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Feeding additional sugar to lactating cows may result in improved feed efficiency and animal performance.

The bill contains dairy margin insurance but no market stabilization program.

May exports of U.S. milk solids reached an astounding 16.9% of the nation’s total.

A third, in-person lab will be held on a farm near Madison, Wis. during World Dairy Expo week.

It will be part of House/Senate Conference Committee negotiations, says Sen. Debbie Stabenow, chairperson of the Senate Agriculture Committee.

The unique milking liner is also designed to operate at high speed for fast milkout.

Shipments of non-compliant milk dropped from just under 10% in January 2012 to 6% in June.

Year-to-date, CWT sales are equivalent to 1.9 billion lb. of milk.

Feed price relief on the horizon for dairy producers, but high stocks dampen milk and product prices.

The state is opening selected lands for haying and grazing and encouraging farmers with excess feed and forage to offer it on the UW Extension’s Farmer-to-Farmer website.