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The ice cream industry’s widening listeria scare, which has prompted at least five companies to recall products, is fueled in part by DNA testing and other new tools that can better detect the bacteria and trace its origins.

But about half is covered at $5 or less.

Gov. Jay Nixon signed bills Friday aimed at boosting Missouri’s dairy and $12.5 billion-a-year agriculture industries through insurance subsidies, scholarships, eased restrictions during parts of the year and other provisions meant to help crop and livestock farmers.

Co-ops’ original proposal would make California less competitive, they say.

Milk processors, producer-handlers and a Nevada dairy weigh in.

A cougar killed a dairy cow in Whatcom County, Wash., over the weekend in a rare instance of a cougar attack on livestock.

States differ by sign up totals and coverage levels.

A University of New Hampshire dairy farm is getting high marks from state officials as a quality milk producer.

Newborn calves still need protection from nighttime low temperatures.

The dairy industry leads in the number of commercial anaerobic digesters on U.S. livestock operations.