THE MOST RELEVANT MEDIA IN THE DAIRY BUSINESS National: Regional Feature Story: National News and Events Cattle, dairy groups win lawsuit against S. Idaho county A judge has struck down a six-month extension of an emergency moratorium on new confined-animal feeding operations passed by Jerome County commissioners in November. Livestock groups prevail over county decision The Idaho Dairymens Association and the Idaho Cattle Association have prevailed in their lawsuit challenging Jeromes Countys November 2007 enactment of an Interim Ordinance' to prohibit the construction of new or existing livestock operations. Calif. Tomato Board is dissolved, state looks at California Milk Processor Board Another department audit found that the California Milk Processor Board paid its executive director $291,361 in his first seven months on the job including a $50,000 signing bonus, free health insurance and $73,478 in reimbursed expenses without a finalized contract. Agriculture department spokesman Steve Lyle said in a statement that the agency has hired more auditors and plans to improve its supervision. Generally, the department is committed to doing full fiscal compliance audits of all state commissions, the statement said. 1 This week in Dairy Profit Weekly This week in Dairy Profit Weekly: 1) Lower milk prices and higher feed prices drove the monthly milk-feed ratio to...
