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The U.S. Attorney for the Northern District of New York issued the following news release:RICHARD S. HARTUNIAN, United States Attorney, Northern District of New York and Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) Special Agent in Charge James C. Spero, announce that JOHN BARNEY (47, of Adams, New York), entered a guilty plea to a one-count Information charging him with Unlawful Employment of Illegal Aliens, in violation of Title 8, United States Code, Sections 1324a(a)(2) and (f)(1). On December 15, 2011, JOHN BARNEY entered his guilty plea before United States Magistrate Judge Andrew T. Baxter and was sentenced to 6 months unsupervised release, a $3,000.00 fine payable to the benefit of Porferio Lopez’s family, and a $10.00 special assessment.

A nationwide project led by Colorado State University researchers’ aims to help livestock producers reduce airborne emissions that could degrade environmental health.

Cow numbers are up 91,000 head from a year ago (1%) but down 1,000 head from October.

Completed applications are due July 15, 2012.

November 2011 budgets show that tiestall barns producing 20,000 lb. of milk per cow were losing $1.81/cwt. when all costs were included.

Doug and his family built a 1957 14-cow herd into RuAnn Dairy, Maddox Dairy, and Golden Genes, all world-recognized Holstein entities.

This month’s announcement that Thiel Cheese & Ingredients of Hilbert was acquired by the Irish Dairy Board might have struck some people as a bit odd. Have the Irish run out of dairyfarmers or lost their historic knack for making cheese?Fear not. Cheese-making in Ireland is in tip-top shape, as they might say in Dublin. The purchase of a Wisconsin company by the Irish Dairy Board, a commercial cooperative, represents a strategic investment in a high-quality partner with strong research and innovation tools. For Thiel Cheese and its 66 employees, it means better access to markets in North America and abroad.

Executives shared how working through the dairy checkoff and its Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy helps drive dairy sales and protect dairy’s image.

These high producing herds netted $1.35/cwt in October, based on a milk price of $19.96/cwt, corn at $6.28/bu, soybean meal at $280/ton and alfalfa at $190/ton.

The farm bill process could revert to “normal,” meaning it could require hearings from the Ag Committees and mark-up procedures that have been part of all farm bills.