The Environmental Protection Agency has opened a 45-day comment period on a proposed rule that would revise the current permit system for concentrated animal feeding operations, according to an agency release. Under the proposed rule, CAFOs — such as large pig, veal and poultry, beef and dairy farms — would continue to be required to properly manage the manure they … Read More
Cross Country Blogging
I know posting has been a little light the last few days. That’s because I’m on a cross country convoy trip with the American Association of State Highway and Transportation Officials. The purpose is to commemorate the 50 year anniversary of the interstate highway system.
Summer Meltdown
Producers are invited to attend the Accelerated Genetics 2006 Summer Meltdown and dairy farm tour set for Saturday, June 24 in Fond du Lac, Wisconsin. This year’s event will take place at Vir-Clar Farm, owned by Gary & Rose Boyke, followed by a picnic lunch and tour at the nearby Historic Galloway House, Village and Blakely Museum. Accelerated Genetics’ Young … Read More
Big Demand for Milk in China
American Dairy, Inc. of Bejing reported a whopping 81 percent increase in net income for the first quarter of 2006, according to a press release that came out today after the markets closed in China. Gross profit for the company was up 116 percent. Leng You Bin, Chief Executive Officer and President of American Dairy stated, “Chinese consumers increasingly demand … Read More
Cow Cam On Mootube
This is different. Cows with cameras. Or as it’s called, Mootube.
Control Odors Naturally
Natural Environmental Systems of Dallas, Tx has announced an all-new “all-natural animal health and odor control product featuring live microorganisms that are beneficial in maintaining the health of animals and controlling the associated odors.” According to a press release, Natural Enviro 6000 is a 100% all-natural, chemical free solution of billions of microorganisms that have been aged and fermented using … Read More
Dairy Farmers Protest Futures
About ten members of the National Family Farm Coalition gathered at the Chicago Merchantile Exchange Monday to protest futures trading as the cause for low milk prices. According to Reuters, “the protesting dairy farmers said the price is being manipulated in the cash cheese market traded at the CME which accounts for only a small fraction of the cheese sold … Read More
Lots of Dairy on Ebay
I almost never click on the advertising in a Google search. But it’s a slow news kind of day and I’m getting ready to go to the BIO 2006 Convention. So when I Google’d the word “dairy” of course there’s an Ebay ad. Well I clicked and there are 2,970 items for sale at the moment labelled with that word.
Server Move Issues
We had to move web servers last week and our hosting company kind of did it without giving us warning of the timing. Sorry about that.
Meatrix II Animated Film Blasts Corporate Dairies
Hopefully you’ve got a sense of humor. I just had a notice about this emailed to me. It’s a Matrix film spoof to blast corporate farming called The Meatrix. I never heard of it before but this is Meatrix II. The group doing this claims the first one’s been downloaded over 10 million times and they’ve won awards for it. They are short animated movies.