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The race to create a better, less controversial biofuel has spawned plenty of research into a variety of potential new sources - including switchgrass, cornstalks and algae. One goal behind the next generation of ethanol fuel is to end the debate over whether crops that could be used for food or animal feed are being converted into fuel. It’s a debate that’s dogged traditional ethanol, made from corn. A team of Wisconsin researchers say they may have found an abundant and eminently Dairyland ingredient for ethanol - cow manure from the state’s dairyfarms. Researchers at the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a coalition of state firms have been awarded $7 million for bioenergy research that would use a manure byproduct to produce ethanol at a dairyfarm in Manitowoc County.The funding was awarded by the U.S. Energy and Agriculture departments through their joint biomass research-and-development initiative.

In June, as many as 10% of Upper Midwest dairy farms were not in compliance. Deadline is today.

The number of Michigan dairy farmers using risk management to protect milk prices has risen nearly threefold since 1999.

The beverage giant will lend its distribution and marketing expertise to help deliver new Core Power from Fair Oaks Farms.

The suit began in late 2004, when a Louisia farmer alleged that Cargill had switched feed ingredients in a customized dairy feed.

The brand will be managed by FGI and sold through existing Garst®, Golden Harvest® or NK® brand alfalfa resellers.

Year-to-date, nearly 1.3 million cows have been sent to slaughter in Federally inspected plants in 2012.

The Alpena County farm is quarantined, and no cattle may enter or leave the premises until testing clears the cattle and farm of the disease.

The Senate on Thursday passed a farm bill that, while cutting subsidies for farmers nationwide, includes some good news for specialty crop producers and dairyfarmers in New York.The five-year bill, which passed by a 64-35 vote, expands the federal crop insurance program to cover fruit and vegetable growers, who in the past have experienced huge financial losses following devastating storms and freezes.

By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Vermont dairyfarmers would get new insurance protections against falling milk prices in a sweeping $500 billion farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate.Programs to conserve Vermont forests and encourage organic farming and environmentally friendly practices also would get a boost in the bipartisan bill.The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35, faces an uncertain future in the House. The House is expected to take it up after the July Fourth recess.