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Over the weekend, the most sweeping updates to the Federal Milk Marketing Orders in over two decades officially took effect, impacting how milk is priced across all 11 orders nationwide.

The third round of disaster aid payments through the Supplemental Disaster Relief Program is the largest amount appropriated by Congress. USDA Deputy Undersecretary Brooke Appleton says those payments are being prepared now.

This is the 2025 dairy industry. Short on certainty. Long on volatility. Sharp management is more crucial than ever.

At the heart of an emerging trend is the elevated fat content in U.S. farm milk, which has surpassed the requirements for cheese manufacturing and led to an oversupplied cream market.

Butter prices climbed to $2.51 per lb. on the heaviest trading day since March as markets eye upcoming reports for clues on tight supplies.

A pair of auctions resulted in a record-breaking, low-hour, used Case IH swather sale and strong returns on a trio of high-hour John Deere machines. Learn how the Machinery Pete Ratio can help you know when you should buy or walk away from the deal.

There’s an innovative new way to potentially monitor the digestive activity, environmental impact, and health of dairy cows – and it’s as simple as breathing.

Dairy producers argue that a proposed ban on the expansion of dairy farms beyond 700 cows in New York state would stifle both new and existing farms.

Protecting the future performance of the herd starts with cooling the cows who are carrying it.