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The Department of Agriculture no longer serves as a lifeline to millions of struggling homestead farmers. Instead, it is a vast, self-perpetuating postmodern bureaucracy with an amorphous budget of some $130 billion -- a sum far greater than the nation’s net farm income this year. In fact, the more the Agriculture Department has pontificated about family farmers, the more they have vanished -- comprising now only about 1 percent of the American population.

CWT accepted six requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America and Bongards Creamery to sell a total of 1,128 metric tons of Cheddar cheese to customers in the Middle East, North Africa and Central America.

The agreement will reduce 50 percent of the tariffs imposed by Mexico on U.S. cheese exports.

Previous inspections of the veal operation found recurring violations of the Federal Food, Drug and Cosmetic Act that the defendants failed to correct.

Entries will be accepted now through midnight (CDT) on Thursday, September 1.

These awards were designed to honor dairy industry leaders that have or will contribute to strengthening and enlivening the dairy industry.

Incremental cheese sales were up 453 million lb. for the 12 months ending in April.

Mike Meier says his pasture-based seasonal milking herd of 110 cows makes more money and takes less work than the old-style dairy.

On a national basis, since the beginning of the new hay year, May 1, alfalfa set record highs prices in both May and June.

The three-hour meetings, in 12 locations across the country, are designed to give producers a detailed look at the proposed dairy reform package.