Saturday, May 25, 2013
Click here for RSS feedWASHINGTON (AP) -- The Senate on Thursday voted to limit the amount of government subsidies the wealthiest farmers receive when purchasing crop insurance. The vote was one small victory this week for critics of a massive, five-year farm bill that would cost almost $100 billion a year and incl ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 11:14 AM
April milk production in the top 23 producing states totaled 16.1 billion pounds, up 0.3 percent from April 2012, according to preliminary data in USDA's latest "sequestered" Milk Production report. The 50-state output amounted to 17.3 billion pounds, up 0.2 percent. The total was more than expec ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 12:34 PM
Editorial Last week the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals refused to overturn the Department of Agriculture's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa. It is the latest, but probably not the last, judicial finding concerning the crop. The appeals court upheld USDA's contention that ...
Friday, May 24, 2013 12:00 AM
In an attempt to capture more of the whey value in their milk, California dairymen hope the state Senate will give them better results than the Assembly. Supporters say a bill aimed at reducing the price disparity California producers receive for their milk sold to cheese manufacturers and ...
Thursday, May 23, 2013 2:13 PM
A University of Idaho animal scientist will lead the UI's animal and veterinary science department. Mark McGuire, who specializes in dairy cow physiology, has served as interim department head since 2012. In a press release, John Foltz, interim dean of the College of Agricultural and Life Sciences ...
Wednesday, May 22, 2013 10:00 AM
Dairy producers wanting the California Department of Food and Agriculture to raise minimum prices for milk going to cheese makers took a different tack in their argument at a CDFA hearing on Monday. Agriculture Secretary Karen Ross called the hearing to consider extending emergency price relief ...
Tuesday, May 21, 2013 2:10 PM
Proponents of the Dairy Security Act, included last week in farm bills passed by the House and Senate ag committees, say they are pleased the proposal remained intact. But opponents of the milk supply management portion of the bill anticipate a different outcome when the House bill is debated on ...
Monday, May 20, 2013 10:48 AM
The 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals has refused to overturn the USDA's decision to commercialize genetically engineered alfalfa. The federal appeals court has upheld a previous decision, which found that USDA lacked the authority to regulate the biotech crop once it was determined not to be a p ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 12:37 PM
The farm bill took center stage on Capitol Hill this week and resulted in a war of words. The Senate Agriculture Committee marked up its version on Tuesday and included the controversial Dairy Security Act. The action drew praise from the National Milk Producers Federation, author of much of DSA' ...
Friday, May 17, 2013 11:07 AM
MOUNT VERNON, Wash. -- After 17 years in Klickitat County, which has three dairies, Susan Kerr has taken on the responsibility for advising dozens of dairies in five counties: Whatcom, Snohomish, San Juan, Island and Skagit. She was director of Washington State University Klickitat Extension. Now ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:50 AM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Raw milk advocates say they expect hundreds of supporters to turn out next week for the trial of a Wisconsin farmer charged with several licensing violations. Vernon Hershberger, of Loganville, has been charged with operating a dairy farm, dairy plant and retail food establishment ...
Tuesday, May 14, 2013 9:00 AM
MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Five of Wisconsin's eight U.S. House members have signed a letter opposing a plan to limit milk production if prices fall too low. In a letter to leaders of the House Agriculture Committee, the congressmen said the cap would punish farmers in Wisconsin if those elsewhere pr ...
Friday, May 10, 2013 8:07 AM
The Tillamook County Creamery Association has filed a lawsuit against one of its suppliers over an allegedly faulty cheese ingredient. The cooperative claims that in 2011, Cargill sold it 200 gallons of defective rennet, a set of enzymes that cause milk to coagulate into solids and liquids. " ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:16 AM
Dairy Farmers of Washington and Les Schwab Tires have named two high school student athletes as the inaugural winners of the Smart Choices Scholarship. Tanner Perry from Snohomish and Kendall Todd from Odessa were chosen for their achievements on the field and in the community. Each will rece ...
Wednesday, May 08, 2013 10:26 AM
Little or no profits in the milk-production sector in the second half of 2012 and strong cull prices drove dairy cow slaughter to its highest level in 26 years. At 3.1 million for all of 2012, it was the second-highest slaughter on record, said Tiffany Hora, statistician with USDA National Agricu ...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 1:55 PM
Following a directive from California Assembly Ag Committee Chairman Susan Talamantes Eggman, California's Secretary of Agriculture Karen Ross has scheduled a hearing May 20 on the state's milk pricing. The hearing will consider proposed amendments to the Class 1, 2, 3, 4a, and 4b prices. ...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 9:34 AM
LYNDEN, Wash. -- A Whatcom County dairy that was assessed a $17,000 fine for manure and water violations will take its case to a settlement hearing. Mitch Moorlag, general manager of the Edaleen Dairy, said he has filed the paperwork for a hearing with the Washington State Department of Agricul ...
Tuesday, May 07, 2013 10:55 AM
A bill in the California Assembly addressing state pricing for milk used to manufacture cheese is still afloat, but supporters say the Ag Committee stripped it of any meaningful reform. The revised bill passed unanimously in the Assembly Ag Committee May 1. While the bill passed, it wasn' ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 10:24 AM
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- More education for dairy employees on animal welfare is planned following an undercover video at a south-central Idaho dairy showing mistreatment of animals, an associate professor and extension dairy specialist at the University of Idaho says. "I look at it as a ...
Monday, May 06, 2013 8:02 AM
PASCO, Wash. -- A major hay exporter is shaking up the industry in the Pacific Northwest by paying growers for hay within two days of delivery and opening a mammoth hay storage facility. Zen-Noh Hay Inc. hosted about 250 hay growers, brokers, transportation providers, community leaders and dignit ...
Friday, May 03, 2013 10:02 AM
Legislation recently introduced in the House by Reps. Bob Goodlatte, R-Va., and David Scott, D-Ga., got another thumbs ups, this time from dairy producers in Pennsylvania, New York, and Ohio, members of the Dairy Policy Action Coalition. A DPAC press release said the bill would "offer dairy farme ...
Friday, May 03, 2013 10:42 AM
High feed costs and manipulation of feed markets top the list of concerns voiced by seven livestock and poultry groups that have submitted comments on the federal Renewable Fuel Standard to the House Energy and Commerce Committee. Central to the discussion is that the RFS is the primary force d ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013 5:11 PM
The National Conference of Interstate Milk Shipments - a group of state regulators overseeing milk safety rules - has again rejected a proposal to lower the maximum level of somatic cell counts in milk. National Milk Producers Federation had again proposed lowering that count from 750,000 c ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:51 AM
SACRAMENTO -- An Assembly panel unanimously approved a watered-down whey pricing bill May 1 and asked producers and processors to come to the bargaining table to reach solutions. An overflow gathering of dairymen from around the state listened nervously as the Agriculture Committee considered Ass ...
Thursday, May 02, 2013 10:40 AM
Five dairies in Washington's Yakima Valley have filed a motion to dismiss lawsuits against them brought by the Community Association for Restoration of the Environment and the Center for Food Safety. Plaintiffs allege that manure is a solid waste and when applied on land or stored is leaching n ...
Wednesday, May 01, 2013 8:48 AM
ZILLAH, Wash. -- Seattle Seahawks wide receiver Golden Tate spoke about fitness and nutrition at Zillah Middle School to celebrate students' participation in the National Dairy Council's and National Football League's Fuel Up to Play 60 program. The school's participation was sponsored by the Was ...
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