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Completed applications are due July 15, 2012.

November 2011 budgets show that tiestall barns producing 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were losing $1.81/cwt. when all costs were included.

Doug and his family built a 1957 14-cow herd into RuAnn Dairy, Maddox Dairy, and Golden Genes, all world-recognized Holstein entities.

The spreadsheet allows the user to plug annual milk production and estimated annual increases along with program participation level.

Dairy Council of California is helping turn back a tide that threatens to sweep flavored milk out of California school meal programs.

Glanbia Foods of Idaho sees increased sales of the cheese to Mexico, which buys 20% of U.S. cheese.

Funding is available right now to help producers address on-farm energy use and increase efficiency.

China is importing more dairy cows to try and beef up its transition to larger scale farms, as the industry attempts to boost production and quality following a deadly scandal.

Remodeled facilities will enable better animal care—with better cooling and ventilation and bigger, more comfortable stalls—and enhanced learning opportunities than are possible in the existing 56-year-old setup.

Tigner estimates feed costs alone per hundredweight of milk sold is $13.63 for 24K herds compared to $15.20 for 20K herds.