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DAIRY

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Policy
Livestock leaders say farmers need to engage in climate conversations
Minnesota dairy farmer Steve Schlangen and beef producer Don Schiefelbein say farmers need to be involved in environmental policy, even if they don't buy into all the climate change theories.
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News
Cass-Clay Creamery donates shelf-stable 'Giving Cow' milks to Great Plains Food Bank
Cass-Clay Creamery recently delivered more than 24,000 units of Giving Cow, a shelf-stabilized milk, to the Great Plains Food Bank — part of an announced donation of 82,000 units.
November 12, 2022 04:30 AM
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News
Collapse of building under construction at South Dakota dairy sends 10 to hospitals
Ambulances transported 10 people to South Dakota hospitals after rafters on a building under construction at a dairy collapsed on Monday, Sept. 12.
September 13, 2022 09:07 AM
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Business
Cows and Co. Creamery stays true to its dairy roots and offers customers a taste of the Netherlands
After making the move from the Netherlands, Maartje Murphy wanted to give North Dakotans a chance to enjoy European treats, made right on the farm.
September 12, 2022 04:30 AM

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Business
High-visibility feed maker Famo Feeds going strong
Famo Feeds Inc., of Freeport, Minnesota, is an unusual livestock feed maker for Minnesota because an independent, family-owned manufacturer has its own brand of feed. The company’s colorful logo is a curiosity for the thousands of motorists and customers traveling along Interstate 94, en route to and from the Twin Cities.
August 01, 2022 04:30 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates
Milking a cow
Lifestyle
Moo-ving through the decades: New England's Doe Dairy celebrates 70 years in business
June is National Dairy Month. The Dickinson Press toured a local dairy farm and learned firsthand about the challenges dairy farmers face in southwest North Dakota.
June 20, 2022 04:50 PM
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By  Jason R. O'Day
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Business
Drought forces dairy into difficult selloff decision, but farmer hopes to rebuild
Quaal Dairy in Otter Tail County sold off most of its herd in April. Vernon Quaal says the 2021 drought drastically cut into its feed supply and the rising prices for feed made maintaining the 300 cow herd unstainable. Quaal says many dairies are suffering. But he is determined to build back up, with a crop of bred heifers ready to calve in September.
May 16, 2022 04:30 AM
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By  Jeff Beach
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Business
Organic Valley farms in southeast Minnesota grateful they made the turn to organic
Zweber Family Farms of Elko, Minnesota, and Buck Dairy Farm of Goodhue, Minnesota, have been with Organic Valley since the start of a boom for the entire organic industry.
August 31, 2021 06:00 AM
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Business
'There isn't a healthier place for cows than out on the grass'
Mike and Joan Gilles, who milk about 110 cows and have 100 acres of open ground for pasture grass with another 150 acres of land they rent for growing forages, hosted a pasture walk on June 15 sponsored by the Sustainable Farming Association and the Dairy Grazing Apprenticeship.
June 28, 2021 04:00 AM
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Business
Highlights of US milk demand, delivery
A recap of the fluid (drinking) milk history of the U.S., even as dairy product consumption and production rise. Focuses on the demise of delivery trucks like the one that John and Sharon Larson of Moorhead, Minn., in companion story.
June 07, 2021 04:00 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates

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Business
Dairy truck delivers nostalgia
Car collector John Larson and his wife, Sharon, of Moorhead, Minn., are new owners of 1939 International dairy delivery truck they acquired in 2017. The truck was likely used for delivering in Duluth, Minn. It is decorated with logos from Arkulary's Grocery of Duluth, Minn., a family that was important in the city's retail food business.
June 07, 2021 04:00 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates
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Business
What was Arkulary’s Grocery?
Stephen Arkulary of Duluth, Minn., describes how his family grocery business changed from western Wisconsin in 1936, to Duluth in the 1950s, until it was forced out due to wholesaler competition in the 2000s. He advertised his last business with the truck that John Larson owns as a collector.
June 07, 2021 04:00 AM
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By  Mikkel Pates
AgweekTV: SD Dairy Hot spot
Business
South Dakota continues to be dairy hotspot
“You’ve got South Dakota now, who wasn’t even in the top 20 dairy states in the country, and now we’ve become one of the hottest spots," South Dakota dairy producer Lynn Boadwine said.
April 26, 2021 03:30 AM
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By  Michelle Rook
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