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With its milk production shifting to the northwest region, the Lone Star State’s dairy landscape continues to evolve.

China just ordered a massive volume of U.S. corn in spite of growing trade friction between Washington and Beijing.

The Tillamook area producer agreed to restore and preserve more than 20 acres of historic wetlands to resolve a federal Clean Water Act violation.

All-Milk price is projected to drop to $20.00 to $20.10 per cwt. for 2011, and $17.75 to $18.65 per cwt. for 2012.

Farmers and meatpackers across the country could be getting a glimpse of the future under trade agreements nearing approval in Congress.

Casey’s Dairy Advancement Act would not include any supply or growth management component, but would continue the Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program or allow dairy producers to enroll in the Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy program.

Dairy producers would be able to choose between signing up for Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments or subsidized Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy insurance at the $1.50 deductible level for not more than 3 million lb. of milk each year.

September culling was up 4,000 head over a year ago (1.6%) and 2,000 head higher than August.

“These actions mean that dairy products on Mexico’s retaliation list will now be free of the 20-25% tariffs that were restricting access to our best foreign market,” said Tom Suber, president of USDEC.

PLATTEVILLE, Wis. - Opening the fifth annual Focus on Goats conference Friday at the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, speaker Bob Wills proclaimed, “we are no longer a kid industry.” It’s grown to an “adult” industry.