The pandemic in 2020 caused unprecedented market volatility in dairy prices, leading to lower milk checks for dairy producers. However, the price spread is expected to realign in the first half of 2021, bringing normalcy to producer price differentials (PPDs) and mailbox milk prices, according to a new report from CoBank’s Knowledge Exchange division. Extreme volatility in cheese and milk …
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Dairy Manure and Methane Recovery
For most of us, 2020 can’t be over soon enough. Yet, in the digester development world, each day from today through 2024 is precious time to identify facilities, procure funding, and install digesters. Why? To capture methane and use it as valuable renewable compressed natural gas (RCNG) and meet ambitious manure methane reduction targets. How is the California digester portfolio doing? Since …
Grazing & Riparian Restoration Are Compatible When You Put in the Work
With a little time and effort, rangeland managers can have a dramatic impact on the resilience of California’s riparian areas, which are important to the state’s human, environmental and economic well-being. Rangeland ecologists at the University of California, Davis, found that when ranchers invest even one week a year in practices that keep cows away from creeks — like herding, …
Sustainable Food Systems, COVID-19 Drive 2020 Sustainable Ag Summit Dialogue
Beth Bechdol, Deputy Director-General at the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, previewed the 2021 Foo…
PERC Urges Producers to Consider Propane Heating Solutions for Reliable, Consistent Power Year-Round
As winter weather quickly approaches, the Propane Education & Research Council urges producers to consider how propane c…
Differences Between Ancient & Modern Corn Genetics can Aid Future Development
Roughly 9,000 years ago, Native American farmers in southern Mexico began domesticating teosinte, the wild ancestor of moder…
Effects of Dairy on Metabolic Risk Depend on Type of Product Consumed
Researchers have long been interested in understanding the effects of different types of dairy products on cardiometabolic h…
Surging Feed Prices Will Challenge the U.S. Animal Protein Sector’s Recovery
The U.S. animal protein sector is expected to face a 12% increase in feed costs in 2021, which will mark the highest year-ov…
Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy Welcomes Starbucks to Net Zero Initiative
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy announced Starbucks intent to support the Net Zero Initiative (NZI), a partnership of t…
More Than 7 in 10 Adults Want Companies Partnering with Gov’t to Distribute Coronavirus Vaccines
In an International Dairy Food Association (IDFA) poll conducted by Morning Consult from December 4-7 among a national sampl…
Referendum on CA Dairy Quota Reform Proposal Recommended by Administrative Judge
United Dairy Families of California — Judge Timothy Aspinwall issued a recommended decision today that United Dairy Families…
Tom Vilsack to Return as Secretary of Agriculture
President-elect Joe Biden has nominated Tom Vilsack to serve as Secretary of Agriculture. Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary,…
GENYOUth Partnership Sets Goal To Deliver 100 Million Meals to Combat School Hunger
The checkoff-founded GENYOUth organization and Campbell’s Chunky® are hosting an e-sports initiative that will raise money t…
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