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Walmart Announces Plans to Build $350 Million Milk Processing Plant in Georgia
America's largest retail store, Walmart, announced plans to build a $350 million milk processing plant in Valdosta, Georgia. According to...
by Sara VanderPoel
Oct 16, 20232 min read
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USDA Provides Additonal $5 Million to Help Organic Dairy Producers Cover Increased Costs
The U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) announced on 09/21/2023 elgiable dairy producers will be receiving a second round of payments...
by AGC News
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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August Milk Production in California Down 3.7% from August 2022
Milk production during August totaled 3.33 billion pounds, down 3.7 percent from August 2022 and up 0.2 percent from July 2023. The number..
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 21, 20231 min read
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USDA Announces Milk Loss Assistance for Dairies Impacted by 2020-2022 Disaster Events
Administered by the Farm Service Agency (FSA), signup for MLP begins September 11 and runs through October 16, 2023.
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 18, 20234 min read
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CA Senator Padilla Introduces COWS Act to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Last month, U.S. Senator Alex Padilla (D-Calif.), member of the Senate Committee on Environment and Public Works, and U.S. Senator...
by Sara VanderPoel
Sep 11, 20232 min read
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Animal Rights Groups Bring in More than $800M in Income Annually
Web of Major Animal Rights Extremist Groups Picture Credit: Animal Ag Alliance The Animal Agriculture Alliance has released a...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jul 31, 20232 min read
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Commodity Report Video for the Week of 7/10-7/14
Weekly pricing and market information on fresh fruit, dairy, beef, nuts, forage crops, interest rates, and more!
by Sean Haynes
Jul 12, 20231 min read
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New USDA Proposal to Only Serve Chocolate Milk to High School Students
The Biden Administration along with the USDA is proposing a ban on freely accessible chocolate milk for students K - 8th grade, jeopardiz...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jul 10, 20231 min read
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Commodity Report Video for the Week of 6/26 - 6/30
Weekly pricing and market information on fresh fruit, dairy, beef, nuts, forage crops, interest rates, and more!
by Sean Haynes
Jun 28, 20231 min read
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Commodity Report Video for the Week of 6/19 - 6/23
Weekly pricing and market information on fresh fruit, dairy, beef, nuts, forage crops, interest rates, and more!
by Sean Haynes
Jun 21, 20231 min read
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Challenge Butter and Lawry's® Introduce Snack Spread
U.S. farmer-owned butter brand Challenge Butter and Lawry's® are introducing a new butter-based, seasoned Snack Spread variety that will...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 19, 20232 min read
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FEED Act of 2023 Could Allow Innovation in the Livestock Feed Sector
The FEED Act of 2023 is a bipartisan legislation that would establish a new pathway at the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA)...
by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 14, 20232 min read
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6/5 - 6/9 Commodity Prices
Prices on Almonds, Hay, Corn, Milk, Tomatoes, Cotton, and more in California!
by Sara VanderPoel
Jun 7, 20231 min read
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Full Commodity Report Video for the week of 5/29 - 6/2
What's happening with the California agriculture industry this week? Stay tuned for pricing information on fresh fruit, dairy, beef....
by Sara VanderPoel
May 31, 20231 min read
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Full Commodity Report Video for the week of 5/15 - 5/19
Pricing information on strawberries, dairy, beef, almonds, tomatoes, forage crops, interest rates, and more!
by Sara VanderPoel
May 17, 20231 min read
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Tackling Methane Emissions with Seaweed
Last fall, Straus Family Creamery in Marin County, received approval from regulatory agencies to conduct a trial of a new seaweed...
by Sara VanderPoel
May 9, 20233 min read
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U.S. Methane Emissions vs Global Methane Emissions
The dairy and cattle industry consistently gets a bad rap for producing climate-changing greenhouse gases. And climate activists love to...
by Sara VanderPoel
May 9, 20232 min read
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China's Cancelled Corn Orders Could Bring Future Relief to Dairy Farmers
Feed prices plummeted after the USDA released announcements stating that China had canceled 562,800 metric tons of US corn orders...
by Sara VanderPoel
May 8, 20233 min read
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Real California Milk Foodservice Launches Mac & Cheese Competition
California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) launched The 2023 Real California Cheese & Mac Recipe Challenge.
by Sara VanderPoel
May 4, 20232 min read
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4/18/23 Commodity Report - Dairy
Dairy prices are up $0.30 - $0.40 this week and should float around the low-mid $18 range for the next few months. **Video Correction:...
by Sean Haynes
Apr 20, 20231 min read
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