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U.S. farms pumped out 196.2 billion pounds of milk last year, a record, up from 192.8 in 2010. Cow numbers were also up 80,000 head (0.9%) over a year ago.

World’s largest dairy exporter attributes large shipments to continued growth in global demand for dairy products and record milk production in New Zealand.

After reviewing several market fundamentals, CWT determined that it should begin assisting member cooperatives in making sales of butter overseas.

Mozzarella accounted for 58.1% of the state’s total cheese production.

The shock waves from the collapse of commodities trading firm MF Global Inc. are hitting hard across rural America, where farmers, ranchers and agricultural business owners are nervously waiting to learn how much money they’ve lost.

DROUGHT in the US is set to be great news for Australian beefexports and local cattle prices by next year, despite uncertain economic times hindering global demand in the near future. Despite short term obstacles like the high Australian dollar, a bulge in US drought-induced herd slaughter rates and global economic insecurity, beef’s longer-term market prospects were literally “bullish”, said Rabobank animal protein market specialist, Wendy Voss. The bank’s latest Beef Quarterly report, co-authored by Ms Voss, has forecast a notable upturn in demand for the second half of 2012. Cattle prices within Australia are tipped to hit record highs later next year as overseas markets shift from a summer supply bulge - primarily caused by the US where herds are being culled due to severe drought - to materially lower supplies.

Leading the list is a four-year-old cow who was this year’s World Dairy Expo Reserve Supreme Champion.

Only colostrum from Fresno County raw-milk dairy remains under quarantine.

The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release:RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James C. Spero, announce that JOHN BARNEY (47, of Adams, New York), entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information charging him with Unlawful Employment of Illegal Aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1324a(a)(2) and (f)(1). On December 15, 2011, JOHN BARNEY entered his guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter and was sentenced to 6 months unsupervised release, a $3,000.00 fine payable to the benefit of Porferio Lopez’s family, and a $10.00 special assessment.

An affiliate of Dairy Solutionz (NZ) Ltd. in New Zealand has teamed with partners and investors to establish an initial 1,000-cow farm by 2013 on Hawaii island and help rebuild Hawaii’s local milk supply.