Wyatt Bechtel

Wyatt Bechtel is associate editor for Beef Today and Dairy Today.

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Distance walked is limiting factor on open lot dairies when it comes to water access.
A $5 million in grant funding has been approved for dairy farmers looking to expand and modernize their business.
Another Dean Foods milk processing plant is being closed, this time in Georgia.
Costco has started selling a2 Milk in stores across the southeast.
Milk Specialties Global plans to expand its Fond du Lac, Wisconsin facility, resulting in an increase of 22 million lb. in sweet whey powder production.
Walmart will start marketing a2 Milk in five different states and Washington DC.
A Guernsey show cow worth $30,000 was stolen from a New York farm along with six other cattle.
Biosecurity is the first step in disease prevention and for one virus, biosecurity could mean financial security for farmers.
The possible loss of trade with Mexico and China could result in a $1.154/cwt loss to dairy farmers in the U.S. totaling $2.77 billion in annual losses.
Canadian dairy company Saputo Inc. is purchasing two cheese processing plants in New Mexico and Wisconsin, helping expand the dairy processors footprint in the U.S.
Two dairy cooperatives from the U.S. and Europe are looking at entering a partnership that would help market whey.
A case of “classical” Bovine Spongiform Encephalopathy (BSE) has left a Scottish farmer devastated and could change the BSE risk status for Scotland, potentially impacting trade.
A report shows that the dairy industry has helped create more than 137,000 jobs in Pennsylvania.
Jersey dairy uses an assortment of beef genetics, including Stabilizer, to increase value of bull calves.
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has entered an agreement with Agropur to purchase Agropur’s St. Paul, Minnesota, dairy processing facility.