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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.

McDonald’s will soon banish cheeseburgers and chocolate milk from its Happy Meal menu in an effort to cut down on the calories, sodium, saturated fat and sugar that kids consume at its restaurants.

The Southeast Uniform milk price for December was $19.04, down $0.03 from November and $0.74 lower than December 2016.

Game-changing genetic discovery to help target disease resistance, improve herd health and operational profitability.

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

While reports show the U.S. and Mexico made possible progress on the auto portion of the deal, it’s the contentious issue over dairy that’s still a wedge between the U.S. and Canada.

Health traits will be weighted by their appropriate economic value in Net Merit for Holsteins.

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.