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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration said Tuesday it will ban imports of dairy products and vegetables from an area near the crippled Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant in Japan, citing “radionuclide contamination."The measure will cover products such as milk and spinach from Fukushima, Gunma, Ibaraki and Tochigi prefectures, the FDA said.
CWT accepted three requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America and Darigold to sell Cheddar cheese to customers in Asia.
The High Plains Water District in the Texas panhandle is proposing to restrict water usage to 1.25 acre feet starting January 1, 2012.
Rep. Walter A. Kumiega is sponsoring LD 366, which clarifies that a raw milk license is not necessary in Maine and that farmers may sell raw milk from motor vehicles, such as a delivery route, and from a portable farm stand, such as those used at farmers markets.
The Web-based audiovisual training module, which addresses pre- and post-milking procedures, is the first in a series of training modules.
Cow numbers are also up 68,000 head over a year ago.
And as milk volumes increase, hauling charges per cwt. decline.
Cooperatives Working Together accepted 12 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms.
In the first six weeks of 2011, dairy’s price factors were nothing short of remarkable.
America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers has distributed a $5.3 million cash payment to members.
Since 2006, the range from profit highs to loss lows has nearly tripled--to $9.81/cwt.
The international dairy trade and cattle show names four special award winners.
Check out the newest technology featured at the show in Tulare.
In a major court victory for the American Farm Bureau Federation and other farm organizations, a unanimous federal court of appeals has ruled that the Environmental Protection Agency cannot require livestock farmers to apply for Clean Water Act permits unless their farms actually discharge manure into U.S. waters.
Dairy importers will now pay a 7.5¢/cwt. research and promotion assessment fee effective today.
South Korea’s imports of U.S. beef surged this year, industry data showed Tuesday, as Asia’s fourth-largest economy struggled to contain foot-and-mouth disease (FMD). According to the data compiled by the U.S. MeatExport Federation, South Korea imported 20,340 tons of U.S. beef through Feb. 17 this year, compared with 11,209 tons in the first two months of last year.
Survey to be conducted in 21 states starting in April.
EPA’s Jackson seeks to counter ‘myths’ on agency’s actions
IDFA urged Agriculture Secretary Thomas Vilsack to implement nearly all of the reforms recommended by the NDIAC but urged him not to endorse any proposal to manipulate milk supplies.
Soybean checkoff study shows value of number one customer.
The plaintiffs allege that DFA and DMS are misinforming dairy farmers about the merits of the case
Many of the videos are severely edited or staged, and yet activists involved receive no repercussions for having contributed to the alleged animal suffering.
Tepidly supports ‘growth management,’ urges SCC level reduced to 400,000
CWT accepted four requests for export assistance from Foremost Farms and Land O’Lakes to sell 683,000 lb. of Cheddar cheese to customers in Central America and the Middle East.
A coalition of 90 agricultural businesses have sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging Congress to let the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit expire and to resist calls for spending on infrastructure for conventional biofuels.
Dairy producers will welcome continuing strong demand and firm prices for their products in 2011-12. Rising incomes in China, the Russian Federation, the Middle East and Asia mean a greater appetite for dairy foods.
Lameness, hock lesions and hygiene scores were all better on deep-bedded recycled fiber.
Re-insemination of cows based on visual signs will usually result in more pregnancies than resynchronization protocols.