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New support tool for nutritionists simulates rumen fermentation and evaluates the nutritive value of total mixed rations.

More of the state’s dairies are diversifying into permanent crops like almonds.

The average milk price paid to farmers rose to $19.60 per 100 pounds of milk last year, up from $17.98 in 2012 and a low of $12.16 in 2009,

The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to end its dairy sheep research program and get rid of hundreds of ewes in northwestern Wisconsin.

Five Oregon dairies have been given permission to expand, adding a total of about 4,500 animals.

Three servings a day of dairy still recommended.

A poll done by Dairy Today finds a majority of producers don’t agree with NMPF’s tail docking ban.

Keeping the udder gates well-defended against intruders.

A PepsiCo spokesman says the company and its German partner are ending production at a western New York yogurt plant opened with much fanfare and state money in 2013.

Farmers in the Tillamook and Nehalem Valleys of coastal Oregon dealt with high waters this week as heavy rains, winds, and flooding rivers forced some farms to evacuate livestock.