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Final details might not come until August.

South Dakota produced 2 billion lb. of milk in 2013 compared to Missouri’s 1.3 billion pounds.

With milk prices near a record, it costs Fonterra more to make other products with the milk it can’t process into powder.

Supershot is the first bull to be marketed with a net merit index of more than $1,000.

That could represent a 20% reduction in planted acres.

California and Colorado show biggest gains while Midwest suffers through tough winter.

Year-to-date culling is down 49,000 head, or 8.8%.

The three biggest variables are labor savings, milk production increases and milk prices.

Lawmakers voted Thursday to send to full House debate a bill that would block activists from secretly filming agricultural operations in hopes of capturing abuse on camera.

Cold weather and the dairy are working to mitigate the spill.