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There may be fewer foodborne illness in the country than we previously thought -- almost 40% less, in fact. It’s not that the numbers of foodborne illnesses have suddenly decreased, but the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention says its counts have become more precise.

USDA reported this afternoon that November milk production was up an estimated 2.7% nationally (3.1% in the top 23 dairy states).

Korean investors and North Dakota cattle ranchers plan a $90 million beef plant in the state that could process about 1,200 animals each day for overseas and domestic markets.

A state judge yesterday ruled against a Minnesota farmer who denied responsibility for an outbreak of illness from raw milk.

Strong export demand will mitigate downward dairy price pressure. But rising feed costs will still deteriorate margins in the first quarter of 2011.

Five hundred Wisconsin families in need receive 2 lb. cheese gifts from Crave Brothers Farmstead Classic Cheeses.

SEATTLE -- After 70-some years and four generations of milking cows in Washington’s Snohomish Valley, the Bartelheimers were the latest in a long list of dairy families who have called it quits. But the long, low barns had been empty for less than a week last month when the cows came home again.Today, the dairy is in operation as one of four rented locations Jeremy and Jerald Visser are using to expand their herd.

Yes - Zippy Duvall, president, Georgia Farm Bureau - Americans enjoy the safest, most diverse and affordable food supply of any nation in recorded history. No - Brian Riedl, Grover M. Hermann Fellow in Federal Budgetary Affairs, The Heritage Foundation - Farm subsidies are outdated, unnecessary and unaffordable.

The 2011 all-milk price is forecast to average $16.10/cwt. to $16.90/cwt.

Gov. Jerry Brown appoints longtime agricultural advocate Karen Ross to head California’s Department of Food and Agriculture.