Tag Archive: "Dairy"
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Dairy Farms Will Have “Margin Insurance” in New Farm Bill
One of the most contentious parts of the wrangling over the new farm bill (not yet passed, but out of conference yesterday) centered around support for dairy farmers. The National Milk Producer’s Federation had lobbied for a “supply management” provision, however, House Speaker Boehner had argued that this was simply a “Soviet-style” economic planning. In […]
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Will the Dairy Price Incease Save the Farmers in Time
The National Agricultural Bankers Conference is meeting in San Antonio, Texas this week. Marcia Zarley from DTN/The Progressive Farmer has a good overview of what the bankers are talking about. Farmers who are in the dairy and pork industry are really feeling the pinch of low milk and pork prices right now. Many of the […]