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Surplus milk, high feed costs push 2012 Pennsylvania average milk price $2.14 per cwt. below 2011.

Total costs, excluding labor and management, are running about $17.63/cwt for tie stall herds and right at $16 for midsized freestall operations.

Cow numbers were down 4,000 head from April, however.

“No consistent evidence that checkoff funded projects were more likely to support an obesity prevention benefit from dairy consumption.”

As part of a revitalization campaign, Double S Liquid Feed Services is excited to introduce its new website: www.dbl-s.com.

The number of Michigan dairy farmers using risk management to protect milk prices has risen nearly threefold since 1999.

Animals vaccinated with the new vaccine can be differentiated from naturally infected animals.

The deadline for nominations is Sept.17, 2012.

Feed prices are expected to pressure dairy producer returns and encourage a more rapid decline in the cow herd.

If it’s harvested, ensiled and fed correctly, drought-stressed corn silage can have up to 70% of the feed value of normal.