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What happens when you take Western Days, move it to Wendell, get the Chamber and the entire community on board?  You get Magic Valley Dairy Days 2013!

Dairy Days is three big days of community, concerts, carnival rides, food, car shows and enough free dairy to make you say "Moo!"

Every year, the Wendell Chamber sponsors Magic Valley Dairy Days.  Make plans to attend with your family.  I promise, you won't regret it.

Here's the complete list of events:

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BOISE -- Fast food giant Burger King will no longer conduct business with a Twin Falls dairy after citing concerns of animal mistreatment. KTVB-TV reported, several workers at Bettencourt Dairies LLC

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — An animal rights group hopes a video they shot at Idaho's largest dairy operation will convince some major corporation to stop using the dairy's products. The video was shot using a hidden camera by a member of Mercy for Animals who got a job at Bettencourt Dairies' Dry Creek Dairy in Hansen for a few weeks this summer

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BOISE, Idaho (AP) — Three former dairy workers with Idaho's largest dairy operation have been charged with misdemeanor animal cruelty after undercover video shot by an animal rights group showed workers stomping, dragging and beating cows inside a milking barn

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(KLIX) Cheese maker Glandia is set to break ground for its latest construction project Friday. The company is  building its administrative offices and a Cheese Innovation Center in downtown Twin Falls on Shoshone street

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A fire fueled by winds gusting up to 50 mph destroyed $300,000 worth of hay at the Wybenga Dairy near Oakley.  City of Oakley Fire Chief Harlo Clark says his crew was called out at 1 p.m. Wednesday and remained on the scene until 4 a.m. Thursday.

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Currently Idaho is one of four states that doesn’t run the program that regulates water polluters under the Clean Water Act. All point sources of pollution, from city sewer systems to industries, dairies and storm water systems must get a National Pollutant D

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A federal judge has ordered a Magic Valley dairy to show it is complying with FDA regulations before it sells any cows to slaughter for food. The consent decree was issued by U.S. District Magistrate Judge Candy Dale on Wednesday after the Food and Drug Administration sued G&H

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The Sugar Beet Harvest is in full swing around the valley, and due to ideal growing conditions the beets have made up for a late start this spring and are projected to gain about one ton increase in yield over last year.

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We all know how important Dairy is to our local economy. The good news: according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture, dairy production in the western states was up an average of 4.7% through July. Idaho marked a 5.7% increase in dairy production. According to the same study, overall dairy production saw a rise of 0.8% in the United States, while many areas actually recorded a decline.

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