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Co-op officials don’t expect many, if any, farms to go out of business as a result of non-compliance since they expect USDA will readily grant derogations.

CWT has accepted eight requests for export assistance from Bongards, Darigold, Foremost Farms and United Dairymen of Arizona.

The new dairy supply management program in the farm bill will hurt exports, encourage imports and limit job growth, say dairy processors.

ALBUQUERQUE (AP) A dramatic increase in the price of hay and corn and low milk prices are putting some New Mexico dairies out of business.Dairy Producers of New Mexico President Luke Woelber tells the Albuquerque Journal (http://bit.ly/L7ZCIv ) that he knows of five dairies in the eastern and southern part of the state that have closed in the face of feed costs that have doubled in the past few years.

Editor:As a dairyfarmer in Pennsylvania for the past 30 years, I’ve lived through the ups and downs of this extremely volatile industry. In the past decade, dairyfarmers have experienced the highs of 2008 and 2010 and the extreme lows of 2003, 2006 and 2009, which was the worst year in the lifetime of most dairyfarmers, because the price we received for milk plummeted while production costs reached all-time high levels.

Bipartisan legislation would enable U.S. companies to expand exports to Russia when it joins the World Trade Organization this year.

Robert Switzer tells the story of his family’s dairy farm and captures the experience of millions of other family farmers over the course of the 20th century.

Regular, candid contact makes a big difference in how your lender can help you.

Dairies encouraged to apply for the $10,000 award.

Total U.S. dairy export value was $460 million, up 17% from year-earlier levels.