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Michele Ruby was chosen the 2016 Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI) Distinguished Alumni Leader by the Holstein Foundation board.

The University of Wisconsin-Madison plans to end its dairy sheep research program and get rid of hundreds of ewes in northwestern Wisconsin.

Five Oregon dairies have been given permission to expand, adding a total of about 4,500 animals.

Three servings a day of dairy still recommended.

Cows perform best when they can be kept on a consistent ration and forage quality is excellent.

The Swiss dairy giant Emmi has purchased Redwood Hill Farm & Creamery, in Sebastopol, Calif.

Producers are finding health advantages to placing newborn calves in a warm environment where they can be quickly dried and cared for during their first few hours.

The Heintz Badger Valley Farm, Caledonia, Minn., was named 2015 Producer of the year during Minnesota Milk Producer Association’s annual conference last week in St. Cloud.

A PepsiCo spokesman says the company and its German partner are ending production at a western New York yogurt plant opened with much fanfare and state money in 2013.

Farmers in the Tillamook and Nehalem Valleys of coastal Oregon dealt with high waters this week as heavy rains, winds, and flooding rivers forced some farms to evacuate livestock.