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Turkey Protests Dutch Government by Returning 40 Holstein Cows

In butter-loving Wisconsin, a ban on Irish butter has sparked a fight.

Devin Nunes once said all he wanted to do was work on a dairy farm. Now the man from the rural Central Valley of California is running one of the most scrutinized, complex and politically fraught congressional investigations in recent memory.

A small, all-natural dairy isn’t being deceptive when it calls it’s skim milk “skim milk,” a federal appeals court ruled Monday in a victory for the creamery that’s fighting the state’s demand to label the product “imitation” because vitamins aren’t added to it.

As far as staples go, dairy is pretty central to the American diet. After all, knowing the cost of a gallon of milk remains a campaign-trail test for whether a politician is out of touch. Dairy farmers, though, have fallen on hard times, as milk sales continue to decline.

There’s been a lot of talk about renegotiation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA), and a new trade barrier between the U.S. and the Canadian dairy industry is likely to find its way to the surface, and soon.

Producers need strong export demand to keep U.S. milk prices steady

Greek yogurt passed General Mills’ top brand in popularity.

CEO Scozzafava open to deals to diversify as milk volume drops.

A planned dairy farm in Hawaii has taken a step back by withdrawing parts of its application to allow more time for discussion of its likely environmental impact.