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Surplus milk, high feed costs push 2012 Pennsylvania average milk price $2.14 per cwt. below 2011.

Total costs, excluding labor and management, are running about $17.63/cwt for tie stall herds and right at $16 for midsized freestall operations.

Cow numbers were down 4,000 head from April, however.

“No consistent evidence that checkoff funded projects were more likely to support an obesity prevention benefit from dairy consumption.”

The SAMMY winners each receive a $7,500 scholarship and an awards weekend at Walt Disney World Resort.

Corn up 5% over last year; Soybean acreage is third largest on record.

The tags offered under this program can be used to satisfy traceability needs for marketing, state and national animal health programs and on-farm management.

Supreme Court ruling on controversial Arizona law underscores need for uniform federal solution to resolve immigration troubles.

Slowdown in milk output, strong cheese market boost dairy price outlook.

Hundreds of cartons of milk were contaminated with detergent on plant’s production line.