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The debate to lower New York’s agriculture overtime limit to 40 hours has been postponed. New York dairy farmers anxiously await the proposed ultimatum, knowing if passed many farmworkers would find work elsewhere.

With the signup period for 2022 coverage under USDA’s Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program now underway, producers are eager to see how this spells out in terms of dollars and cents.

Drought throughout most of the country, severe weather, and even flooding in parts of the Northeast made the annual adventure of corn silage production an interesting one.

2022 Class IV milk has a $20.43 average, pulling ahead of Class III.

Calves with navel infections will present wet or pus ridden navel cords and their navel areas will be swollen, hard, and painful to the touch.

USDA recently announced the signup period for the Dairy Margin Coverage program for 2020, a very important program for the protection of income over feed prices.

Fonterra Co-Operative Group Ltd, the world’s biggest dairy exporter, said on Monday it would invest about NZ$4 billion ($2.72 billion) by 2030 to move milk into higher value products, pursue growth, and reduce emissions.

The statistics are alarming—according to Feeding America, 1 in 7 Americans struggle with hunger. It’s estimated 42 million people, including 13 million children, face food insecurity.