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Achieving 7 lbs fat/protein has big impact on milk income
HARRISBURG, Pa. – Shipping 7 pounds combined milk fat and protein per cow per day is the threshold minimum to drive profitability, says Heather Dann of Miner Institute in Northeast New York during a Pennsylvania Dairy Summit panel discussion. She explained Cornell Pro Dairy research showing return on assets (ROA) is highly correlated to milk income over feed cost (IOFC), and the biggest thing to affect IOFC is pounds of components produced. Cow comfort is important, said Dann, and “to maximize components, get the diet and the dining experience right.”
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Grassroots efforts
seek solution for
Class I formula
change losses
WASHINGTON, D.C. -- The Class I ‘mover’ is the subject of much discussion today, two years after the previous 'higher of' calculation was replaced by an averaging method plus 74 cents.
A letter drafted by Senator Kirsten Gillibrand of New York is gathering signatures from other Senators and will be sent to Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack regarding financial assistance to cover direct and indirect losses. The American Dairy Coalition is urging producers to contact Senators May 17 about signing.
Dairy groups are working to raise awareness among key lawmakers and USDA about the 24-month net loss of over $750 million in the Class I mover price from May 2019 through April 2021. These losses also impacted orderly marketing and other factors, contributing to net losses exceeding $3 billion nationwide from inverted class price relationships that produced negative PPDs and led to depooling. In addition, dairy farmers had risk management losses when their milk was devalued, but they paid for risk management that failed because it was aligned with a “market value” they did not receive. Full Story
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Hot topic: understanding milk pricing 'basics'
The Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO) system goes back to the 1930s Ag Marketing Law. In 2000, changes were made to use end-product pricing formulas for four base commodities – Cheese (block and barrel Cheddar average), Butter, Nonfat dry milk (NDFM) and Dry Whey. The CME spot market sets the pace for actual sales reported weekly to USDA by around 100 processors. From these weekly-reported prices, a weighted average for each of the four commodities is calculated by USDA and are used in formulas that account for yield and “make allowances" to then calculate Component prices and then Class prices. Read more
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Customer profile:
Father-daughter team
talk future of dairy
Carissa Itle Westrick enjoys working every day with her father Bill Itle on the processing and marketing side of Vale Wood Farms, Loretto, Pa., where generations of family have been delivering 'moo to you' since 1933. Other family members across multiple generations run the cow and crop sides of the dairy and work in various parts of the business. They see whole milk, local connections and home delivery as big trends — even before the pandemic — that are key parts of their business for decades. They see dairy being rediscovered but also share concerns about consumer confusion over the growing number of imitation beverages in the dairy case. Read about how our customers at Vale Wood navigate change here. Bill and Carissa talk about the future of dairy on the most recent DairyBusiness Dairyvoice podcast here
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They collaborate to
train next generation
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CLOVIS, N.M. — Who will train our next generation? That has been the concern of New Mexico State University extension dairy specialist Dr. Robert Hagevoort and his colleagues where college dairies have closed their doors. The 6-week course begins in mid-May with classroom sessions and real world immersion on dairies in New Mexico and West Texas, drawing on expertise of producers, industry and academia across multiple disciplines. The Udder Comfort team has been proud to partner with USDETC as a contributing sponsor for 8 years and honored to have had opportunities to engage with students on the topic of fresh cow comfort and high quality milk at a customer dairy. Read more
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