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There are three reasons why U.S. dairy producers should embrace dairy exports: Volume, volume, volume.

FDA intends to take approximately 900 samples from dairies that are known to have shipped cattle with positive tissue residues and take another 900 random samples.

FDA says it is taking the action to preserve the effectiveness of cephalosporin drugs for treating diseases in humans.

November 2011 budgets show that tiestall barns producing 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were losing $1.81/cwt. when all costs were included.

Doug and his family built a 1957 14-cow herd into RuAnn Dairy, Maddox Dairy, and Golden Genes, all world-recognized Holstein entities.

The site offers updated information and decision-making tools for farmers to manage herd health and milking systems.

In November, $6.5 million of members’ capital retain investment was distributed. This month’s payment of $3.5 million is a result of previously allocated earnings.

Year-to-date, 2.652 million dairy cows have been culled, which is 110,000 more cows (4.3%) than 2010.

These efforts helped lead to an increase of 4.2 billion pounds of dairy sold through the fiscal year that ended in July 2011 (compared to the same period of 2010).

Another milk food safety scare has emerged in China, this one due to aflatoxin M1 contamination.