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Robotic milking has helped free up time for other duties around and off the farm for a South Dakota dairyman.
A cheese plant in northeast Iowa has begun a $20 million expansion of the facility.
A world milk glut and a decline in Chinese demand for imported dairy products have sent prices down by 50 percent.
State regulators will hold a public hearing on the proposed expansion of five dairies around Oregon after multiple requests from Salem vegan groups.
The Ocheesee Creamery in the Florida Panhandle produces all-natural skim milk from grass-fed cows with absolutely nothing added, yet the state says they have to call it “imitation.”
The owners of a southeastern Minnesota dairy farm have withdrawn their application to expand their operation to as many as 1,500 cows.
A bipartisan group of U.S. representatives said Wednesday that they have asked the Treasury Department to return about $30,000 the IRS seized from a western Maryland dairy farm under a law aimed at curtailing money laundering.
The cows haven’t moved into the new Kentland Farm dairy science production facility yet, but plenty of people showed up on July 17 to see the new home of Virginia Tech’s milking herd.
Freund’s Farm in East Canaan plans to switch to robotic milking next spring. It would be the first farm in Connecticut to do so.
Organizers of the Iowa State Fair are pairing the event’s famous butter cow sculpture with another butter piece celebrating the Monopoly board game.
A legal battle over one of the state’s largest dairy farms will head to the Wisconsin Court of Appeals after a circuit judge dismissed the owner’s request to overturn groundwater monitoring requirements.
A Thumb-area dairy farm owner says some cows have been killed by a tornado that struck his buildings in Sanilac County, Mich.
As Iowa’s dairy industry observes National Dairy Month throughout June, producers note a mixture of challenges and blessings in the market.
A Wisconsin cheesemaker is debuting a 20-year-old cheddar this week that’s short in supply and big on price.
Nine more dairy farms in upstate New York are looking for a new place to sell their milk.