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Inaction puts U.S. “behind the curve."--Jerry Kozak, National Milk Producers Federation.

The state’s dairy producer and processor sectors each say their very survival is at stake if AB31 doesn’t go their way.

Year-to-date, some 27,000 more cows have been slaughtered than in 2012.

No additional cases of the disease uncovered at the dairy since initial Jan. 17 discovery.

Improving transition cow health should focus on strategies for reinforcing the cow’s innate immune system, while also limiting environmental and management stressors.

‘We can make a lot more money drying milk and exporting it to China.’ -- CDI CEO Andre Mikhalevsky.

Bringing the dryer online is a milestone for the Seattle-based company after a fire destroyed the dryer in February 2012.

Violations include improperly applying manure to a field in the rain and operating a leaking waste water system that led to polluting salmon habitat.

A decline in livestock margins has been offset to a degree by rising animal protein prices and growing exports.