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Cooperatives Working Together has accepted 17 requests for export assistance from Bongards, Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold, Michigan Milk Producers Association and United Dairymen of Arizona.

The largest losses came from herds with 50 to 99 cows, down 1,000 herds.

Mexico is the largest overseas market for U.S. milk powder, cheese and ice cream.

But it also cited ongoing concerns about pervasive anti-competitive practices by the New Zealand.

Co-op also posts second-highest earnings of $182 million.

There will be a greater incentive to cull low producers this month and next as lower milk prices make their way through the system.

Siemers Holsteins is a 2,700-cow family corporation located in Newton/Cleveland, Wis., a rural area between Green Bay and Milwaukee.

My wife, Pam, and I started Prairie View Dairy with a partner in 1978. Bailey County, Texas, had only two dairies at that time, so we were pioneers in our area, starting with 350 Holsteins on 80 acres.

I am a manager/stockholder for Larson Dairy Inc. Okeechobee is the southernmost point at which milk is produced in Florida. My grandfather started our dairy business in 1947.

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