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The transition period is the most challenging time during the production cycle of a dairy cow. One of the major determinants of whether a cow transitions properly is her ability to maintain normal blood calcium concentr

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency on Monday pulled a report offline that concluded glyphosate is not likely to be carcinogenic to humans, saying the document was inadvertently published and the agency had not fin

It’s a communications disease, also known as breathing your own exhaust. Sooner or later, it will kill you but it smells so good and it makes you so comfortable in your own thought bubble. Every belief system doe

The United States Department of Agriculture reported Friday afternoon that December milk production was up just 0.7%, the fifth consecutive month that milk production grew less than 1%.

Last week was tough on the milk market. Not only did the Global Dairy Trade auction come in lower for the second consecutive time, but USDA’s milk production report and cold storage report both indicated oversuppl

A new set of technologies that collectively are being used to edit genes are deriving a lot of media attention. As the name “gene editing” suggests, these technologies enable researchers to add, delete, or r

If you don’t read the New York Times online daily, you might have missed a video produced by The New York Times and MilkPEP about the Silver Spring Farm, Syracuse, N.Y. The family of Chuck, Sue and Charlie Luchsinger sh

USDA released its monthly Dairy Products report on Jan. 6, summarizing November 2015 production estimates.

November U.S. dairy product exports were valued at about $377 million, down 24% from the previous year and the lowest figure in nearly five years.

The world’s largest dairy exporter said it had shipped more than 300,000 tonnes of dairy products to overseas markets, around 10 percent more than its previous record month in December 2014.