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The Penn State Extension Dairy Team has been working with approximately 60 farms evaluating corn silage quality over time. Within farms, it is amazing how much change is occurring in fiber and starch content and digestibility.

Freund’s Farm in East Canaan plans to switch to robotic milking next spring. It would be the first farm in Connecticut to do so.

Without access to dairy, they might not support TPP

France’s government pledged aid for farmers following an emergency meeting Tuesday, as meat and dairy producers halted traffic and blocked tourist sites in several regions to protest low prices.

The cows haven’t moved into the new Kentland Farm dairy science production facility yet, but plenty of people showed up on July 17 to see the new home of Virginia Tech’s milking herd.

A 100,000 cow dairy is being constructed in China to help supply Russia.

As summer heats up, young calves can experience stressful highs during the day, and chilly lows in the evenings, exposing them to temperatures on both sides of their thermoneutral zone in one day.

If China’s economy buckles, dairy demand and world economies could follow

There is growing interest in the use of activity monitoring systems on dairy farms.

Ban heightens global competition as displaced European exports seek alternate ports.