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Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted six requests from members for assistance in selling cheese and butter to customers in Europe, the Middle East, and North Africa.

America’s dairy producers are kicking off the second year of Fuel Up to Play 60, an in-school nutrition and physical activity campaign launched by the National Dairy Council® (NDC) and the National Football League® (NFL).

Chicago wheat futures ended much lower on Tuesday, as moisture levels in Russia increased ahead of winter wheat sowing season. Corn and soybean both retreated on bearish outside markets.

ADISON, Wis., Aug. 25 -- The Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection issued the following news release: A Cumberland man pleaded no contest and was found guilty Tuesday of violating Wisconsin’s premises registration law, after being granted a new trial in Polk County Circuit Court.

SEATTLE, Aug. 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Out of a record breaking 1,462 cheese products entered, Sartori was awarded with 4 first place ribbons in this year’s competition of the elite cheese companies in North America. Cheesemakers from 225 companies in 34 U.S. states, Canada and Mexico were represented in Saturday’s competition. “We are thrilled to be recognized by the world class panel of judges for having the best cheese in America across four different categories,” said Jim Sartori, the 3rd generati

Judging takes place Nov. 24; cheeses must be entered by Oct. 15.

The milk-weighted geometric mean of bulk tank somatic cell counts (SCCs) was 227,000 cells/ml in 2009 in the four Federal Milk Marketing Order areas in the central U.S. That’s according to data released by USDA’s Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service this summer.

U.S. dairy producers will have 722,000 more heifers available from 2008 through 2012, thanks to sexed semen technology that started coming online in 2006.

With today’s high-volume silage choppers, it’s imperative that you sample corn silage several times a day to ensure the material is being adequately processed. If corn kernels are left unprocessed, you’ve essentially wasted a whole growing season of effort and your cows will be unable to fully utilize the feed.

The link between the ration on paper and the ration delivered to the cows is the person mixing the feed. So it makes sense to involve your nutrition consultant in the training and education of that person.