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A new federal program to help hard-pressed dairy farmers is expected to be ready for enrollment in June 2019, as farmers undergo their fifth year of low milk prices that have driven thousands out of business.

Feed intake after calving critical.

Shutting down access to the U.S.-Mexico border could impact a relationship between the largest buyer of dairy exports which has two dairy cooperatives concerned.

The volume of dairy exports in January dropped while struggling farmers could get some more relief as Congress has raised debt limits for Chapter 12 bankruptcy.

A growing body of evidence suggests there are wide-reaching benefits to following colostrum with several feedings of transition milk.

Current springer values were stable to slightly higher – and Holstein heifer calves significantly higher – in all reported markets in the past month.

When, how and where you soil test makes a difference.

Prices for butter and non-fat dry milk (NFDM) have posted stellar year-over-year gains so far this year.

The Minnesota Legislature has approved expanding a zero-interest disaster loan program for farmers, just in time for producers with buildings damaged by heavy snow this winter.

A tornado on March 12 near Roswell, New Mexico, damaged a number of dairy farms and forced at least one farm to euthanize at least 150 cattle.