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Dairy farmers have been hard pressed for good news all winter. But in the past few weeks, there has been some welcome news on dairy processing capacity in the Midwest.

A rise in cheese demand helped Associated Milk Producers Inc. (AMPI) maintain profitability in 2017 following a record cheese production year.

The trick is to control feed costs without reducing milk production.

Calcium treatments at calving and routine oral calcium boluses (or drenches) typically don’t work well for preventing subclinical hypocalcemia.

LIP provides benefits for livestock deaths caused by adverse weather, disease or attacks by animals reintroduced into the wild by the federal government.

In times of low milk-feed margins, optimal stocking density is often one cow per stall.

Pineland Farms Dairy Co. will reopen a dairy processor in Maine after it was closed for five years.

A dairy plant in Western Michigan is planning an expansion that will add 62 jobs over three years and cost $21.3 million.

As hauling costs increase, producers consider hauling their own milk.

AgriTalk After The Bell Host Chip Flory talks with Mike North of Commodity Risk Management Group. Newsman Davis Michaelsen keeps you up to date on markets!