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The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not fin

Last week was tough on the milk market. Not only did the Global Dairy Trade auction come in lower for the second consecutive time, but USDA’s milk production report and cold storage report both indicated oversuppl

A new set of technologies that collectively are being used to edit genes are deriving a lot of media attention. As the name “gene editing” suggests, these technologies enable researchers to add, delete, or r

USDA released its monthly Dairy Products report on Jan. 6, summarizing November 2015 production estimates.

November U.S. dairy product exports were valued at about $377 million, down 24% from the previous year and the lowest figure in nearly five years.

The world’s largest dairy exporter said it had shipped more than 300,000 tonnes of dairy products to overseas markets, around 10 percent more than its previous record month in December 2014.

The United States Department of Agriculture reported Friday afternoon that December milk production was up just 0.7%, the fifth consecutive month that milk production grew less than 1%.

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Milk production for 2015 is raised on slightly stronger growth in milk per cow. Forecast 2016 milk production is reduced from last month. Cow numbers are lowered due to lower expected milk prices and the recent blizza

Hay prices increased this week in the Midwest by $20 according to Team Forages, an extension division of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. The price spread between the highest quality hay and lowest quality also i