Weekly Digest
The USDA’s dairy export forecast is reduced as the overall ag trade deficit grows.
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Economic Update: Dairy downturn, interest expenses highlight 2023 USDA income forecast
The USDA’s latest milk production and price forecasts are updated late this week.
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Economic Update: December 2023 Class I base price steady
Dairy cow culling remained slower in October and average farm wages were up.
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Weekly Digest: WOTUS will stay in news, courts in 2024
Amended complaints challenge the revised WOTUS rule on a number of grounds, including failure to include a comment period when the new rule was to be implemented.
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Economic Update: Ag loan interest rates nearing 9%
October’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program margin will be announced next week.
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Weekly Digest: House panels says dairy producers need H-2A program
The USDA released preliminary 10-year agricultural projections for major U.S. crops and livestock products, including dairy.
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Weekly Digest: Ohio, Oregon youths earn FFA proficiency awards in dairy
The ranking member of the House Agriculture Committee has called for a one-year extension of the 2018 Farm Bill.
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Economic Update: October FMMO milk class prices diverge
Meeting this week, the Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) held interest rates steady.
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Weekly Digest: House ag appropriations, farm bill timelines proposed
The USDA’s Organic Livestock and Poultry Standards final rule has been released.
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