The world’s top dairy exporter, New Zealand’s Fonterra Co-operative Group Ltd, said on Tuesday that milk production in its home market fell 1 percent in March, pointing to support for global dairy prices.
Backing from 75% of California's dairy producers via supporting votes from three major cooperatives should result in the state being the 11th member of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.
Directly shipping their milk to military bases across the state, a new federal proposal would require the cooperative to send bottles of milk to a warehouse in Virginia before shipping the products back to New York.
Agricultural officials this week confirmed the presence of the Longhorned tick in Benton County, Arkansas, increasing to four the number of states with confirmed sightings of the exotic Asian pest.