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“Is competition healthy enough to protect farmers, and if not, what do we do about it?” Sen. Herb Kohl’s question at the USDA–Department of Justice hearing on dairy industry consolidation sums up a never-ending debate.

Changes to the cattle passport rules were urged yesterday to make the offspring of cloned cattle more readily identifiable to farmers and meat processors.The National Beef Association (NBA) made the demand for clearer information on the passports that accompany all cattle from birth to slaughter.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted three bids from Dairy Farmers of America and three bids from Land O’Lakes for a total of 644 metric tons (1.4 million pounds) of butter and anhydrous milkfat (AMF) to Europe, the Caribbean, and Central America.

Farmers Feed the U.S. campaign explains how food is produced, and offers a sweepstakes to win groceries for a year.

HSUS donated less than 0.5% of its budget to local pet shelters and humane societies in 2008.

Ohio law enforcement officers converged on Conklin Dairy Farms Monday, this time to protect the owners, workers and property from threatened violence from animal rights groups.

Hartmann Dairy Farm, Gibbon, Minn., has been embargoed from selling dairy products following confirmation that E. coli bacteria in raw milk that sickened five people came from the farm.

Ohio dairy employee pleads not guilty to animal abuse case shown in Mercy for Animals video.

In its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates today, USDA raised its forecast slightly for 2010 U.S. milk production from last month.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted a total of nine bids from members for assistance in selling cheese, butter and anhydrous milkfat to customers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.