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Rabobank research shows California dairies, processors uniquely positioned to capitalize on growing global demand.

Tour teams dairy farmers and Easton Hamlin, 14-year-old country musician.

Darigold, Inc.'s Board of Directors has selected Jim Wegner to succeed retiring John Underwood as President and CEO of Northwest Dairy Association (NDA) and Darigold. The selection was announced to the organization’s approximately 550 member-owners and 1,600 employees on Friday, July 29. Wegner, previously Darigold’s Senior Vice President of Technical Services, assumed his new role on August 1. Underwood will serve as Special Executive to the Board of Directors and will assist with the transition.

“This amounts to an unexpected, unfair and unwarranted tax on dairy producers.”

Mike Meier is a fourth-generation dairy farmer. Instead of feeding the cows all the grain they can handle, Meier uses an intensive grazing process that cuts his production costs dramatically.

Cow numbers in the country are also up 10,000 head over May, reaching an estimated 9.21 million head.

Dairy’s nutritional benefits dovetail perfectly with aging-related health concerns, creating fertile ground for U.S. dairy sales.

After focusing on moving earth for agriculture and industry for most of its 174-year history, Deere and Co. now is fighting for its place in the skies.

Land O’Lakes CEO Chris Policinski came to Washington recently to a conference of the U.S. Global Leadership Coalition (USGLC) to discuss the importance of the U.S. government’s investment in overseas markets. Tough economic times have made increasing the country’s foreign aid budget a hard sell, Policinski said.

Since 2000, retails milk prices have climbed 31%, which is less than the overall consumer price index increase of 34%.