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Milk co-op wants new trucking regulations in Md.
ANNAPOLIS, Md. — Some Maryland farmers could save money if the state legalizes three-day milk pickups, a regional cooperative pushing for the change said last week. The Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association has been lobbying the...
Virginia’s Copenhaver is leading NCBA policymaking for beef industry
Gene Copenhaver, a long-time leader in the Virginia beef cattle industry, is the new policy chairman of the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association. He was elected to the influential position during the association’s convention in New Orleans earlier this...
U.S. milk market expected to improve this year
HERSHEY, Pa. — The U.S. milk market should begin to improve later this year provided a probable recession is small, banks remain stable and China’s demand for dairy rises as it continues to emerge from its restrictive COVID-19 policies, a dairy analyst...
Dairy farmer shares how she broke into industry (Market Update)
(Editor’s note: Emily Barge is a communications manager for the Center for Dairy Excellence.) Ariel Herrod may be a full-time dairy farmer and the owner of Clear Spring Creamery at the age of 31, but her path to breaking into the dairy industry wasn’t a...
Virginia Beef Expo coming, to be held in Rockingham
HARRISONBURG, Va. — The Virginia Beef Expo is coming to town April 13-16 with the promise of bringing members of the cattle industry from across the state and beyond.The expo will be held at the Rockingham Fairgrounds here and offers cattle sales, an...
Va. family takes council’s Forager Producer of Year
GREENVILLE, Va. — The Swortzel family’s search for a better way to do things on their Suffangus Farm here has earned it the honor of being the Virginia Forage and Grassland Council’s 2023 Forager Producer of the Year. The family farm dates to 1904 and...
Pa. forum: Business plans can jump-start new visions
STATE COLLEGE, Pa. — Rob Goodling, an agriculture business consultant with Horizon Farm Credit, led a pair of dairy product innovators in a discussion of how to use a business plan to redirect their business during a session on finances at the...
West Virginia wants more dairies
MORGANTOWN, W.Va. — Here’s something you probably haven’t heard in a few years: There’s a place that needs more dairy farmers — now. That’s the message from the West Virginia Department of Agriculture these days as it looks to meet the new demand of a...
Farm fencing expert offers advice to Va. producers
WYTHEVILLE, Va. — Lewis Sapp urged the 125 people attending the 2023 Virginia Forage and Grassland Council’s Convention here Jan. 24 to know their livestock and land before starting a fencing project.“You have to be able to put your hands on it,” Sapp...
Producers urge lawmakers to support farmworker bill
PEACH BOTTOM, Pa. — Graywood Farms, a member of Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association, underscored the need for agriculture labor reform during an immigration roundtable held this week. The event, entitled “Lower Food Prices, Keep...
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