USDA

March milk production falls despite more per cow milk output, while cheese exports are on the rise. Milk production in March fell by 0.4%.

The Wisconsin Dept of Ag reports the loss of another 212 dairy farms in the first quarter of 2019. On April 1, the number of licensed dairy farms in Wisconsin stood at 7,898.

Six months after the USDA promised to buy $1.2 billion worth of food from American pork, beef, and produce farmers, many are still waiting.

A U.S.-China trade deal continues to inch closer as Chinese officials claim to be working day and night with their U.S. counterparts.

House Ag Committee Ranking Member Mike Conaway is feeling positive following President Trump’s Fiscal Year 2020 budget proposal.

Washington Beef, based in Toppenish, has recently recalled 30,000-plus pounds of packaged ground beef.

Trade negotiations with China are going well enough for President Trump to postpone plans to raise the tariff rate on $200 billion worth of Chinese goods.

China is proposing it could buy an additional $30 billion a year of U.S. agricultural products including soybeans, corn and wheat as part of a possible trade deal.

A wave of Chapter 12 bankruptcies is sweeping across the U.S. farm belt as trade disputes take a toll on businesses already hurt by low commodity prices.

The markets absorbed an onslaught of information recently when USDA released the delayed and current WASDE numbers AND the Crop Production report.