The Milkweed
Dairy’s best information and insights
P.O. Box 10, Brooklyn, WI 53521 · (608) 455-2400 © 2002 - 2011 The Milkweed all rights reserved

Inside the May issue: MPC/Casein Imports Peak Early in Low Milk-Price Years … Current Dairy Supply/Demand Picture Downright Ugly … John Bunting Suffers Strokes, Undergoes Brain Surgery … “Good News Department” … April Class III Price $15.72 – Class IV $14.80 … Big Export Sales to China Reducing U.S. Corn Supply … Negotiations Pending Re: Russian Embargo of U.S. Dairy Products … U.S. Dairy Import Discussions Far Along with China … ERROR! USDA/AMS Goofs Whey Price for Week of March 31 … Farm Bill Events – The Right Progress, or Not? … Protein Imports Disrupt U.S. Dairy Markets, Weaken Producers … Greek-Style Yogurt Sparking U.S./Canada “Border War” … In-Depth Research of Ground Beef Controversy: Facts Don’t Support Claims of “Safety” for LFTB … Holsteins Now Dual-Purpose Breed: Dairy/Beef (or Beef/Dairy?) … Organic Promotion Check-off Proposal has Farmers Wary …. DFA/DMS Dilemma: Can’t Assess Non-Members as Marketing Losses Climb … Some Southeast Producers Confused by Milk Marketing Details … On NAIS, National Milk Producers Sings Same Old Song: To Heck with Farmers … Dairy Commodities in Surplus, Under Several Downwards Price Pressure … Too Much Competition? DFA Running Backwards in Ohio … Why? Why Not (Selected Short Subjects) … 33 years complete, and … Closer Look at Klondike Cheese’s “Continuous Coagulation” System … and much more!

The Milkweed reports what’s really happening in the U.S. dairy industry. You can’t afford to miss the real news affecting your bottom line!

Every month for the past 33 years, The Milkweed has been providing subscribers with facts and insights about events determining prices for dairy commodities and farm milk. No other dairy paper matches the high-caliber reporting found in The Milkweed.

Controversial? Yes! You’ll find that this paper names names and backs up its reporting with hard-to-find facts. Over the years, The Milkweed has documented:

You’ll read about trends in milk supplies and demand for dairy products, analysis of dairy animal price trends, the weather … and many other factors that influence milk prices and the dairy farmers’ profitability.

The Milkweed is written for the dairy farmer and other interested persons in the dairy industry. This paper is now in its 33^rd year of continuous publication, and counts about 6,000 subscribers. No advertising revenue influences this publication.

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