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    Charting a different course for dairy

    Charting a different course for dairy

    As many of you likely know, the dairy industry, and specifically dairy farmers are not in a good place. Many farmers are going into the fourth year of red ink. According to DATCP license records, we’ve lost over 500 Wisconsin dairy farms per year, on average, since 2003. The weak milk market hasn’t slowed production. Many factors including better feed and cattle genetics, the use of sexed semen, outside investment in mega-farms, cheap imported milk from neighboring states, a
    Opinion: Dairy industry is hemorrhaging

    Opinion: Dairy industry is hemorrhaging

    As dairy farmers, one of our top priorities is the health and well-being of our cows. A bovine disease many farmers are familiar with is Hemorrhagic Bowel Syndrome (HBS), a complex condition described simply as a cow bleeding to death due to hemorrhaging in the lower gastrointestinal tract. HBS has two forms, rapid death from acute blood loss and steady decline leading to death from a slow bleed. HBS manifests when the cow is stressed with high production and fed compromised
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    How Wisconsin Farmers Sparked a National Movement to Reform Dairy Policy

    How Wisconsin Farmers Sparked a National Movement to Reform Dairy Policy

    Dairy Together events rally farmers around dairy policy reform

    Dairy Together events rally farmers around dairy policy reform

    Exports are not the answer: 
Economic analysis shows dairy exports have little impact on milk prices

    Exports are not the answer: Economic analysis shows dairy exports have little impact on milk prices

    The Future Belongs to Those Who Show Up

    The Future Belongs to Those Who Show Up

    Recent Posts
    How Wisconsin Farmers Sparked a National Movement to Reform Dairy Policy

    How Wisconsin Farmers Sparked a National Movement to Reform Dairy Policy

    Dairy Together events rally farmers around dairy policy reform

    Dairy Together events rally farmers around dairy policy reform

    Federal Milk Pricing is Due for an Overhaul

    Federal Milk Pricing is Due for an Overhaul

    Rules Must Match the Playing Field

    Rules Must Match the Playing Field

    Supply Management, fair wages could drop government spending

    Supply Management, fair wages could drop government spending

    Subsidies are swell, but can we talk about fair prices?

    Subsidies are swell, but can we talk about fair prices?

    New Program to Support Midwest Dairy Entrepreneurship

    New Program to Support Midwest Dairy Entrepreneurship

    USMCA: A Bad Deal for Farmers

    USMCA: A Bad Deal for Farmers

    Government Accountability Office Report Shows Power Imbalances and Reduced Farmer Earnings As Dairy

    Government Accountability Office Report Shows Power Imbalances and Reduced Farmer Earnings As Dairy

    If supply management is so great, why don’t we have it already?

    If supply management is so great, why don’t we have it already?

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