Butter prices are retracting from previous weeks’ historic highs. USDA’s Dairy Market News reports that many butter manufacturers are faced with the decision of selling cream at a discount or […]
Meats Send Food Prices Rising
Smaller herds, tight supplies and high international demand for meat and dairy have sent retail food prices rising at Wisconsin supermarkets according to the latest Wisconsin Farm Bureau Marketbasket Survey. […]
U.S. Cheese Exports Hitting Resistance
U.S. cheese exporters are having a difficult time finding customers, reports Matt Gould in Friday’s Dairy and Food Market Analyst. As one exporter told us, “There aren’t enough bad (bearish) […]
Federal Order Class III Milk Price Sets New Record High
The Agriculture Department announced the September Federal order benchmark Class III milk price this afternoon at a record high $24.60 per hundredweight (cwt.), up $2.35 from August, $6.46 above September […]
USDA Unveils Key New Programs to Help Farmers Manage Risk
End of Direct Payments Represents One of the Most Significant Farm Policy Reforms in Decades USDA Launches Education Efforts to Help Producers Choose New Program Right for Them U.S. Department […]
Petition Period Opens for 2015 Ag Enterprise Areas
Wisconsin landowners and their local governments can now petition to have an Agricultural Enterprise Area designated in 2015. Agricultural enterprise areas, or AEAs, are blocks of land that are primarily […]
Foundation Releases New My American Farm App
The American Farm Bureau Foundation for Agriculture has released a new version of its popular My American Farm app for iPads, Android tablets and Kindle Fire. The app is available […]
Export Customers Commit to Buy $2.3 Billion of U.S. Soy
USB chairman commends U.S. soybean farmers for meeting customer demands for high-quality crop Buyers from China at the second-annual, soy-checkoff-funded U.S. Global Trade Exchange have agreed to buy $2.3 billion […]
Livestock Siting Technical Review Gets Underway
Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP) Secretary Ben Brancel has appointed nine members to the Livestock Facility Siting Technical Expert Committee that will begin reviewing ATCP Rule […]
Tight Supply-Demand Balance Keeping Dairy Prices High
Milk and dairy product prices generally moved higher in August as most domestic dairy product markets remain in tight supply-demand balance, according to the latest Dairy Market Report from the […]
State Discussion Meet Contestants Announced
The Discussion Meet contest gives young members a chance to demonstrate their speaking skills on agricultural-related topics. Contestants are judged on their problem-solving skills as they discuss timely topics with […]
Farm Bureau on USDA Projections for Corn, Soybean Yield
The Agriculture Department’s latest report on agricultural supply and demand for the 2014-2015 marketing year confirms that U.S. grain producers can expect record yields and low market returns, the American […]