Cash dairy prices mostly lower Friday

Cash dairy prices were mostly lower except butter Friday with light trading on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange.    Dry whey was unchanged at $0.5425. No sales were recorded.  Forty-pound cheese blocks were down $0.0225 at $1.8175.  No sales were recorded.  Cheese barrels were down $0.0125 at $1.77.  No sales were recorded.  Butter was up $0.0075 at…Continue Reading

Rep. Hinson lauds Trump, UK trade deal

U.S. Congresswoman Ashley Hinson says the trade agreement in principle with the United Kingdom should help give U.S. ag exports some momentum. “I think it will unleash a flurry of other activity with other countries and provide of us access to new markets, which is what our producers have been reaching out to me (about)…Continue Reading

NCBA says U.K. trade deal is a win for America’s cattle producers

The National Cattlemen’s Beef Association says the trade agreement in principle between the United States and the United Kingdom could create significant opportunities for U.S. beef exports. Kent Bacus says the U.K. currently imports very little U.S. beef. “The fact that beef is part of this deal, we think that’s a win,” he says.  “We…Continue Reading

National FFA and Microsoft expanding FarmBeats for Students to all 50 states

Photo by Brownfield’s Erin Anderson. The National FFA Organization is expanding its partnership with Microsoft to grow the precision agriculture education program to reach all 50 states. FFA’s chief program officer Christine White says FarmBeats for Students provides classrooms with a hardware kit equipped with hands-on activities to encourage critical thinking and problem solving in…Continue Reading

Planting about finished for SE Wisconsin dairyman

A Wisconsin dairy farmer can see the finish line for the 2025 planting season. Evan Schrauth grows corn and soybeans in Fond du lac County, much of it to feed his 75 dairy cows. He says, “So far, so good. We’ve got all of our beans in and we’ll be finishing up with corn here…Continue Reading

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