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The EPA is making $4.8 million available to expand research into per- and polyfluoroalkyl substances (PFAS) contamination in agriculture and rural areas. EPA Regional Administrator Ken McQueen announced the funding at the 2019 annual meeting of the New Mexico Farm & Livestock Bureau, Nov. 22.

A loophole in the USDA’s National Organic Program (NOP) is especially costly to Northeast dairy farmers raising dairy replacement heifers organically, according to Fay Benson, project manager with the New York Organic Dairy Program.

We asked our team of editors and illustrators to vote for their top images of the last 12 months. For more year-end coverage, visit our Top 25 of 2019 article.

Progressive Dairy is pleased to bring you the most popular articles, according to pageview metrics from Google Analytics, published between Oct. 1, 2018 and Oct. 1, 2019.

Editor's note: This article has been updated to include market commentary.

October 2019 U.S. milk production increased by about 1.3% compared to the same month a year earlier, keeping pace with stronger growth in monthly year-over-year production that started in September.