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Chazy, NY A - By farmer request, the Northern New York Agricultural Development Program has begun research to evaluate the impact of later-harvested corn on cow digestive health and milk production efficiency.

Saputo and Kraft have appealed a Federal Court ruling that upheld new federal cheese regulations.

Posted by Blake Eskin "Don't put a drink in my lunchbox today," my son said on Monday morning.

Despite the devastating impact on the dairy industry due to the outbreak of the cattle disease, brucellosis, local milk production is up by 10 percent this year.

Published: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:54 p.m. Last Modified: Monday, November 16, 2009 at 12:54 p.m. Five of Santa Rosa High's ArtQuest students just learned that a two-minute video they created won first place in a statewide competition by the California Milk Processor Board.

Sino Agro Food, Inc. , an emerging integrated, diversified agriculture technology and organic food company with subsidiaries operating in China, is pleased to announce it has begun retail trials of its "Green and Natural" dairy products.

People with heart disease and similar conditions who don't have enough vitamin D are more likely to be depressed than their counterparts with adequate levels of the "sunshine vitamin," according to a study presented at the annual meeting of the American Heart Association in Orlando.

Dairies firm Robert Wiseman said rising costs were returning to haunt the business despite an 81% jump in first-half profits.

DEAR DR. DONOHUE: My doctor told me that my vitamin D level is low, and put me on high-dose replacement for eight weeks.

Share + Nov 15, 2009 8:51 am US/Eastern ALBANY A top antitrust investigator from the U.S. Justice Department is investigating why New York farmers are getting record low payments for milk and consumers are seeing just a fraction of the savings.

A recent study indicates that overall milk sales in school cafeterias drop sharply when chocolate milk is banned.

NBC15 Weather Authority Forecast Indian summer through the weekend with more clouds Sunday into Monday.

Sandi Zirbel has seen an influx of immigrants on dairy farms in Wisconsin firsthand.

When the Manolo Blahnik brand is attached, anything is glamorous, even cows. George Malkemus and Tony Yurgaitis own Manolo Blahnik USA and when their prized heifers hit the competition circuit, they are as runway-ready as the women who wear the couture shoes, Yankee Magazine reports .

When dairy prices began to fall last autumn, Bob Gray and the dairy cooperatives in the Northeast began putting together some facts and figures and a game plan to approach Congress.

EYES ON DEBT: Some dairy farms holding too much debt will be forced to sell some or all of their operations, the Reserve Bank warned in its latest Financial Stability Report.

Children as young as eight who drink milk every day have a lower body mass index than those who drink the low fat variety, according to the study from Gothenburg University in Sweden.

Volatile global commodity markets will continue to create uncertainty for southern dairy farmers, despite Fonterra announcing a welcome increase in its forecast payout yesterday.

Federated Farmers have warned that today's higher Fonterra payout, while being a positive lift for the dairy industry, won't be any silver bullet for the entire rural economy.

An increased flow of funds into the dairy sector will inject nearly $2 billion more into the rural economy above Fonterra's early predictions.