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Inside the August issue: Plenty of Cheese: CME Cheddar Prices Nose-Dive … Monsanto Will Try to Sell “Posilac” – Buyer Unknown … Bravo!  Ag Issues Sack Global Trade Negotiations … July 2008 Class III Price $18.24 – July Class IV $16.60 … Even More NFDM Reporting Questions Surface … RbGH “Greenwashing” Study Claims Posilac’s Environmental Benefits? … 23 or 24 years Fighting Posilac … Farmers Lose Income with Depooling and Negative PPDs … Class III & IV Make-Allowance Increase Reduced ALL FMMO Milk Costs to Processors … Maryland/Virginia Co-op Financial Signs Become More Sour … Maryland/Virginia Co-op Staggering Under Long-Term Debt … Organic Valley Finally Quits Buying Milk from Texas Factory Farm … Grass Roots Bio-Diesel Production Works … The Milkweed Tests Organic Milk for CLAs & Omega-3s … CLAs & Omega-3s: Pasture Health Benefits Transferred to People … The Dustin Sherwood Case: Bankruptcy Abuse of Process … Protein Scarcity: Serious Future Meat Shortages Ahead! … USDA Moves on Enforcement Action Against Rogue Organic Cattle Supplier … Monsanto Uses “Spy Satellites” to Find GM Seed “Cheaters” … New Farm Law Needs Big Overhaul … Predicted Cool Weather Could Harm Slow-Maturing 2008 Corn Crop ... and much more!

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