Judge James P. Arguelles issued a final ruling on August 3, 2020 on the STOP QIP lawsuit against the California Department of Food and...

Keeping an eye on water supply is a big part of what I do for Milk Producers Council. What follows are some tidbits I have learned along...

This past Tuesday Judge Timothy Aspinwall, the judge from the Office of Administrative Hearings who conducted the hearing on the STOP QIP...

Keeping an eye on water supply is a big part of what I do for Milk Producers Council. What follows are some tidbits I have learned....

It may seem obvious, but it bears repeating that the price of milk a dairyman receives is based on the value of the products...

In a truly unprecedented fashion, a “virtual” hearing took place this week to consider the petition by Stop QIP to suspend Chapter 3.5 of...

The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) has reset the date and time and format for a public hearing to consider a...

On Tuesday morning, I read the 36-page opinion and order of Fresno Federal District Court Judge Dale Drozd granting the motion...

At a Zoom meeting this week, the Producer Review Board wrestled with the reality that the current 32.5-cent per cwt. assessment on all...

On Tuesday morning, I read the 36-page opinion and order of Fresno Federal District Court Judge Dale Drozd granting the motion by the...

In this already stressful time for agriculture and our country, Governor Newsom decided this week to file for a preliminary injunction...

A Notice of a Public Hearing to Consider a Petition to Suspend Chapter 3.5 of the Food and Agriculture Code was posted this week by the...

There were big moves related to California water this week. I wish I could reassure you that everything is going to be okay - but I cannot.

The United Dairy Families of California (UDFC), a group of California producers that formed to create a process for California dairy...

As we reported last week, Dr. Marin Bozic and Mr. Matt Gould recommended a path forward for the industry to address the quota issue....

At meetings this past week in Chino, Tulare, Turlock and Petaluma, Dr. Marin Bozic and Matt Gould – the two economists (the TEAM) hired...

2019 turned out to be a good water year. Ample rain and snow fell on California both at the beginning of the year and in the past...

This past week, three Phase 2 Quota meetings were held in Chino, Tulare and Turlock respectively. At those meetings there was some...

Next week, the next round of Quota meetings take place, which you can register for here. The meeting dates and locations will be: •...

I was in the dairy business for nearly 39 years in Chino in Southern California. I spent over 25 of those years on the board...