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Cooperatives Working Together will now include butter and anhydrous milkfat as products eligible for export assistance.

Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack has are received a letter signed by 75 Members of Congress urging USDA to allow limited planting of Roundup Ready alfalfa.

“Is competition healthy enough to protect farmers, and if not, what do we do about it?” Sen. Herb Kohl’s question at the USDA–Department of Justice hearing on dairy industry consolidation sums up a never-ending debate.

Changes to the cattle passport rules were urged yesterday to make the offspring of cloned cattle more readily identifiable to farmers and meat processors.The National Beef Association (NBA) made the demand for clearer information on the passports that accompany all cattle from birth to slaughter.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted three bids from Dairy Farmers of America and three bids from Land O’Lakes for a total of 644 metric tons (1.4 million pounds) of butter and anhydrous milkfat (AMF) to Europe, the Caribbean, and Central America.

Farmers Feed the U.S. campaign explains how food is produced, and offers a sweepstakes to win groceries for a year.

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted a total of nine bids from members for assistance in selling cheese, butter and anhydrous milkfat to customers in Europe, Asia, the Middle East and North Africa.