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We’ll bring you exclusive coverage of the Oct. 4-8 show from Madison, Wis.

Melrose Dairy Proteins LLC, a cheese and whey protein concentrate plant in Melrose, Minn., uses 3.5 million pounds of milk each day.

Take a look around this family-owned Wisconsin dairy farm.

“Our family works together on our dairy farm. Here is a video about some of the things we do on a daily basis,” says Garrick Hall of Cove, Utah.

Dairy processor Gossner Foods celebrated its most recent contract to supply milk to the U.S. military in Afghanistan while also paying tribute to a former employee killed this summer in an Afghan fire fight.

Mid-sized freestall herds averaging 24,000 lb./cow/year were netting $3.17/cwt, based on a milk price of $22.92.

Producers are expected to have the opportunity to sign up for the federal Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy program once again in late October.

Idaho congressman Mike Simpson is the lead Republican in support of the House Ag Committee’s Dairy Security Act.

The new standards address animal welfare for dairy calves and heifers from birth to freshening across the U.S.

In a world of increased feed costs, uncooperative weather and problems with forage quality, high milk prices and strong demand are helping some dairy producers make ends meet.