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Aide to Reid says farm bill could come to floor in June
An aide to Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid said the senator hopes to bring a draft of the 2012 farm bill to the Senate floor next month. "The farm bill is a top priority for Sen. Reid, and he hopes to be able to bring it to the floor in June," Adam Jentleson, Reid's communications director ...Land O'Lakes reduces milk supply through incentives and buyouts
Land O’ Lakes has offered buyouts to some of its California member dairies in an effort to address a “significant increase” in Golden State milk production. “Land O'Lakes offered its members a number of options that were intended to address the situation,” Jean ...Idaho Falls dairy embraces new neighbors
IDAHO FALLS -- David Sanderlin and his 6-year-old son, Zachary, left the store at Reed's Dairy on a recent Friday afternoon with individual scoops of ice cream and a quart to take home.
They finished their treats by the petting zoo, where Zachary likes to watch the goats. Visiting the dairy, loc ...
Global dairy surpluses pushing prices downward
Surplus supplies of milk are leading to price softening in the U.S. and international dairy markets, and rising product inventories are expected to keep downward pressure on those markets. International prices are down 20 to 30 percent from their peak in spring 2011, according to the U.S. ...Police: Milk spill closes part of US Highway 30
TWIN FALLS, Idaho (AP) -- State police say the eastbound lane of U.S. Highway 30 was blocked for three hours after a tanker truck overturned and spilled 6,000 gallons of milk. The driver, 43-year-old John Taylor of Hansen, was treated for minor injuries Monday at a Twin Falls hospital. The ...Triticale harvest under way on Royal Slope
ROYAL CITY, Wash. -- It was a smooth morning for Dean Callahan. Three bulldozers piled and compressed loads of fresh triticale trucked in from his field a mile to the east.
It was like a small army had descended on the field. Ten silage trucks took turns saddling up next to two choppers that sco ...
Raw milk supporters rally outside Minnesota courthouse
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) -- Dozens of advocates of raw milk rallied outside the Hennepin County courthouse Monday to support a farmer charged with food code violations for distributing unpasteurized milk. Alvin Schlangen, of Freeport, doesn't produce raw milk himself, but distributes it to over 100 consu ...