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Vermont’s top agriculture officials and two congressional members are urging the state’s dairy farmers to enroll in a new price protection program.

A California company that makes hoof care products plans to build a $2 million plant in Idaho’s dairy region in the south-central part of the state.

The calculator allows farmers to enter their own milk production and commodity price data.

Cheese, butter and ice cream winners selected.

A University of New Hampshire survey of organic dairy farmers shows that while the consumer will pay a higher price for their milk, the farmers aren’t getting back much of a profit.

Administrative Law Judge Jeffrey Boldt ruled that the Department of Natural Resources failed to consider the accumulated effects of groundwater use when the agency reviewed an application for a high-capacity well for a $35 million dairy farm.

But President says he’ll take action before the end of the year.

Sign-up runs from Sept. 2 through Nov. 28.

Dairy farmers squeezed in recent years by low milk prices and high feed costs can begin signing up next week for a new program replacing old subsidies that didn’t factor in the price of corn.

New University of Georgia scientist to research heat stress on dairy cattle on Tifton Campus.