Average feed costs are up more than $5.00 per hundredweight
U.S. dairy farmers are feeling the squeeze.
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Average feed costs are up more than $5.00 per hundredweight
U.S. dairy farmers are feeling the squeeze.
Check out this story on FarmersAdvance.com: https://www.farmersadvance.com/story/news/2021/05/12/average-feed-costs-up-more-than-5-00-per-hundredweight/4977088001/
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Dairy farmer groups propose Class III Plus for better milk pricing Four US Midwestern dairy groups have announced a Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) proposal aimed at creating long-term stability in fluid milk pricing and reducing the likelihood of negative producer price differentials that cut into farmers’ revenue last year during the pandemic.
The proposal from the Dairy Business Association (DBA), Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, Minnesota Milk and Nebraska State Dairy Association comes after the groups began studying options early this year. They said the proposal, Class III Plus, aims to build on the current pricing system, recent proposals by dairy cooperatives, and dairy farmer petitions to define a better Class I pricing system.
By Travis Cleven
Apr 29, 2021 5:53 AM
The proposal from the Dairy Business Association (DBA), Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, Minnesota Milk, and Nebraska State Dairy Association comes after they took a look at options early this year. They said the proposal, which is deemed âClass III Plus,â aims to build off of the pricing system currently in place, proposals by dairy cooperatives, and dairy farmer petitions to figure out a better Class I pricing system. âOur proposal looks to the future. It would make lasting changes to the milk pricing system that will limit negative PPDs (Producer Price Differential) in the future and the possible negative effects from future crises,â DBA President Amy Penterman said.
The proposal from the Dairy Business Association (DBA), Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative, Minnesota Milk, and Nebraska State Dairy Association comes afte.
Pierre, SD, USA / DRGNews
Apr 29, 2021 | 1:56 PM
South Dakota Senator John Thune– a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee– and committee chairwoman Michigan Senator Debbie Stabenow have reintroduced the Cover Crop Flexibility Act.
The legislation would remove the prohibition on harvesting or grazing cover crops on prevented plant acres prior to November 1 and allow this flexibility outside of the primary nesting season.
This legislation is an offshoot of Thune and Stabenow’s 2019 effort that led the US Department of Agriculture to make an administrative change that allowed for penalty-free haying and grazing, which significantly benefited states like South Dakota and Michigan. In 2020, Thune and Stabenow again requested that USDA move up the November 1 date to September 1, but the department only provided flexibility in certain counties in South Dakota and North Dakota. This bill would provide a permanent solution to this issue and create greater certainty fo