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

BOISE, Idaho (AP) — A federal judge has ordered Idaho to pay roughly a quarter million dollars in legal fees to the Animal Legal Defense Fund and other groups who successfully sued the state over what they called the "ag-gag" law.

CALDWELL (AP) — The low price of milk last year may have been good for consumers, but it was bad for Idaho dairies' profits.

GRANITEVILLE, Vt. (AP) — Robots have taken up residence in barns at some small- and medium-sized dairy farms across the country.

Magic Valley Dairy Days kicks off today in Wendell and runs through Saturday, June 13th at Wendell city park. Join us for food, fun, a carnival, and the annual Dairy Days Parade!

TWIN FALLS, Idaho (KLIX)- A California company specializing in cattle health plans to build a facility in Jerome.

Magic Valley Dairy Days 2014 in Wendell is June 12, 13 and 14. Dairy Days is three big days of community, concerts, carnival rides, food, car shows and enough free dairy to make you say "Moo!"

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. were fired after an undercover video taken by animal rights activists showed them beating, kicking, and jumping on cows...

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...

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...

(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. The building will bring together about a 100 employees who are scattered in several offices on the north side of Twin Falls...

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.

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 Discharge Elimination System (NPDES) permit...

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 Dairy, contending that the business was sending cows to slaughterhouses even though the animals had higher-than-allow

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.

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.

There are a lot more cows in Idaho then there were this time last year. According to the most recent statistics from the USDA's National Agricultural Service, the state's number of milk cows jumped 21,000 from March 2010 to March 2011, totaling approximately 575,000 head...

Top Story Podcast 3/18/11: Both hours: Idaho House panel votes to keep dairy waste management plans private. Is that the thing to do? A House panel thinks dairy waste management plans should be kept private and away from activist watchdog groups ...