Archive for the "Dairy" Tag

The recent bankruptcies of dairy processors Dean Foods and Borden Dairy highlighted challenges within the dairy industry. Downward trends in dairy consumption, mainly milk, was frequently cited as […]

Nearly nine percent of the nation’s dairy farms closed their doors in 2019. The USDA’s latest milk production report says there were […]

Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA) today announced they have reached an agreement with Dean Foods to acquire 44 of the processors […]

The latest blow to the downtrodden dairy industry was delivered by none other than Starbucks Corp., with the coffee giant looking to […]

800 Minnesota dairy farms have closed in past three years The number of licensed dairy farms in Minnesota continues to decline at […]

10% of Wisconsin Dairy Operations Exited the Business in 2019 Wisconsin lost 10.7% of its licensed dairy farms in 2019. The National […]

The U.S. dairy industry, the largest in the world, is under severe pressure as the consumption habits of Americans shift. Borden Dairy […]

Dairy economists from the University of Wisconsin-Madison are bullish about the Class III milk price in 2020. In 2019, Class III averaged […]

The past year was another difficult one for many dairy farmers across the country. Another year of low prices forced more producers […]

Lower milk prices still resulted in continued negative economic returns for Illinois dairy producers in 2018, according to figures summarized by the […]