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Inside the November 2020 Issue (Issue No. 496): Stories of the Month: Cattle Prices Crash While Consumers Continue Paying Record Beef Prices and A Series of Stories by a New Writer Peter Kane (p. 8-10) . . . Next Round of CFAP Payments to Farmers Announced: Dairy Producers’ Payout--$1.20/Cwt. for April-December ’20. One of our “Stories of the Month.” AND MORE . . . U.S. Imports of Brazilian Beef (Metric Tons) (p. 1) . . . Rumor: Borden Poised to Acquire Chemung, IL Fluid Plant (p. 2) . . . October Class III Price Climbs to $21.61/Cwt. (Up $5.16) (p. 2) . . . D-I-V-O-R-C-E in Cheese Country (p. 3) . . . Farmers Encouraged to Sign Up for CFAP 2 Payments (p. 3) . . . Foremost Farms Finally Releases Pug-Ugly 2019 Financial Audit (p. 4) . . . Dairy Farmers Urged to Sign Up for DMC for 2021 (p. 4) . . . Milk PIC Tests: No Scientific Basis for Milk Quality Deducts (p. 5) . . . NY Dairy Farmers’ Check-off $$$ Fund Butter-Like Spread that’s 80% Water (p. 5) . . . 2020 Tax Planning Vital, Due to Gov’t Payments (p. 6) . . . Depooled Class III Milk Boosts “Negative PPDs” in Several Regional Federal Milk Orders (p. 6) . . . Bradley Taylor, Jr., DFA Regional Director fromMississippi, Bails Out (p. 7) . . . Cattle Prices Cash While Consumers Continue Paying Record Beef Prices (p. 8) . . . 2020: U.S. Resumes Imports of Fresh & Frozen Beef from Brazil (p 8) . . . The Rise of JBS: A Brief History of Corruption and Scandal (p. 9) . . . Numerous Lawmakers Ask USDA t Crack Down on JBS (p. 10) . . . DOJ & SEC Settle with JBS’ International Corruption Scandal (p. 10) . . . Ocean Transport of Dairy Livestock – Chapter II (p. 11-12) . . . Uncertainty Reigns: Cheddar Falls from Too-High Peak, Butter and NFDM Also Down (p. 13) . . . 2020: Year of the Missing Milk Check B-I-L-L-I-O-N-S (p. 14) . . . On-farm milk supply signals needed in these uncertain times (p. 15) . . . WI Dairy Farmer Raised $$$ to Move Cheese & Dairy Products to Consumers (p. 16) . . . Vil$ack’s Side-Gig Monthly $$$ Plunge; But Net for 2020 Stands at $148,475 (p. 16) . . . . . . . . . SUBSCRIBE and Keep Informed About the Dairy Industry! . . . We are now offering an electronic email version of The Milkweed . . .

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Stories of the Month - November 2020:

Cattle Prices Crash While Consumers Continue Paying Record Beef Prices (p. 8) &

Series of Stories by a New Writer Peter Kane (p. 8-10)

"Kansas Statute 17-1642"

Amended Milk Powder Lawsuit Alleges Fraudulent Criminal Activities by DairyAmerica

Just Click on The Above Headline

Amended Milk Powder Complaint - 02/10/2017

Help Stop Beef Imports from Foot-And-Mouth Infected Countries

Recent Dairy Trade Mission to Cuba: Q & A with Bob Wolter

What You Need to Know about Foot-and-Mouth Disease

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