A much anticipated—and dreaded—segment on ABC Nightline appeared Tuesday evening, showing tail docking and dehorning on a 5,000-cow New York dairy farm.

National Farmers Dairy Division rolled out its new probiotic milk program at its national convention in Coralville, Iowa, Wednesday. The value-added milk venture partners the organization with Ganeden Biotech and selected milk processors to supply probiotic milk to consumers.

Genex Cooperative, Inc., now offers members and customers a new tool for determining the right mix of conventional and sexed semen to meet individual herd goals.

Bonus content: More on financial statements Balance sheets that you submit to your lenders need to be extremely accurate with no hidden surprises, says Jim Kastanek, a dairy business consultant and owner of Total Agri-Business Services, Albany, Minn.

Six U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) members have donated and pledged more than 30,000 lbs. of nonfat dry milk bound for Haiti to replace previously purchased powder that was lost in the recent devastating earthquake.

USDA expects lower expenditures of $343 million for dairy support through fiscal year 2010 and $362 million in 2011; these figures combined do not reach the total dairy spending of $1.344 billion in fiscal year 2009.