Edge offers $10,000 in secondary education scholarships to membership
Source: Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative will once again offer $10,000 in secondary education scholarships to its membership. Edge is proud to award the children of its members who exemplify the voice of milk through their education, career aspirations and future goals.
Legislative hearing today to review Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act
Source: Voice of Milk
The Senate Committee on Agriculture, Nutrition, and Forestry met this morning for a hearing on the "Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act.
Edge strongly supports the Whole Milk for Healthy Kids Act (H.R. 1147), which enhances school meal nutrition by providing children with a wider variety of milk options, including whole and 2% milk. Nutrient-dense milk is an essential part of a balanced diet, especially for growing children.
USDA reminds agricultural producers to enroll in Key Safety Net Programs by April 15
Source: USDA
Don’t delay! You have until April 15 to revise elections and enroll in the Agriculture Risk Coverage and Price Loss Coverage programs for the 2025 crop year. These key USDA safety-net programs help producers mitigate fluctuations in either revenue or prices for certain crops.
Trump has dubbed April 2 ‘Liberation Day’ for his tariffs. Here’s what to expect
Source: AP News
As the trade wars launched by U.S. President Donald Trump continue to escalate, all eyes are on Wednesday.
Trump has repeatedly called April 2 “Liberation Day,” with promises to roll out a set of tariffs, or taxes on imports from other countries, that he says will free the U.S. from a reliance on foreign goods.
Senate parliamentarian could make or break Trump agenda
Source: The Hill
Senate Republicans are facing crunch time on a long-overdue budget resolution, which has divided their conference over the possibility of cutting Medicaid and adding language to increase the debt ceiling by as much as $5 trillion.
The Dairy Business Association, Wisconsin’s leading dairy advocacy group, endorses Wisconsin Supreme Court candidate Brad Schimel in today's Spring Election on April 1st.
The dairy organization aligns with Schimel’s priorities, including upholding laws as written, providing Wisconsin’s dairy industry with a stable legal framework that supports innovation and economic sustainability and ensuring regulatory clarity for Wisconsin farmers.
Voters head to the polls in Supreme Court, state schools superintendent races
Source: Wis Politics
Polls are open in Wisconsin with record-spending races for the state Supreme Court and superintendent of Public Instruction at the top of the ballot.
The state Supreme Court race pits conservative Brad Schimel, a Waukesha County judge and former GOP AG endorsed by President Trump, against liberal Susan Crawford, a Dane County judge. The race will determine ideological control of the high court. The winner gets a 10-year term.
The focus is on dairy market risk with understanding the basics and what items impact it. Dairy Stream host Joanna Guza and guest Dr. Chris Wolf discuss why dairy market risk programs exist, options for dairy farmers, recommendation for beginners, changes to the Federal Milk Market Order, future farm bills and resources.
Welcome back to our Dairy Market Report! We partner with Ever.Ag to bring you highlights of recent dairy market activities, as well as a summary of key market indicators.
Despite heavy volume, most dairy commodity prices rose this week. CME spot butter gained $0.0475 per pound to $2.3500 on the largest volume traded since mid-October. Block and barrel cheese each increased to $1.6350 per pound, up $0.0325 and $0.0850, respectively. Forty-eight loads of blocks traded – the most since June 2023 – while barrel volume was the most since mid-July. Nonfat dry milk also lifted $0.0175 from last Friday to $1.1625 on 18 trades.
With the strength of 1,400+ dairy farmers, the Voice of Milk is a multi-state association speaking only on behalf of dairy farmers.
We are a multi-state collaboration of independent dairy organizations committed to amplifying the voice of dairy farmers — the voice of milk — throughout our communities, in Congress and within the dairy supply chain to ensure a prosperous future for dairy farm families and their allied businesses. We advocate for dairy farmers alongside industry partners at the local, state and federal levels to enhance the entire dairy community.
Current member organizations:
Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative | Dairy Business Association | Minnesota Milk
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Edge Dairy Farmer Cooperative
Hastings Mutual insurance Company
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