McDonald’s restaurants in the UK have announced a switch to organic milk for its coffee and hot chocolate drinks. The move could account for 5% of the UK’s organic milk supplies. In a bid to tap into growing consumer interest in the provenance of food, the fast-food chain recently switched its supply of coffee beans to stocks certified by conservation … Read More
Export Opportunities in the Middle East
It may come as a surprise, but many nations in the Middle East offer growing markets for U.S. produced dairy products, especially cheese. In this report from the U.S. Dairy Export Council, you can hear from Nina Dakht who manages market development programs for the USCDEC in the middle east region. Brian Baxter has more on this U.S. dairy export … Read More
Doha Round at Crisis Point
The breakdown of negotiations on a final deal has brought the WTO Doha Round to a new crisis point said Mr. Osvaldo Cappellini, Chairman of the Global Dairy Alliance (GDA). The Global Dairy Alliance includes the dairy industries of Argentina, Australia, Brazil, Chile, New Zealand and Uruguay. The Alliance represents more than 1.5 million dairy farmers, 60 billion litres of … Read More
World Dairy Summit
Dublin, Ireland sounds like a wonderful place to visit in the fall. So why not register for the World Dairy Summit, September 29 – October 4, 2007? Early bird registration is closing soon – don’t miss out! Over 100 speakers, 3 symposia running in parallel each day, and technical tours that include infant milk formula manufacture, food research, cattle breeding … Read More
Beer Ice Cream
One last ice cream story, this one international. The Windermere Ice Cream Company, based in the UK, has created a beer ice cream using a local beer, the Hawkshead Brewery’s Red Ale. The ice cream received rave reveiws at the beer festival, and will now be available for sale in the company’s shop. Explaining the idea behind the new flavour, … Read More
CRI to Market Internationally
Cooperative Resources International (CRI) and AMELIS, a French bovine genetics cooperative, have signed a memorandum of understanding with the intent to jointly market semen on an international basis. Management staff from both organizations will finalize the terms of the agreement in coming months as additional aspects of cooperation are further analyzed. The overall goal will be to promote growth and … Read More
Alltech Symposium Speaker
Dairy consultant Dr. Charlie Elrod of Springfield Farm Enterprises in Newfield, New York was a speaker att Alltech’s 23rd International Feed Industry Symposium in Lexington, Kentucky earlier this month. Canadian ag journalist Harry Siemens interviewed Dr. Elrod of Springfield Farm Enterprises about Alltech products and the importance of considering the effects of feed and water on a cow’s rumen. Listen … Read More
U.S. Controlled-Risk
The World Organization for Animal Health (OIE) has formally granted the U.S. “controlled-risk” status for bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE). The OIE has three categories of BSE risk — “negligible,” “controlled” and “undetermined” — which are determined on the basis of data and veterinary surveillance by countries where the disease has been detected. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns released the … Read More
Australians Discover Dairy
Dairy Australia has created an online lesson series to help students and teachers learn how to incorporate dairy foods into a healthy lifestyle. The website features interactive games and quizes. The Discover Dairy website is part of Dairy Australia’s new Kids Education program designed to highlight the health benefits of consuming three serves of dairy a day.
NMPF Sends Letter to Johanns
The most recent case of BSE in Canada has prompted the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) to encourage Agriculture Secretary Mike Johanns to keep the Canadian border closed for breeding animals. NMPF said that there are still questions about the effectiveness of the feed ban designed to prevent the introduction and spread of bovine spongiform encephalopathy, or BSE. Even though … Read More