Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Should raw milk be allowed for sale?” The question was prompted by one of the panelists at the 2012 Animal Agriculture Alliance Stakeholders Summit. She is a reporter with a food safety publication who says that this issue is the one that gets the most comments and response of any other. This question generated … Read More
Thoughts From an Ag Economist and Dairy Producer
Dr. Dave Kohl is a well-known agricultural economist from Virginia Tech who gives talks around the country and the world about agriculture and global macroeconomics. Besides being an agricultural economist, Dr. Kohl is also a value-added dairy producer with two operations, including Homestead Creamery located in the Blue Ridge Mountains. “We put in a processing plant about 11 years ago … Read More
DeLaval Rotary Chosen as Top Ten
DeLaval AMR™, the world’s first automatic milking rotary system, was chosen as a Top-10 New Product at World Ag Expo 2012. This revolutionary solution for high-capacity automatic milking was chosen by a group of judges made up of farmers, ranchers and industry professionals. Since its introduction in September 2010, DeLaval AMR has won multiple industry awards including the Gold Medal … Read More
Raw Milk Bill on Docket Again in N.J.
New Jersey is once again debating the sale of raw milk in the state. Assembly Bill 743, has been resurrected under the new number A518 and introduced into the new Assembly session. The measure is missing one sponsor, Rep. Charlotte Vandervalk, a 39th District Republican, who retired from the Assembly after 20 years. Sponsors want to make populous New Jersey … Read More
Production Up
USDA reports milk production in top 23 states during November was 14.736 billion pounds, up 2.2% on the year. All 50 states produced 15.775 billion pounds, up 1.8% from a year ago. The CME’s Daily Dairy Report attributes the increases to good weather but does note concerns about feed quality. October was revised to 15.2 billion pounds, up 1 million … Read More
South Dakota Milk Needs Work to Meet EU Standards
South Dakota’s milk quality has room for improvement, according to South Dakota State University extension dairy specialist Alvaro Garcia. “A quick look at milk quality changes between 2006 and 2010 comparing South Dakota with two of our neighboring states shows there’s still room for improvement in the area,” Garcia said. Since 2006, somatic cell counts have been decreasing at a … Read More
Student Successful in Returning Chocolate Milk
Thank you Dominic Daoust, for advocating to keep chocolate milk in your school! This is a great story of one student’s journey to keep low-fat chocolate milk as an offering in his lunchroom. Daoust, a senior at Niagara Falls High School in New York, told the School Board last month that the vitamins and nutrients in chocolate milk match those … Read More
New Crave Packaged in Aluminum Can
Upstate Niagara Cooperative has introduced chocolate milk in new packaging – an ultra-cold aluminum Frost Flow bottle. The product is called Crave. The ultra-cold aluminum Crave Frost Flow bottle is a pioneer in state-of-the-art packaging. It chills fast and keeps milk colder, longer. And, its twist-off cap reseals to ensure you can drink in the unexpected taste of the Crave … Read More
Designer Dairy Beverages
Looking for innovation in the dairy industry? How about “designer” dairy beverages? That’s what dairy farmer, Michael McCloskey, and Steve Jones, former chief marketing officer of Coca-Cola Co. and former president of Minute Maid, are counting on. Jones has teamed up with McCloskey, a dairy farmer near Rennselaer, Ind., with the intent of reinventing the $31-billion U.S. milk industry by … Read More
CDC – Kids Drink More Low-Fat Milk
A new report from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention urges parents to ensure that their children receive the recommended daily servings of low-fat milk and dairy foods. Drinking milk is important for children’s bone health, but CDC experts advise that although young people need the calcium, vitamin D and other nutrients found in milk, children aged 2 and … Read More