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With the expiration of the 2008 farm bill, dairy producers are left without a safety net. Our partners at AgDay look at what it means for the industry.

Nearly 72,000 humans and 2,385 bovines attended World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wis. last week.

The 2012 World Dairy Expo broke new records last week, with a record number of cows on the grounds, exhibitors and possibly attendees.

Early intervention is key to maintaining business solvency.

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Midwest herds that average 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were 75¢/cwt short of covering even variable costs in September.

But several factors suggest U.S. will remain a significant player in the global market.

With milk prices low and feed costs high, the folks at Greenbacker DairyFarm in Durham have found themselves receiving some financial assistance over the past several months, along with dairies across the country, in the form of a federal farm subsidy.It’s not all that much, “but it helps,” said Joe Greenbacker, who, with his family, runs the expansive farm on Route 68 - and whose ancestors have farmed in the region for centuries.

Mike Hartmann, a Sibley County, Minn. dairy farmer, has pled guilty to two misdemeanor counts of illegally selling raw milk.

La sequia, con los resultantes altos precios del alimento, tiene a los productores de leche y a los nutricionistas a mal traer en la búsqueda de alimentos y de bajos costos para alimentar a las vacas.