Do you avoid dairy products because you have concerns about lactose intolerance? You may be missing out on key nutrients in your diet! A panel of experts assembled by the National Institutes of Health (NIH) warns that dairy foods do not need to be excluded from your diet if you have lactose intolerance. The NIH Consensus Development Conference on Lactose … Read More
IDF Calling for Abstract Submissions for World Dairy Summit
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is holding its annual World Dairy Summit (WDS) November 8-11, 2010 at the SKYCITY Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. In preparation for the meeting IDF is calling for the submission of abstracts. IDF World Dairy Summits tackle issues that are ‘top of mind’ for the global dairy sector. The objectives of IDF Summits include … Read More
Dairy BQA Summary Released
As a dairy producer, you are also a beef producer. Recently, the results of the Beef Quality Assurance (BQA) pilot project were released. The pilot project evaluated the quality of market dairy cows being sold at auction. The study was designed to give dairy producers more information about how their animals are valued within the beef chain when they are … Read More
Got Gas? Study to Determine Cows' Greenhouse Gas Emissions
It’s amazing what science and technology can accomplish these days. The questions that can be answered through accurate research always surprise me. Currently, a study is being conducted by the University of California Davis, Cornell University, the University of Minnesota and Washington State University to measure the entire carbon footprint of fluid milk – from farm to the glass. The … Read More
Exotic Milk Flavors From India
Exotic milk flavors could be a new way to sweeten up the dairy market. University of Nebraska Food Science and Technology professor Rolando Flores says students from UNL have been visiting with counter parts in India to bring dairy diversity back to the United States. “One of India’s major staple foods is milk,” Flores says. “We went to India and … Read More
Milk was the First Superfood
This is an interesting story – British researchers now believe that humans first evolved into milk drinkers 7,500 years ago in the Balkans and that they used the ability to drink milk in order to populate northern Europe, including Britain. The researchers are calling milk, the first superfood, since it helped the early humans to gain an advantage over non-milk … Read More
Michigan State Opens Experimental Dairy to Public
Michigan State University has opened an experimental dairy with the latest technology, including two robotic milking machines made by Maassluis, Netherlands-based Lely Group. Robot milking operations have long been in use in Europe but spread only slowly in the U.S. Part of the new dairy is also pastured-based paddocks. Financing for the 94-cow dairy at MSU’s W.K. Kellogg Biological Station … Read More
Drinking Milk in Childhood Extends Life Expectancy
New evidence suggests that children who consume dairy products may have a lower mortality rate compared with those who do not, according to research to be published in the journal Heart. A 65-year follow-up of a study into the eating habits of families carried out in the 1930s found that dairy products and a diet high in calcium made a … Read More
New Research Suggests Milk Drinking Lessens Illness
New research undertaken by the Universities of Reading, Cardiff and Bristol has found that drinking milk can lessen the chances of dying from illnesses such as coronary heart disease (CHD) and stroke by up to 15-20 %. The study, led by Professor Peter Elwood (Cardiff University) together with Professor Ian Givens from the University of Reading’s Food Chain and Health … Read More
Milk at Breakfast Keeps You Fuller
Here’s a another reason to keep dairy in your diet! New research finds fat free milk instead of a fruit drink at breakfast helps you feel fuller and eat less at lunchtime. Stock your fridge, friends! Now there’s a new reason for the weight-conscious to drink fat free milk at breakfast time, suggests a new study published in the July … Read More