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Western dairymen, alfalfa growers locked in economic survival mode

Dairymen instructing nutritionists to “cheapen up” cow feed ration by reducing alfalfa hay

By Cary Blake | Western FarmPress

The western dairy industry continues to struggle financially as dairymen are involuntarily showered in ‘red ink’ as milk prices remain below the cost of production.

Veteran California alfalfa market specialist Seth Hoyt says dairymen need milk prices in the $15 to $15.50 per hundredweight (cwt) range just too financially break even. Meanwhile, California overbase milk prices this March were $14.15 cwt range with the April was estimated at $13.92 cwt.

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