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Year-to-date, nearly 1.3 million cows have been sent to slaughter in Federally inspected plants in 2012.

The Alpena County farm is quarantined, and no cattle may enter or leave the premises until testing clears the cattle and farm of the disease.

The Senate on Thursday passed a farm bill that, while cutting subsidies for farmers nationwide, includes some good news for specialty crop producers and dairyfarmers in New York.The five-year bill, which passed by a 64-35 vote, expands the federal crop insurance program to cover fruit and vegetable growers, who in the past have experienced huge financial losses following devastating storms and freezes.

By ERIN KELLY, Gannett Washington BureauWASHINGTON - Vermont dairyfarmers would get new insurance protections against falling milk prices in a sweeping $500 billion farm bill approved Thursday by the Senate.Programs to conserve Vermont forests and encourage organic farming and environmentally friendly practices also would get a boost in the bipartisan bill.The legislation, which passed the Senate by a vote of 64-35, faces an uncertain future in the House. The House is expected to take it up after the July Fourth recess.

Leaner, more dairy in appearance.

THE Scottish dairy sector is reeling after the announcement that milk processor Robert Wiseman Dairies is to slash the price paid to its farmer suppliers for the second time in three months.

Board says current plans for the high-speed rail system represent an imminent threat to productive farmland.

Do not feed corn silage as green chop if drought stressed. Crop may be high in nitrates and cause abortions and death in cattle.

Much of Ohio has slipped officially into drought, creating economic and wildfire concerns for emergency-management officials, as well as for agriculture and farmers statewide. A drought-assessment committee led by the Ohio Emergency Management Agency will meet Friday to begin to plan for the state’s response to the drought. Potential agricultural responses include mandatory water conservation, emergency livestock-feed distribution, and emergency payments and loans to producers who lose property or production.

Martha Hall Findlay, the former Liberal member of Parliament, has done the cause of clear thinking a favour by challenging one of the sacred cows of Canadian politics: the protectionist system that keeps the price of milk, eggs and poultry in this country much higher than it needs to be.