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After years of heavy culling, milk herds are in great shape, but a tighter-than-normal heifer supply is constricting fast growth.

The only local milk producer in southeastern New Mexico is going out of business.

A new dairy processing plant at Vermont Technical College is expected to be up and running by next spring.

The drought’s water curtailments prompt districts representing growers to buy and sell for escalated prices from other parts of the state as thousands of acres go unplanted.

The maker of Actimel yogurt has raised prices to offset an 18% increase in milk costs, leading consumers to pare back on dairy purchases.

A shortage of butter is fueling higher prices, but will it last?

What should you do to reduce heat stress in your cows through nutrition?

Meanwhile, a recent lawsuit by the owner of a Kauai resort seeks to stop the dairy.

Lameness problems can become so common that they don’t appear to be issues to the farmer.

Lameness affects animal welfare, health, production and reproduction. Knowing the potential causes and how to prevent those will yield multiple benefits to dairy producers.