October 2022 “mailbox” prices averaged about $1.04 per cwt less than announced average “all-milk” price for the same month.

As of Jan. 1, 2023, there were 29.5 replacements expected to calve for every 100 cows currently in the herd, the smallest percentage since 2001.

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Kimmi Devaney is joined by Jenna Muller and Mary Campbell from the California Ag Mediation Program to discuss a resource that can help you resolve some of the tense situations and difficult conversations that inevitably come up while managing a business, especially one with your family. Mediation can assist with transitioning the farm from one generation to another, diffuse tense situations with neighbors and assist with multiple other situations. 

Digest highlights

• Hearing set to consider southeast U.S. FMMO proposals
• Farmers sought for study about how they balance children and work
• JDS: Milk’s packaging influences its flavor
• Other news, briefly

The Greener Cattle Initiative (GCI) is exceeding expectations on its goal of funding research to discover solutions for the biggest contributor of on-farm emissions in the U.S.: enteric methane.