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Jan 14, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Rhonda Brooks |Karen Bohnert |Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan
Triple-digit temperatures lasting for days and then weeks helped fuel a firestorm of highly pathogenic avian influenza A virus (HPAI A H5N1) cases on California dairy farms last summer. “August wasn’t too bad, September was kind of rough, and then early October was severe,” recalls Dr. Maxwell Beal.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Jim Wiesemeyer |Karen Bohnert |Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan
The Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has proposed a new front-of-package (FOP) labeling rule aimed at helping consumers make healthier food choices quickly and easily. This “Nutrition Info box,” a black-and-white design, will display levels of saturated fat, sodium, and added sugars, categorized as “Low,” “Med,” or “High,” along with the percent Daily Value for each nutrient.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Karen Bohnert |Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan |Taylor Leach
The dairy industry, a sector in constant evolution, owes much of its transformation and adaptation to visionary leaders such as Peter Vitaliano. After nearly four decades serving as the Chief Economist for the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), Vitaliano recently retired, leaving behind a legacy of insight and progress. In a recent episode of the Dairy Defined podcast, Vitaliano reflected on the changes he has observed over his tenure and shared his vision for the future of the industry.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan |Karen Bohnert |Taylor Leach
One trend is showing that while farm income generally exceeded those of other U.S. households, the majority of farm households had farming losses and were getting the majority of their income from off farm sources, AgDay-TV reported on Monday.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan |Karen Bohnert |Taylor Leach
Despite contacts suggesting that there is cheese out there for sale, CME spot cheese had a strong day. Class III futures remain volatile, jumping higher today after a strong spot showing. With that being said, new cheese capacity has come online and is expected to continue to increase the amount of cheese that is for sale in the private market. Demand has been strong for raw milk to fill these plants as indicated by spot milk prices rebounding over class after the holidays.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Tyne Morgan |Ever Ag |Karen Bohnert |Taylor Leach
After ice and blizzard conditions blasted the Midwest, South and East to start January, another round of frigid temperatures is set to blanket much of the U.S., and this time, temperatures could fall even lower than the previous round of cold. Much of the U.S. is still seeing snow cover, with temperatures too cold to melt the recent snow. But now, we’re bracing for even colder temperatures as what’s called the “Siberian Express” is set to arrive this weekend. What exactly is the Siberian Express?
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan |Karen Bohnert |Taylor Leach
Germany’s meat and dairy exports outside the EU face severe restrictions after the country’s first case of the livestock disease foot-and-mouth was confirmed on Friday, the country’s agriculture ministry said. German authorities confirmed the country’s first outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease in nearly 40 years in a herd of water buffalo on the outskirts of Berlin.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Karen Bohnert |Ever Ag |Tyne Morgan |Taylor Leach
In the heart of Wisconsin’s Dairyland lies Grotegut Dairy Farm, a prime example of how tradition can seamlessly blend with modern technology to create a cutting-edge operation. With deep roots and a commitment to innovation and sustainability, Grotegut Dairy has become synonymous with excellence in dairy production. Housing an impressive herd of 3,500 milking cows, the farm demonstrates how contemporary solutions can be integrated into age-old practices.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Taylor Leach |Ever Ag |Jennifer Shike |Gail Ellis
Milk production forecasts for 2024 and 2025 have been scaled back, signaling a shift in expected output. According to the latest World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) Milk Production report, lower milk cow inventories and reduced milk output per cow have led to a revised 2024 forecast. Similarly, the 2025 outlook reflects slower growth in milk production per cow, signaling potential challenges ahead for producers.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
dairyherd.com | Tyne Morgan |Ever Ag |Taylor Leach |Jennifer Shike
2024 brought a changing tide for milk prices. After depressed prices in 2023, milk prices recovered this year, but as supply concerns come back into the picture, which was a wet blanket for prices in the final quarter of this year, what’s the outlook for 2025? “The supply side has been the issue,” says Ben Buckner, dairy analyst with AgResource Company. “Demand looks really good, as far as we can tell. In terms of total disappearance, nothing remarkable there.
