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The crash of global dairy markets in mid-2008 put U.S. exports on course for a decline in 2009, ending a streak of six straight years of expansion.

Dairy Today’s Dollars and Sense contributors discuss their farms’ approach to reducing carbon footprints.

USDA announced today it was extending the comment period for the draft environmental impact statement (EIS) on Roundup Ready alfalfa by 15 days to March 3.

Ever-Green-View My 1326-ET, bred and owned by Thomas J. Kestell of Waldo, Wis., calving at four years and five months of age has produced a 365-day record of 72,170 pounds of milk, with 2,787 pounds of fat and 2,142 pounds of protein.

USDA issued its final rules on access to pastures for organic livestock operations today. Specifically, animals must have graze pasture during the grazing season, which must be at least 120 days per year. They also must obtain at least 30% of their dry matter from pasture.

USDA announced this morning that it will scrap the National Animal Identification System (NAIS) and instead will opt to develop “a new, flexible framework for animal disease traceability in the United States

Bonus content: More on financial statements Balance sheets that you submit to your lenders need to be extremely accurate with no hidden surprises, says Jim Kastanek, a dairy business consultant and owner of Total Agri-Business Services, Albany, Minn.

A global glut of cotton means that far fewer acres of cotton will be planted in 2009, squeezing what is already a tight cottonseed supply.

October dairy cow slaughter slowed up a bit compared to year earlier levels, USDA reported this morning.

County officials have given the green light to a manure-to-energy distribution network that will involve up to nine dairies near Bakersfield, Calif.