrel values that are used to determine the price dairy farmers receive for their milk based on Cheddar, the second most popular variety with consumers? “It’s one thing to say, ‘Yes, I would love to see Mozzarella included in the survey and be a part of milk pricing formulas.’ It’s another thing entirely to say there’s a way that we can es...