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Carbery Group has become the latest processor to reveal its milk price for the month of March, announcing a lift in price for last month.

For the fourth straight year, somatic cell counts were under 200,000 cells per milliliter for U.S. herds enrolled in Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI) testing plans.

Milk’s most important contact surface A combination of factors contributes to high-quality milk, but for New York dairy farmer Jim Davenport, he believes a low somatic cell count begins at the teat level. “Milk quality issues inside the teat start with what’s on the teat,” he said. Davenport shared the strategies used on his farm in the March Hoard’s Dairyman webinar, “Clean cows make clean milk.” Davenport’s dairy is located near Ancramdale, N.Y., just two hours north of New York City. His herd of 70 registered Holsteins and a few registered Ayrshires averages 86 pounds of m...

Carbery Group has announced its decision to lift its milk price for January becoming the latest processor to reveal its price for last month.

Aurivo has become the latest processor to reveal the price it has decided to pay its suppliers for December milk.