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The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.

Just 8,100 fewer dairy cows sent to slaughter in 2010.

A Washington dairy producer explains the options that allow him to put the best feed where it will have the greatest return.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted five requests for export assistance from Bongards Creamery, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, and Foremost Farms

The National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS) is moving forward with a National Milk Producer Federation proposal

Third-party verification of animal welfare, other on-farm practices to begin this summer.

Queen-Acres Barber Booper moved into first place with lifetime totals on December 31, 2010 of 306,145 lbs. milk, 14,664 lbs. fat and 10,520 lbs. protein.

Cow numbers are also up an estimated 76,000 (0.8%) over a year ago and 17,000 head over February.

Negotiating is a skill producers must learn for consistent business success.