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DeLaval produced its 5,000th Voluntary Milking System.
The University of Kentucky recently posted a series of videos to help dairy producers manage milk quality.
The National Milk Producers Federation provided more detail on the organization’s Foundation for the Future plan, which is intended to change U.S. dairy policy direction.
The Food Standards Agency (FSA) said it will investigate reports that milk from a cow produced from a cloned parent is on sale in Britain.The International Herald Tribune reported that a British dairyfarmer - who wished to remain anonymous - admitted using milk from a cow bred from a clone as part of his daily production.
Farmers and water agencies in California’s Central Valley are applauding yesterday’s ruling by a federal judge that water restrictions meant to protect endangered salmon and other species are based on flawed science.
HSUS donated less than 0.5% of its budget to local pet shelters and humane societies in 2008.
Ohio law enforcement officers converged on Conklin Dairy Farms Monday, this time to protect the owners, workers and property from threatened violence from animal rights groups.
Hartmann Dairy Farm, Gibbon, Minn., has been embargoed from selling dairy products following confirmation that E. coli bacteria in raw milk that sickened five people came from the farm.
Ohio dairy employee pleads not guilty to animal abuse case shown in Mercy for Animals video.
In its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates today, USDA raised its forecast slightly for 2010 U.S. milk production from last month.
Farm Journal Media’s key dairy magazine, DAIRY TODAY, is announcing the expansion of its eNewsletter both in frequency and in content starting immediately.
“The overall [dairy] demand outlook is one of recovery,” say USDA economists in their Livestock, Dairy and Poultry Outlook released this morning.
Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense contributors respond to consumer concerns about milk production.
With several organizations now pressing to implement supplement management programs for the U.S. dairy industry, the two sides of the debate are starting to form skirmish lines.
Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. is renovating its Schulenburg, Texas, plant to keep pace with steadily growing production demands.
The California Department of Food and Agriculture (CDFA) will hold a hearing on October 30 and 31 to consider implementation of a six-month, $1/cwt. “surcharge” on the regulated minimum prices for Class 1, Class 2, and Class 3 milk.
Sen. Russ Feingold (D., Wis.) has sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Susan Schwab over reported plans that the U.S. is planning to put dairy on the table of P4 Pacific Trade Pace, which includes New Zealand.
U.S. milk production in the 23 major dairy states during October grew 1.5% from year-earlier levels to total 14.4 billion pounds, USDA said today.
The National Milk Producers Federation elected Randy Mooney as its new Chairman during its 2008 annual meeting last week in Nashville, Tenn.
CLAAS introduces two new disc mowers, the DISCO 9100 Plus and the DISCO 9300C.
Pfizer Animal Health’s EXCEDE® Sterile Suspension has received approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for the treatment of foot rot.
Damage from Monday’s fire and explosion at a California Dairies, Inc. (CDI) powder and butter plant is expected to be minimal, the co-op’s CEO said today.
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted eight export assistance bids last week for the sale of butter, anhydrous milkfat and whole milk powder.
Cooperatives Working Together will conduct a new herd retirement program this fall, its second this year.
The earlier we’re notified of an outbreak, the better,” says Dr. Darlene Konkle, with the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture-Trade and Consumer Protection’s (DATCP) Division of Animal Health.
Farm groups say they are disappointed, discouraged and concerned after California’s Proposition 2, or Standards for Confining Farm Animals, passed by a 62% majority vote in Tuesday’s election.
Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen announced today that he is convening a raw milk working group to consider legal and regulatory perspectives pertaining to the sale of unpasteurized milk directly to consumers, and consider what conditions would be required to protect public health.
U.S. farmers produced the largest corn and soybean crops on record in 2009
Agriculture Secretary Ed Schafer today announced the appointment of eight new members and reappointment of five incumbents to the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board.