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The USDA October milk production report released this week shows U.S. milk production reached nearly 18.6 billion pounds, up 2.3% from 2019.

Over the last several months there has been a large uptick in home baking and cooking, which has caused butter consumption to rise tremendously.

Larry Simon and his son, Brent, told the World Dairy Expo audience how they’ve built a successful 705-cow dairy near Westphalia, Mich.

Larry Tande has judged hundreds of dairy cattle shows including the U.S., Mexico, Uruguay, Argentina, Ecuador, Costa Rica and Spain.

Dairyman of the Year John Fiscalini, Fiscalini Farms, Modesto, Calif., and Dairy Woman of the Year Mary Shank Creek, Palmyra Farm, Hagerstown, Md., among those honored.

A slate of sixteen official judges will evaluate over 2,500 head of the finest registered dairy cattle October 2-6 during the 2012 World Dairy Expo.