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Friday, May 8, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Approves $1.2 billion in Contracts for Farmers to Families Food Box Program » WASHINGTON, May 8, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) today approved $1.2 billion in contracts to support Am...
Monday, May 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Perdue Statement on Economic Injury Disaster Loans Being Available to U.S. Agricultural Businesses » WASHINGTON, D.C., May 4, 2020 – U.S. Department of Agriculture Secretary Sonny Perdue today applauded the announcement tha...
Thursday, April 30, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA declines request for milk marketing order change » We are writing to let you know that our organizations – Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative and Dairy Business Association...
Wednesday, April 29, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Edge pushes back against artificial inflation of Class 1 price » Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative along with its sister organization, Dairy Business Association stood up against a propo...
Tuesday, April 28, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA To Implement President Trump’s Executive Order On Meat and Poultry Processors » (Washington, D.C., April 28, 2020) U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue released the following statement after Presi...
Monday, April 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Policies to try to compensate for the current mess in dairy markets » By Andrew M. Novakovic , The E.V. Baker Professor of Agricultural Economics Emeritus at Cornell Un...
Wednesday, April 22, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Wisconsin’s Rosy-Lane Holsteins Wins U.S. Dairy Sustainability Award » Madison, Wis. (April 22, 2020) — A Wisconsin dairy farm, Rosy-Lane Holsteins , is the winner of a national award for...
Saturday, April 18, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Announces Coronavirus Food Assistance Program » (Washington, D.C., April 17, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Coronavirus Food Assi...
Friday, April 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Dumped Milk on Dairy Revenue Protection and Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy Policies » MANAGERS BULLETIN: MGR–20-010 DATE April 10, 2020 TO: All Approved Insurance Providers All Risk Management...
Friday, April 10, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Addresses Milk Dumping, Authorizes Other Flexibilities To Help Producers Amid Coronavirus Pande » WASHINGTON, April 10, 2020 – USDA’s Risk Management Agency (RMA) is ensuring that milk producers are not inappropriately...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Edge receives national honors for communications » By Joanna Guza , marketing and digital communications manager A press release , m...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Edge members: Join the Animal Ag Alliance! » By Allyson Jones-Brimmer, director of industry relations, Animal Agriculture Alliance Edge members have an oppor...
Tuesday, March 31, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Three reasonable assertions » By Phil Plourd, president, Blimling and Associates Remember the good old days in February? That’s not something we s...
Friday, March 27, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Feeds Kids, Helps Families During COVID-19 Emergency » WASHINGTON, March 26, 2020 – The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is working to be as flexible as possible to get fo...
Tuesday, March 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Perdue Salutes the Heroes in the US Food Supply Chain » Video script: Good morning, I’m Sonny Perdue, Secretary of Agriculture for the United States Department of Agric...
Monday, March 16, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Stands Up New Team to Better Serve Beginning Farmers and Ranchers » WASHINGTON, March 16, 2020 ─The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is standing up a new team of U.S. Department of Agri...
Monday, March 16, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Perdue Statement on Canada Passing USMCA » (Washington, D.C., March 13, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued the following statement after the C...
Friday, March 13, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Legislation to Provide Flexibility for Harvesting and Grazing Cover Crops on Prevented Plant Acres » March 12, 2020 Washington — U.S. Sens. John Thune (R-S.D.), a longtime member of the Senate Agriculture Committee, and...
Thursday, March 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Embracing the Sustainability Conversation » Chelsea Dinterman Communications Intern, Animal Agriculture Alliance How will we feed 10 billion people by 2050? I...
Thursday, March 12, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Secretary Perdue Statement on President Trump’s Address to the Nation Regarding COVID-19 » (Washington, D.C., March 12, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue issued this statement following President...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) New ‘Feed Your Mind’ Initiative Launches to Increase Consumer Understanding of GMOs » The U.S. Food and Drug Administration , in collaboration with the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Depar...
Wednesday, March 11, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Gruyere from Switzerland Named 2020 World Champion Cheese » A gruyere from Bern, Switzerland has been named the 2020 World Champion Cheese. The cheese, called Gourmino Le Gruyère AOP...
Friday, February 28, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) 2020’s Improved markets face bumpy ride » By Sara Dorland, managing partner, Ceres Dairy markets have turned the corner for the better, but this year will not b...
Friday, February 21, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Secretary Perdue Announces New Innovation Initiative for USDA » (Washington, D.C, February 20, 2020) – U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue today announced the Agriculture Innovat...
Thursday, February 6, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Mobilizing Farmers, Ranchers and Scientists as Window of Opportunity Narrows on Climate Change » Washington, D.C. (February 6, 2020) – Farmers, ranchers and scientists are at the center of an unprecedented effort annou...
Tuesday, February 4, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) USDA Issues Third Tranche of 2019 MFP Payments » ( Washington, D.C., February 3, 2020 ) – At the direction of President Donald J. Trump, U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonn...
Friday, January 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Fighter pilot’s message: Embrace change, trust others » By Mary Hookham, for the Dairy Business Association Resurgence, hope, humility, courage — they’re all part of the sto...
Friday, January 24, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Researcher: Robots should help farmers, not replace them » By Mary Hookham, for the Dairy Business Association Dr. Kate Darling thrives on any chance she can get to study the i...
Thursday, January 23, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Dairy advocate award recognizes resilience, leadership of Jim Winn » Dairy advocate award recognizes resilience, leadership of Jim Winn MADISON, Wis. — Like many of the other dairy far...
Thursday, January 23, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Agri-Pulse launches new ‘Deep Dive’ Podcast » WASHINGTON, D.C. Dairy products are a constant in American life. You know this if you’ve ever eaten a bowl of cereal, coo...
Thursday, January 23, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) Baldwin, Risch lead bipartisan effort to stand up for dairy farmers » WASHINGTON, D.C. – U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin (D-WI) and Jim Risch (R-ID) are leading their bipartisan colleagues in stan...
Wednesday, January 15, 2020 (0 Comments - view/add) REMINDER: Grant Money Available to Minnesota Livestock Owners for Prevention of Wolf Attacks » St. Paul, MN: The Minnesota Department of Agriculture (MDA) is reminding livestock producers that new money is available t...
Thursday, December 19, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) ‘Industrial’ is not the right way to describe large dairies » By Don Niles Dairy farmer in Casco, Wis. I’ve increasingly heard the word “industrial” used to describe large modern...
Thursday, December 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) Member spotlight: Heidi Fischer » Heidi Fischer Fischer Clark Dairy Farm What is your background? My background is marketing...
Thursday, December 12, 2019 (0 Comments - view/add) How sustainability impacts your bottom line » By Ryan Sirolli, global row crop sustainability director, Cargill Any discussion of sustainability and its promise fo...
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