Cooperatives Working Together is implementing its third herd retirement in 2009, effective October 1, 2009. All bids submitted must be postmarked no later than October 15, 2009. This is the fourth herd retirement that CWT has conducted in the past 12 months. “The herd retirement of late 2008, plus the two herd retirements so far in 2009, have removed 226,000 … Read More
Third CWT Herd Retirement Second-Largest Ever
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it has tentatively accepted 294 bids in the third herd retirement it has conducted in the last nine months. The 86,710 cows and 1.8 billion pounds of milk accepted in this round, combined with CWT’s previous two herd retirements, equal a total production capacity of 4.8 billion pounds of milk being removed since December … Read More
CWT Releases Final Report From Seventh Retirement
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has now finished the farm audits of its seventh herd retirement round since the program was started in 2003, removing 101,040 cows that produced almost two billion pounds of milk. At the completion of the on-farm auditing process at the end of June, CWT removed 367 herds in 41 states, comprised of nearly 101,000 cows that … Read More
CWT Announces Landmark Herd Retirement
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced today that it has tentatively accepted 388 bids representing 102,898 cows and 2 billion pounds of milk production capacity in the first of a series of herd retirements planned over the next twelve months. The number of cows and pounds of milk represent the largest single herd retirement carried out in the six year history … Read More
CWT Annouonces Seventh Herd Retirement
In light of the perilous financial plight affecting America’s dairy farmers, Cooperatives Working Together (CWR) has announced it will conduct its latest herd retirement round. Bids are being accepted starting today through Friday, May 1st. Detailed information can be found online, including bid forms, an interactive bid calculator to help estimate a farmer’s bid, and answers to frequently-asked questions. All … Read More
CWT Announces Final Numbers for Sixth Round
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has finished the farm audits of its sixth herd retirement round since the program was started in 2003, removing 50,630 cows that produced almost one billion pounds of milk. At the completion of the on-farm auditing process earlier this month, CWT removed 186 herds in 33 states, comprised of nearly 51,000 cows that produced 976 million … Read More
CWT Accepts Retirement Bids
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced that it has tentatively accepted 184 bids in its second herd retirement of 2008. Those bids represent 61,078 cows and 1.2 billion pounds of milk. In addition, CWT has accepted bids for 1,548 bred heifers in this herd-retirement program. Together, CWT’s two herd retirements this year account for 85,663 cows that produced 1.637 billion pounds … Read More
CWT Announces Second Herd Retirement
Cooperatives Working Together(CWT) will conduct a new herd retirement program this fall, the organization announced Friday. This will be the second herd retirement round conducted this year; the previous one was initiated in June. Detailed information can be found at the CWT website, including a bid application, a calculator to help estimate a farmer’s bid, and answers to frequently-asked questions. … Read More
CWT Announces Retirement Numbers
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has completed the farm audits of its fifth herd retirement round conducted earlier this summer, resulting in the removal of 24,860 cows representing 436 million pounds of milk. At the end of the on-farm auditing process, CWT removed 203 herds in 37 states. It had received 607 bids from 41 states during the bidding process. As … Read More
CWT Announces Herd Retirement – updated with audio
Cooperatives Working Together has announced the fifth round of herd retirements. Starting June 3, bids will be accepted through June 30. New to this round of bidding is the option for producers to include all their bred heifers, for a flat fee of $1,050 per animal; and the exclusion of regional safeguard limits. “All of the economic indicators and benchmarks … Read More