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Standards Include low-fat milk, other low-fat dairy products

Weigh the potential crop yield versus your need for forage.

Year-to-date, they have sent 1,523,000 cows to their demise, 65,000 more than last year (+4.5%).

Processors say the amendment offers 80% protection of a dairy farm’s milk production and costs taxpayers less than current House dairy bill.

The amendment was defeated 29-17; would have offered margin insurance but no market stabilization.

Joe Trumm took over his family farm years ago, despite a warning from his father that there was no future in farming.

Elanco, which markets rBST both in the United States and globally where it is registered for use, welcomed the news in a statement released this week.

The dairy provisions are similar to those in the Senate bill, but the MILC program would be immediately ended.

The House farm bill draft contains the major elements of the Dairy Security Act, which evolved from Foundation for the Future.

Temperatures have exceeded 100°F several days this week, dew points have been above 70°F, and worst of all, nighttime lows rarely fell below 80°F.