Mon, 09 Jun 2008 18:20:00 GMT
A summary Fact Sheet describing the Average Crop Revenue Election (ACRE) program has been added to the 2008 Farm Bill section of this website. A fact sheet summarizing the important elements of Title IV (Nutrition) has also been added.
Fri, 23 May 2008 19:51:00 GMT
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Thu, 22 May 2008 14:36:00 GMT
The May Dairy Outlook Report authored by Emeritus Prof. Bob Cropp is available for downloading.
Mon, 19 May 2008 21:59:00 GMT
Using monthly feed cost estimates for the 23-major producing states published by the Economic Research Service of USDA we calculate the net return over total feed costs. The state-specific All-Milk price is used as a measure of gross revenue.
Fri, 16 May 2008 21:46:00 GMT
A spreadsheet model is available that shows how changes in feed costs impact the MILC target price. This can be obtained by clicking here.
Wed, 07 May 2008 22:08:00 GMT
A new data series has been added to our database that consists of the difference between CME spot Block - Barrel prices. For April 2008 this average difference was $0.0816 compared to -$0.0517 in January.
Mon, 07 Jan 2008 16:00:00 GMT
Both the House of Representatives and Senate versions of the 2007 farm bill are now available in the publications section of this website. These are the versions that will be used by the Conference Committee.
Mon, 31 Dec 2007 16:35:00 GMT
An updated tutorial on the use of dairy-based futures and options for controlling milk and dairy product price risk is now available. This tutorial system will be useful for dairy farm operators, dairy processing firms and firms that purchase dairy products.
Tue, 18 Dec 2007 14:02:00 GMT
When accessing a monthly data series, the default is to show data for the current year. One can display a bar graph with multiple year’s of data by clicking on the year on year button displayed above the actual data.
Fri, 30 Nov 2007 15:06:00 GMT
A new spreadsheet model has been added to the website’s collection of software that shows the impacts of California’s recent changes to the 4b pricing formulas. Simulated values over the 2005-2007 period are used to show these impacts.
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