http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/05/22/more-details-concerning-cwt-herd-buyout-program en-us 40 Updates and information about the the trends in Dairy Markets <p>CWT’s field auditors have begun visiting the 388 farms that have been tentatively accepted in the program’s seventh herd retirement, as they initiate the process this week of removing nearly 103,000 cows that produced two billion pounds of milk last year.</p> <p>CWT officials released more detailed information about the size and scope of the self-help program’s largest-ever herd retirement program. 60 percent of the farms selected are located east of the Mississippi River, while 79 percent of the 103,000 cows to be removed come from the Western and Southwest regions of the U.S. 81 percent of the milk removed will come from those two regions, a portion slightly higher than in the six previous CWT rounds. The Midwest accounted for 8% of milk accepted and 8% of cows accepted.</p> <p>For more detail, click <a href="http://future.aae.wisc.edu/collection/news_items/cwt_audits_begin.pdf"> here</a>.</p> Fri, 22 May 2009 06:24:00 -0500 urn:uuid:5f8b20c7-cb62-40f1-9328-f4a68d0e3974 Brian Gould http://future.aae.wisc.edu/blog/articles/2009/05/22/more-details-concerning-cwt-herd-buyout-program News