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CWT Announces Herd Retirement
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 Cooperatives Working Together announced on Feb. 5th that it will conduct a herd retirement effort this spring, with bids being accepted from now until Saturday, March 3rd, and with cow removals to start in mid-March. This is the fourth herd retirement effort by CWT. The first three, conducted in 2003, 2004, and 2005, reduced U.S. dairy cow numbers by more than 147,000, representing the milk equivalent of 2.8 billion pounds. More ...
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NMPF Forms Task Force To Examine Future of Federal Milk Marketing Order System
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 A new task force focused on milk pricing issues has been formed by NMPF to examine how Federal Milk Marketing Orders may need to change in the future. Approximately 66% of the nation's milk is priced under the regulations of the Federal Order system, which was established to ensure consumers an adequate supply of fluid milk, and to prevent the economic predation of individual dairy farmers by setting regional minimum prices. More ...
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USDA Announces February 26 Hearing On Class III & IV Price Formulas
 The U.S. Department of Agriculture has announced it will hold a hearing the week of February 26 to consider changes to the Class III and IV pricing formulas. This follows the tentative final decision to raise make allowances. (See below.) The hearing will begin February 26 in Strongsville, Ohio. More .. |
Make Allowance Challenge Heard in Federal District Court
| As we noted in the January 22 newsletter, USDA's recent make allowance decision has been challenged in a Federal district court. USDA agreed to use the old make allowances when they calculated the February advance prices on January 19; this gave them time to prepare for a preliminary court hearing that was held on February 15. More ... |
NMPF Asks USDA To Extend Comment Period On Opening Of Canadian Border To Imported Cattle
| In order to give the dairy industry more time to assess the potential impact of a surge of imported Canadian dairy animals, NMPF is asking the U.S. Department of Agriculture to extend the comment period on its proposal to re-open the Canadian border after a four-year hiatus. More ... |
Canada to Restrict Milk Protein Concentrate Imports
| At the beginning of February, the Canadian government announced that it plans to restrict milk protein concentrate (MPC) imports in response to Canadian dairy farmers' concerns about the rising volume of MPCs used in cheesemaking and other dairy product production. More ... |
National Drug Residue Database Results
| The 2006 National Milk Drug Residue Database report was recently released and it shows a continued excellent effort on the part of the dairy industry to ensure that drug residues do not end up in the milk supply. The report details which methods are used and what drug residues tested. More ... |
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