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More than two dozen protesters on Monday showed support for two immigrant dairy farmers arrested after marching to a Ben & Jerry’s factory to call for better pay and living conditions on farms that provide milk to the ice cream maker.

Growers and dairies lobby for a path to legalization for the undocumented workers who power their businesses.

When the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) was ratified back on Jan. 1, 1994, President Clinton was in the White House, Forrest Gump was talking about boxes of chocolates and World Dairy Expo had just celebrated its 25th year. Dairy exports were at roughly 3 percent of production and there was a groundswell of support for a formal supply management program to do something with the oversupply of milk.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) is pushing back hard against a statement by the Canadian Foreign Affairs Minister on up-coming talks to re-negotiate the North American Free Trade Agreement.

All eyes are on Washington D.C. this week as negotiations begin to “modernize” NAFTA, but getting on the same page will be step one.

Cheesemakers are making more in Russia to replace EU imports.

It can be a struggle to get kids to eat healthy food, but can a chocolatey treat be the key to getting them the nutrients they don’t often get?

Ben & Jerry’s, farmworkers reach ‘Milk with Dignity’ deal

For the past three years Fustead Holsteins has been increasing herd size after moving from a tie-stall barn into a free stall. In 2014, Brian and Wendy Fust made the move to invest in new facilities near Wausau, Wisconsin. Their son Tyler and daughter Jennifer both live with their spouses and children just a quarter of a mile from the family farm that was started in 1905

Mycogen Seeds unveiled its new “Unified” corn silage hybrid this week here at World Dairy Expo, with trials showing a 7% improvement in feed efficiency and 10 lb. more energy corrected milk compared to conventional corn hybrids