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  • Aug. 9, 2011
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    Hay Sent To China Cheaper; Driving U.S. Hay Prices Higher

    U.S. hay, the country’s third-largest crop by value, is now cheaper to ship to China than to farmers in central California, compounding shortages that mean record prices for the dairy industry....More
  • Jun. 8, 2010
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    Dairy Industry Announces Another Buyout

    Though economics continue to improve for the nation’s dairy industry, Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced it will conduct its 10th dairy herd retirement since 2003. There were three last year; the most recent last...More
  • May 4, 2010
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    New York Hosts Veal, Dairy Tour

    In April, the New York Beef Industry Council, along with industry partners, hosted a “New York Veal/Dairy Tour 2010”....More
  • Jul. 13, 2009
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    Dairy Herd Launches Next Buyout

    Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) announced July 2 that its recent dairy herd retirement program had removed 101,040 dairy cows—mostly from the western part of the nation—and almost 2 billion lbs...More
  • May 1, 2009
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    Dairy cull concerns

    Nothing riles a beef producer more than the words dairy buyout. Thus, reaction was immediate when rumors circulated in January that the dairy industry...More
  • Dec. 1, 2008
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    Taking TB Seriously

    For good reasons, bovine tuberculosis (TB) is one of the most feared livestock diseases in the country. The U.S. campaign to eradicate bovine TB began...More
  • Oct. 7, 2008
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    Don’t Forget Farm Safety

    A recent National Safety Council study ranks beef cattle farms and dairy operations as second and third most dangerous industries among all agriculture enterprises...More
  • Sep. 1, 2008
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    Midyear numbers

    Total cattle numbers declined slightly from last year, according to USDA's midyear cattle inventory report. The total cattle herd is pegged at 104.3 million...More
  • May 1, 2008
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    The shape of things to come

    I came to a revelation recently that troubles me. Twenty years ago, my wife would have warned anyone to avoid the subject of animal-rights groups unless...More
  • Oct. 1, 2007
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    NAIS Business Plan Coming

    USDA's effort to register America's livestock premises is picking up momentum, says Bruce Knight, USDA Under Secretary for Marketing and Regulatory Programs....More
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