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After months of document collection and analysis, the family sat down with their Legacy Project advisers to start sifting through options. What their advisers found shocked the Moes family.

But strong global demand supports the dairy market.

The global situation is different now for U.S. suppliers than it was in 2008 and 2009, exporting agency says.

The thrust: To start a dialogue with 1,000 consumer “key influencers” about what is right about U.S. agriculture.

FDA says Rhody Dairy administered drugs to its animals contrary to labeled directions and without a valid veterinarian-client-patient relationship.

Culling is up 6.4% through the first six months of 2011.

Beef cows were down 1 percent and replacement heifers down 5 percent. Meanwhile milk cows and replacement heifers numbers increased.

USDA forecasts dairy cow numbers to fall slightly in 2012, but milk production is expected to continue to climb.

The biggest concerns were over perceived unfairness of the margin protection insurance portion of the plan and market stabilization.

The New Zealand co-op, reportedly the largest milk processor in the world, has appointed Theo Spierings as its new CEO.