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Delta Smelt Fire Drill
The devastating fires in Los Angeles County, fairly or unfairly, have put a spotlight on California water policy. This attention has...
Jan 172 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The cheese markets are searching for direction. In the rearview mirror, booming exports and a steep drop in U.S. cheese stocks argue...
Jan 174 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The dairy markets are adjusting to the post-Christmas routine. Traders are back at their desks, and milk bottlers are running full throttle.
Jan 104 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
As the new year unfurls before us, dairy producers and other industry stakeholders are preparing for the opportunities and challenges...
Jan 34 min read
Water Shorts
On the Colorado River, the Imperial Irrigation District conducted a large temporary land fallowing program this past fall. To qualify...
Jan 32 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Bah! Humbug. California dairy producers are likely expressing their frustration with more colorful – but less festive – epithets as the...
Dec 20, 20244 min read

Producer Review Board Has a Meeting
There was a full slate of 15 voting members participating at the Tuesday, December 17, 2024, Producer Review Board (PRB) meeting in Modesto.
Dec 20, 20242 min read

Producer Review Board Meeting Next Week
The Producer Review Board (PRB) will hold a meeting at 10 a.m. Tuesday December 17, 2024, at the Stanislaus...
Dec 13, 20242 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Class III futures bounced back bigtime this week, led by another strong performance in the whey market. CME spot whey powder rallied...
Dec 13, 20244 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The dairy markets had a lot of data to digest along with their turkey. While Americans topped their mashed potatoes and slathered...
Dec 8, 20243 min read
First, Do No Harm
I had the privilege of being a panel member at the 10-year anniversary event of the Sustainable Groundwater Management Act, which...
Dec 6, 20243 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Never doubt the power of the profit motive in a free market. In the face of a devastating virus and a systemic heifer...
Nov 22, 20244 min read

USDA Issues Final FMMO Decision
This past week USDA released a draft of the final rule for modifying the milk pricing formulas in the Federal Milk Marketing Order program.
Nov 16, 20244 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Soaring temperatures, summer shortages, and sky-high prices are out of season as the cheese and butter markets hunker down for the winter.
Nov 16, 20243 min read

Quota News
First of all, California producers are in the middle of a referendum period that started on October 11 and ends on January 9, 2025.
Nov 8, 20242 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
The cheese markets took another big step back this week. CME spot Cheddar blocks plummeted 11.75ȼ and closed at $1.72 per pound,...
Nov 8, 20245 min read
State Water Board Releases Draft Delta Water Quality Control Plan
It is no secret that the two major surface water supply systems that transport water from Northern California to the Central and...
Nov 1, 20243 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
It was an eerily quiet week on LaSalle Street, with no major reports for the dairy markets to digest. So, the trade ruminated on some...
Nov 1, 20244 min read

Milk, Dairy and Grain Market Commentary
Dairy market analysts got a surprise this week when USDA released its Milk Production report on Monday with stronger than expected results.
Oct 26, 20244 min read
Water Roundup
Back at the end of August I wrote about a big decision that was going to be made about a particular regulation regarding the outflow of...
Oct 18, 20243 min read
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