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Dairy producers will welcome continuing strong demand and firm prices for their products in 2011-12. Rising incomes in China, the Russian Federation, the Middle East and Asia mean a greater appetite for dairy foods.

Lameness, hock lesions and hygiene scores were all better on deep-bedded recycled fiber.

Re-insemination of cows based on visual signs will usually result in more pregnancies than resynchronization protocols.

The Dairy Industry Advisory Committee voted today to approve a final report to Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack offering recommendations on dairy farm profitability and milk prices.

Program recognizes and rewards graduating seniors planning a career related to dairy production.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation applauds the Wisconsin State Senate for its passage of a bill that will help grow and modernize Wisconsin’s dairy and livestock industries.

The NMPF analysis shows that dairy farmers would have received at least $3 billion more revenue had the stabilization program been in place in 2009.

Michigan dairies share experiences

A coalition of 90 agricultural businesses have sent a letter to Congressional leadership urging Congress to let the refundable Volumetric Ethanol Excise Tax Credit expire and to resist calls for spending on infrastructure for conventional biofuels.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement regarding today’s quarterly forecast for U.S. agriculturalexports, which are expected to reach a record $135.5 billion in fiscal year 2011: