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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.

The Dairy Industry Advisory Committee voted today to approve a final report to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offering recommendations on dairy farm profitability and milk prices.