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Review showcases successes and challenges during a year of change and uncertainty. Mar 01, 2021 The National Dairy FARM Program (FARM) has published its “2020 Year in Review.” Serving as the annual summary of the achievements and program developments of the FARM Program, the “Year in Review” showcases successes and challenges during a year of change and uncertainty.  “As the industry shifted with the pandemic, we adapted the program to fit farmer’s and program participant’s needs,” said Emily Yeiser Stepp, vice president for the FARM Program at the National Milk Produce...

Meat residues demand attention, too A tanker load of milk that comes up positive for antibiotic residue is a nightmare that every dairy farm takes steps to prevent. What tends to be less often discussed are residues in a secondary product from dairy animals: meat. This is an area that the dairy industry has also made strides in, said Jamie Jonker, National Milk Producers Federation vice president of sustainability and scientific affairs. He shared that tissue residue violations in dairy cull cows have fallen 40% just since 2014. “We had a little over 700 animals that had a drug residue in 2...