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The owner of an award-winning organic dairy in Pennsylvania that abruptly closed its doors last fall pleaded guilty Thursday to running a Ponzi scheme that bilked investors of nearly $60 million.

American dairy farmers, distillers and drugmakers have been eager to break into India, the world’s seventh-biggest economy but a tough-to-penetrate colossus of 1.3 billion people.

Foods made of animal tissues cultured from cells outside of the original animal, or made from plants or insects could not be labeled “meat."

The owner of an award-winning organic dairy in Pennsylvania that abruptly closed its doors last fall is accused of milking investors to the tune of nearly $60 million.

At Rosendale Dairy, each of the 9,000 cows has a microchip implanted in an ear that workers can scan with smartphones for up-to-the-minute information on how the animal is doing.

Provisions in a Kansas law that ban the secret filming at slaughterhouses and other livestock facilities unconstitutionally criminalize free speech, a federal judge ruled Wednesday.

Wisconsin Gov. Tony Evers extolled lawmakers during his State of the State speech Wednesday to work together to address the state's farm crisis.

A southern Missouri city alleges in a lawsuit that a Dairy Farmers of America plant is regularly releasing untreated wastewater into a river.

Coastal Maine has a lot of seaweed, and a fair number of cows. A group of scientists and farmers think that pairing the two could help unlock a way to cope with a warming world.

U.S. yogurt sales are in a multiyear slump. Yogurt companies are confident that more new products can boost sales, but analysts are skeptical.

The vote to oust Gov. Tony Evers' Cabinet secretary was the latest in a series of skirmishes between the governor and the GOP that comes as Wisconsin is losing dairy farmers at a record pace.

U.S. consumers who appreciate aged Italian Parmesan cheese as an aperitif or atop their favorite pasta dish are stocking up ahead of next week’s tariff hike and as dairy producers in the two countries square off.

The Wisconsin dairy industry raised a stink Monday over potential new restrictions on manure storage, insisting the regulations would make life harder on struggling farmers and force them to relocate.

SHEPTON MALLET, England (AP) - On the dairy farm of the future, the cows are going wireless.

Wisconsin dairy farms contribute to losses.

Farmers with one of the region's most storied dairy cooperative are going to be voting on a proposal to merge with the much larger Dairy Farmers of America.

The Agriculture Department said the rule would close "a loophole" that enables people receiving only minimal benefits from the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to be eligible automatically for food stamps.

His bank worked with producers to restructure their debt amid the crisis, but a large number of those producers have refinanced two and sometimes three years in a row to the point where the bank can no longer help them.

Coffee bars selling $3 iced lattes are popping up in high schools, helped along by dairy groups scrambling for new ways to get people to drink milk.

The Minnesota Department of Agriculture recently rolled out a state program that aims to inject cash into the state's struggling dairy industry.

On a dairy farm in rural Eyota, Minnesota, a day-old calf wobbled up to a robotic feeding stall.

WESTBY, Wis. (AP) — Ryan Dunnum had tears in his eyes as he looked over the empty milking parlor that he built. It hadn't been used since

If milk is a few days past its "Sell By" date, is it safe to drink? U.S. regulators are urging food-makers to be more consistent with labeling terms like "Best By" and "Enjoy By" that cause confusion.

Settlement discussions are under way over a lawsuit challenging a Missouri measure making it a misdemeanor crime to promote plant-based food products as “meat.”

A federal judge has dismissed a lawsuit brought by six Mexican veterinarians who say they were recruited to be animal scientists at an Idaho dairy but were instead forced to work as laborers.

Missouri Gov. Mike Parson has signed legislation preventing local officials from enacting more stringent regulations than the state on large farms that raise hogs, poultry and cattle.

Three environmental groups have sued two dairy farms in Washington state, claiming they have polluted and mishandled animal waste.

A natural gas distribution company in Maine plans to get into the production side of things with a poop-to-gas renewable energy project to heat homes.

A natural gas distribution company in Maine plans to get into the production side of things with a poop-to-gas renewable energy project to heat homes.

A bill that would prevent local officials in Missouri from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does is heading to the desk of GOP Gov. Mike Parson.

Company comes to aid of students offered jelly sandwiches.

The Missouri Senate has passed a bill to block local officials from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does.

Two Republican legislators want to spend nearly $8 million annually to create dairy research programs at three University of Wisconsin System schools.

Missouri senators are advancing legislation to block local officials from regulating industrial farms more strictly than the state does.

Farm owners warned New York state lawmakers that legislation that would give workers the right to organize to demand better wages and conditions could devastate New York's agricultural economy.

Wisconsin Republican legislators want to join two lawsuits before the state Supreme Court that will determine the extent of environmental regulators’ powers.

The Democrat-led New York state Senate is holding the first of three hearings dedicated to proposals to expand the labor rights of farmworkers.

Measures advancing in the Missouri Legislature would limit the scope of rules that local governments can slap on large animal feeding operations.

Minnesota farmers are considering ways to prevent the closure of small dairies during a sustained slump in milk prices.

Dwight Raber, of Raber Dairy Farms in northeast Ohio's Stark County says he can no longer make a living by milking cows. State statistics show the number of dairy farms in Ohio dropped to fewer than 2,000.

A Minnesota dairy farmer frustrated by the industry’s rising financial pressures took to social media to voice his concerns in an emotional video that’s been viewed hundreds of thousands of times.

A new federal program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrollment in June 2019, as farmers undergo their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.

A new federal program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrollment in June 2019, as farmers undergo their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.

Dairy owners in Minnesota face difficulty finding workers.

Some dairy farmers advocated Tuesday for controlling the supply of milk to increase prices as producers and officials discussed how to support the struggling industry at a two-day summit in Vermont.

Some dairy farmers advocated Tuesday for controlling the supply of milk to increase prices as producers and officials discussed how to support the struggling industry at a two-day summit in Vermont.

An Ohio-based animal rights group has filed a complaint against Oregon State University with the U.S. Department of Agriculture over seven animal deaths, including two cows at the university dairy.

An Iowa-based community activist organization and a Washington-based environmental group have filed a lawsuit against the state of Iowa alleging they have deprived residents of their right to clean water.

Maine officials say they’ll start using new controls of the use of sludge amid concerns from a dairy farm in the state about chemical contamination.

Environmental groups are doubling down on demands for a 'megadairy' moratorium in Oregon as a new owner takes over a troubled operation in northeastern Oregon.