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The claim “we’re paving over farmland” is overblown. John Phipps explains why farmland isn’t vanishing as quickly as some think in John’s World.

It is hard for farmers to take electric vehicles (EVs) seriously, yet all major brands are gearing up for a switch to EVs over the next decade.

Gains are positive for all breeds for all Merit Indexes:Lifetime, Cheese, Fluid and Grazing.

Elle Purrier, a Vermont dairy farmer’s daughter, smashed the American record for the indoor mile over the weekend at the 113th Millrose Games with a time of 4 minutes 16.85 seconds.

Details of the incident are still sketchy.

Using a stepped down approach in milk feeding should drive additional starter intake and reduce post weaning health problems.

Crossbreds now make up 5% of cows on test.

The traits include: Displaced abomasum, milk fever, ketosis, mastitis, metritis and retained placenta.

Antibiotic residues in milk reached their lowest level in 24 years.

A trade deal with China continues to weigh on the minds of producers in the new ag barometer from Purdue University and CME Group.