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News

Cost share and market access are the top drivers of digester adoption
U.S. dairy production has continued its decades-long consolidation into fewer, larger operations [1], [2]. Recent news coverage has suggested that the growth in anaerobic digester adoption over the past decade may have encouraged this expansion...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • PRO-DAIRY
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Report

This September 2026 Dairy Market Watch report from Cornell CALS PRO-DAIRY examines component production, pricing, and utilization trends in the Northeast Federal Milk Marketing Order (FMMO #1) compared to national averages. Component production...
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
  • Charles H. Dyson School of Applied Economics and Management
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News

So why New York, and why now? New York has been experiencing a quiet revolution over the past quarter century. This has not only kept the state on the map in terms of continuing to be a leading dairy state but also appears to have seeded a surge...
  • Dairy
  • Cornell Cooperative Extension
  • Animal Science
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Field Note

Ananda Portela Fontoura PhD’22 is a postdoctoral associate working in the lab of Michael Van Amburgh , professor of dairy nutrition. Ananda’s research focuses on maintaining or enhancing dairy cow performance through optimizing nutrient use...
  • Dairy
  • Animal Science
  • Animals
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News

If you love an ice cream sundae in the summer or a latte while the snow flies, then you know how important it is for dairies to produce milk all year around. But to do that, they have to ensure that their cows become pregnant in a timely manner...
  • Dairy
  • Animal Science
  • PRO-DAIRY