Wherever you are today in your process, there is work to be done to help you prepare for the fruits of your labor, both the hard assets and the two-legged ones, to thrive throughout the next generation.

Here’s a summary of news impacting your dairy as we approach the middle of February 2024.

December 2023 U.S. agricultural export numbers revealed that despite limited growth in the dairy products sector, replacement heifer exports finished the year at the second-highest total since 2018. Here’s Progressive Dairy’s 30,000-foot view at dairy-related export categories.

The HerdHQ platform has the potential to revolutionize data-informed decision making on dairy farms. HerdHQ currently contains six apps for dairy producers and their advisors.

The USDA’s World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report identifies milk and feed factors potentially impacting dairy producer income in the year ahead.

This week, parents weighed in on their support for bipartisan legislation to provide whole and 2% milk in public schools, the dairy checkoff announced a pilot project for hot chocolate milk in schools, and a California congressman called for supply chain changes to ensure the availability of school milk.