Government Accountability Office Report Shows Power Imbalances and Reduced Farmer Earnings As Dairy
At the request of New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the US Government Accountability Office (GAO) released a report detailing the...
If supply management is so great, why don’t we have it already?
Managing national milk production to boost dairy farm profitability is not a new concept. The U.S government has made at least three...
Exports are not the answer: Economic analysis shows dairy exports have little impact on milk prices
Growth in export markets has long been lauded as the measure of success in American agriculture. Last year U.S Secretary of Agriculture...
The Future Belongs to Those Who Show Up
It really has been a year since we packed a room at Barron Electric when Barron County Farm Bureau and Farmers Union held a farmer-led...
Time to decide what ‘reality’ we want for America’s Dairyland
“Reality.” It’s a word I’ve run across lately more than I’d like. The reality is, or so I’ve been told, that little can be done to save...
Farmers are a cog in the wheel
The farmer is the central cog in a system wherein all ancillary cogs profit because the central cog keeps turning. Seed and agrochemical...