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Backing from 75% of California’s dairy producers via supporting votes from three major cooperatives should result in the state being the 11th member of the Federal Milk Marketing Order.

Arla Foods announced it will not be buying milk from 11 dairies in Wisconsin citing “increased production and market volatility.”

Proper feeding can prevent abomasal ulcers.

Dairy farmers have another option for risk-management with a new insurance product being offered by American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF).

An atypical case of BSE was detected in a six year-old Florida beef cow, but never entered the slaughter channels and poses no threat to the U.S. food supply.

Another Dean Foods milk processing plant is being closed, this time in Georgia.

A Guernsey show cow worth $30,000 was stolen from a New York farm along with six other cattle.

At a towering 16’ tall, corn native to Oaxaca, Mexico grows up to 10 aerial roots [compared to two in a typical plant] that secrete gel to help nitrogen-fixing bacteria survive.

Land O’Lakes gets creative in funding California digesters.

Bryne Dairy, located in DeWitt, N.Y., is planning to expand its Ultra Dairy Plant to grow its packaging capability and create at least 20 new jobs.