Dairy - General
State officials say a section of Saginaw County, Mich. where a cow tested positive for bovine tuberculosis last year is now considered free of the disease.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy says he has the votes to pass it.
While grass-fed milk has a better ratio of fatty acids, the levels are still so low they don’t make much difference in human nutrition.
World Dairy Expo is pleased to announce the slate of 16 official dairy cattle judges.
With a growing population, global milk production is expected to keep increasing for nearly a decade.
Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference to discuss the future of the industry and your farm.
Class IV will be the “higher of” each and every month during 2014 with the annual average spread widening to almost two bucks.
Popularity of plant-based beverages challenges cows’ milk.
Grain-price declines aren’t enough to make up for other gains.
California Democrats are taking further steps to advance the state’s ambitious climate-change agenda, agreeing to regulate methane emissions from landfills and dairy farms for the first time and approving $900 million in spending on environmental programs.
New Zealand dairy crisis spurs debate over Fonterra’s strategy, while approximately 80% of Kiwi dairy farmers are operating at a loss.
Plastic is unsustainable and doesn’t work well. Now there’s a new kind of wrapper that won’t kill the planet—and tastes good.
A farmer in Portage County, Wis. has been overcome by deadly fumes from a manure holding tank.
It’s time to have a conversation about flatulent cows.
Path to farm ownership in New Zealand jeopardized by downturn.
One Vermont dairy farm is taking a novel approach to reducing polluted runoff in Lake Champlain by spinning its manure in a centrifuge to remove some of the phosphorus that has contributed to toxic algae blooms.
Minnesota’s crop, livestock and dairy farmers are suffering with continuing rock bottom prices for their commodities, driving some into bankruptcy.
A dairy farm in Exeter is being honored as Rhode Island’s best.
Emily McClellen may have grown up on a dairy farm near the small Wisconsin town of Delavan, but she spent plenty of time dreaming of Rio.
Danone agreed to buy WhiteWave Foods Co. for about $10 billion to add the best-selling U.S. soy milk brand Silk and expand in organic food in its biggest acquisition in almost a decade.
Northeast dairy farmers who have been strapped for months by low milk prices say a voluntary insurance program that was supposed to be a safety net isn’t helping.
An Illinois dairy farmer is handing the reigns over to his sons after 43 years of service to the industry.
Records show Ohio’s prisons agency made nearly $1.3 million after selling about 1,400 dairy cattle as part of a larger effort to raise money for new rehabilitation and job-training programs for inmates.
Group argues the milk price paid by consumers is not representative of the price paid to producers.
After selling off its herd of dairy cows, the Ohio Department of Rehabilitation and Correction will now pay $2.6 million to provide milk for the state’s roughly 50,000 inmates.
Germany says it will provide at least 100 million euros ($112 million) to help the country’s milk producers who have been suffering from falling prices.
People will travel miles and miles to sample fresh-off-the-farm ice cream and learn about the treat’s origins.
Hawaii Dairy Farms says its planned operation on Kauai will serve as a model for sustainable agriculture and won’t have a negative impact on the environment or surrounding community.
A Vermont dairy farmer has partnered with a local wind developer to bring a 2.2-megawatt wind turbine to his family’s farm in Holland, Vt.