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Each year about 2,000 American transporters move more than four million loads of milk and milk products from 50,000 domestic dairy farms to and between 500 plants — with little margin for error.
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Milk Transporters Face Myriad Challenges
Milk transporters face myriad challenges. When it comes to the efficient transportation of milk and other dairy products, time is tight. Dairy processors must move selections in the most effective manner if they are to…
Dairy Group Wins Tax Credits
Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers announced in November the state will be supporting the expansion of Agropur Dairy Cooperative in Little Chute with up to $4.5 million in business tax credits from the Wisconsin Economic Development…
U.S. Dairy Sector Struggling
The U.S. dairy industry, the largest in the world, is under severe pressure as the consumption habits of Americans shift, data show. Borden Dairy filed for bankruptcy protection, the second major U.S. dairy to do…
Report Raises Milk Production Outlook
The USDA’s latest World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report, released in June, raised 2021-22 milk production forecasts due to higher cow numbers, with the outlook for prices mixed. For 2021, the USDA forecasts milk…
Milk Sector Also Needs More Drivers
Coming soon to an industry near you (or already here): a truck-driver shortage. There’s currently a nationwide deficit of both long-haul and short-run truck drivers, and it will impact the transit of bulk milk, feed…
Milk Production Continues To Drop
The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s (USDA) National Agricultural Statistics Service shows milk production continues to decline. After many years of depressed prices, some dairy farmers faced an extremely tough year in 2020 with a global…
Virus Breaking Global Food Supply Chain
Despite strong demand for basic foods like dairy products amid the coronavirus pandemic, the milk supply chain has seen a host of disruptions that are preventing dairy farmers from getting their products to market. Mass…
Backlog May Depress Imports, Economist Says
The surge of cargo that moved through U.S. ports in December increased both wholesale and retail inventories and “until that backlog is taken care of, it will likely depress container imports for the next couple…
More Dairies Turning To Canola Meal
It used to be that canola meal had to have a $100-per-ton discount to soybean meal before dairy nutritionist Marty Faldet would consider recommending it to his clients. No more. Years of feeding experience are…
