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WARREN, Weber County -- Clint Wade is a fourth-generation dairyman who is milking cows much differently than his great-grandpa. Despite his impressive state-of-the-art milking parlor on a carousel and computer-monitored ankle bracelets on every cow, one thing hasn-t changed --when it rains, it pours.

Tips on assessing alfalfa stands and the extent of damage to the crop.

AUSTIN - As legislators consider expanding raw milk sales, state health officials confirmed Wednesday that they’ve traced four recent cases of salmonella in the Dallas area to drinking the unpasteurized product.Three children and one adult who consumed raw milk from Lavon Farms in Plano became sick, and three of them were hospitalized, said Chris Van Deusen, spokesman for the Department of State Health Services.The gastrointestinal illnesses occurred between December and March, Van Deusen said.

A dairy calf facility in Texas is being investigated after an animal rights group released video footage showing animal cruelty.

About half a dozen smaller dairyfarms in the Shenandoah Valley will be subject to inspection by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency in the first half of May, valley dairy operators learned at an April 19 meeting with EPA officials.

AUSTIN - Undercover footage that an animal advocacy group says reveals abuse, neglect and torture of calves at a dairy operation in a small Panhandle town has sparked a sheriff’s office inquiry.

The price and supply of corn remains Beijing’s top food security concern as the country’s demand for feed grain and corn-related industrial products continues to rise, analysts say.

CHICAGO (Reuters) - U.S. cattle futures slumped Wednesday [April 20] after an animal-welfare group released a grisly video depicting dairy calves on a Texas ranch being killed with a hammer and pickaxe.

Just 8,100 fewer dairy cows sent to slaughter in 2010.

Cow numbers are also up an estimated 76,000 (0.8%) over a year ago and 17,000 head over February.