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“Our family works together on our dairy farm. Here is a video about some of the things we do on a daily basis,” says Garrick Hall of Cove, Utah.

Dairy processor Gossner Foods celebrated its most recent contract to supply milk to the U.S. military in Afghanistan while also paying tribute to a former employee killed this summer in an Afghan fire fight.

Mid-sized freestall herds averaging 24,000 lb./cow/year were netting $3.17/cwt, based on a milk price of $22.92.

Program represents a once-in-a-generation opportunity to make major improvements, says National Milk Producers Federation.

Food prices are expected to rise as the corn surplus shrinks due to a hot summer, which likely scorched this year’s corn crop.

The legislation will replace current, outdated dairy programs with new risk management tools.

Congressman Collin Peterson (D-Minn.) believes sign-up for the program will be similar to the 70% sign-up for the Cooperatives Working Together program