The Milkweed
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Inside the January issue: The Really Big Issues Facing Dairy in 2012 … Lactose Emerges as Important Residual Value in Milk … Global Dairy Trade Auctions: Up and Down … December Class III Price $18.77 – Class IV $16.87 … DFA’s 11 airy Import Licenses Revealed … 1/6/12: The Wall Street Journal Finally Reports Seed Corn Shortage (!) … Farm Bill in 2012? AFBF Wants Insurance-Based Programs … Fraudulent: Electronic Deed Registry Threatens U.S. Housing Market … USDA’s Final Report on 2011 Crop Production: Corn/Soy/Wheat/Hay/Cotton Harvests All Down … Raw Milk: A Surprisingly Potent and Cheap Fertilizer … Federal Judge Refuses to Certify Class in Northeast Antitrust Case … Foul-Up in Antitrust Payouts to Northeast Producers … Thirsting for Justice in America’s Dairyland … Organic Milk Shortages Reflect Producer Pricing Inequities, Opportunities … Organic Grain Guru: Milk Producers Need $5 More … Dairy Commodity Scene Ugly: No Place to go but Up? … Let me share a few serious thoughts … Winter Brewing Global Corn Supply Worries for 2012 & Beyond … Federal Ethanol Subsidy Mercifully Kaput … and much more!

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