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Monitor these key areas to verify how your cows are responding to their feeding program.

We should shift some of our attention from total fat to the composition of fatty acids in milk.

Feed cost is reduced $165 per day by feeding three different rations instead of one ration to all cows.

In the USA, cheese consumption has grown from 2.3 billion pounds in 1970 to nearly 10.5 billion pounds in 2011.

‘On the low end, we could have faced a judgment of several hundred million dollars, and on the high end, more than $1 billion.’ --DFA CEO Rick Smith

Based on year-end futures prices, it appears MILC payments could be coming each month from February through July 2013.

Their milk contains more omega-3 fatty acids and less saturated fat.

University of Wisconsin dairy economists Bob Cropp and Mark Stephenson discuss milk production, cow numbers and the outlook for milk prices in their latest podcast.

Most signs point toward higher, firmer milk prices during 2013.

Select Sires has identified five genetically different lines of Holstein sires that can then be used to slow inbreeding.