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Organic milk only 1% of China market versus 10% globally.
Canada’s biggest milk processor has won control of Warrnambool Cheese & Butter Factory Co., Australia’s oldest dairy producer.
Vermont Senator Patrick Leahy says he has the votes to pass it.
Popularity of plant-based beverages challenges cows’ milk.
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.
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.
Study will look if bacteria has antibiotic resistance and whether bacteria survive manure processing and storage.
Plant should be operational in the fall of 2017.
Despite recent rain and snow, California still faces a critical water shortage.
New Zealand banks are probably taking a close look at their lending to dairy farmers as global prices plunge and many in the industry brace for a third season of potential losses, Finance Minister Bill English said.
Cornell University dairy economist Andrew Novakovic explains the complex new dairy policy, which the Senate is expected to vote on early this week.
5,000 fresh, single serve cups await shipment.
“This is yet another example of how Russia’s blockade of U.S. dairy products is harming U.S. companies.” -- Tom Suber, USDEC president.
California Dairies Inc. enters a new export category with anhydrous milkfat production.
China is buying at unprecedented levels, supporting the entire dairy complex.
New support tool for nutritionists simulates rumen fermentation and evaluates the nutritive value of total mixed rations.
The average milk price paid to farmers rose to $19.60 per 100 pounds of milk last year, up from $17.98 in 2012 and a low of $12.16 in 2009,
Watch a video of Milk Source’s Jim Ostrom, John Vosters and Todd Willer sharing how they grew their Wisconsin dairy operation to 30,000 cows.
The dairy equipment company installed its BouMatic’s Xcalibur 90XL D20 parlor at Friendship Dairies in Karachi.
“Despite its limitations, we believe the revised program will help address the volatility in farmers’ milk prices” -- Jim Mulhern, President and Chief Executive Officer, NMPF.
The Agricultural Act of 2014 contains major reforms including eliminating the direct payment program and strengthening crop insurance,.
New farm bill would establish a dairy margin insurance program and eliminate dairy price supports.
The agricultural technology and equipment show is set for Feb. 11-13 in Tulare, Calif.
Three servings a day of dairy still recommended.
A PepsiCo spokesman says the company and its German partner are ending production at a western New York yogurt plant opened with much fanfare and state money in 2013.
Producers are finding health advantages to placing newborn calves in a warm environment where they can be quickly dried and cared for during their first few hours.
The Heintz Badger Valley Farm, Caledonia, Minn., was named 2015 Producer of the year during Minnesota Milk Producer Association’s annual conference last week in St. Cloud.
Cows perform best when they can be kept on a consistent ration and forage quality is excellent.
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The practice of tail docking is being questioned as a necessary practice on U.S. dairy farms.