Digest Highlights: The milk pipeline to the Southeast filled despite Hurricane Harvey, but now Hurricane Irma may be on the way. Wisconsin sent 17,000 pounds of cheese to Houston food banks. Saputo is acquiring Southeast Milk’s ELS fluid business. Work advances on California quota plan. Find a summary of these and other news here.

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) launched a “Peel Back the Label” campaign to focus consumer attention on “fear-based” food labels.

Dairy markets are moving on from the dog days of summer. Time to review as we kick off the new season.

New applicator gun offers easy and accurate deworming Cattle producers now have another weapon in their arsenal against parasites. Boehringer Ingelheim (BI) introduced a new applicator gun for its Synanthic (oxfendazole) bovine dewormer suspension.

Placing a high emphasis on animal welfare doesn’t just make the public happy; for two producers it has yielded great dividends in the form of improved reproduction, increased milk production and streamlined SOPs.

Livestock in the wake of Hurricane Harvey are still at risk for lack of feed, injury or disease, said Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service specialists.

Texas A&M AgriLife Extension Service personnel will soon begin assessing recovery needs for livestock producers and pet owners as residents grapple with ongoing flooding along the Gulf Coast.

Calf Solutions, in connection with Zinpro, introduces Premolac® PLUS colostrum replacer for dairy calves. With 152.4 grams of immunoglobulins (IgG), this new product is the highest concentration of IgG per gram of powder compared to other USDA-licensed colostrum replacer powder products for aiding in the treatment of failure of passive transfer.