The results of an exciting study suggest that full-fat dairy products could lead to increased fertility in women seeking to become pregnant. The study, called the Nurses’ Health Study, contained more than 18,000 women. The study was part of a long-term research project looking at the effects of diet and other factors on the development of chronic conditions such as … Read More
Texas Industry Growing
The dairy industry in Texas has grown by leaps and bounds in the last six years. The dairy cow population has ballooned from 20,000 to 140,000 in the Texas Panhandle, and the number of dairies has more than tripled in that same time period. And more cows are on the way. Officials predict the region’s dairy herd will increase by … Read More
Without Milk, Rickets on the Rise
What happens when today’s youngster get too little milk, sunshine and exercise? An anti-bone trifecta, that for some is leading to rickets, the soft-bone scourge of the 19th century. But cases of full-blown rickets are just the red flag: Bone specialists say possibly millions of seemingly healthy children aren’t building as much strong bone as they should — a gap … Read More
Idaho Closes in on No. 3 Spot
Idaho is closing in on New York’s No. 3 spot in U.S. milk production, coming within 4 million pounds of out-producing the Empire State in September. In September, Idaho produced 979 million pounds of milk while New York produced 983 million pounds. That’s an astounding achievement, he added, considering that 10 years ago, Idaho was No. 9. In 1998, it … Read More
Have You Commented Yet?
Urged by several special interest groups, including Consumers Union, nonprofit publisher of Consumer Reports, the Pennsylvania Association for Sustainable Agriculture (PASA) and the Organic Consumers Association, more than 65 consumer, farm and agricultural, public health, animal protection and environmental organizations, food processors, retailers and dairy farmers today wrote to Pennsylvania Governor Edward G. Rendell to protest the recent Pennsylvania Department … Read More
Kids Influence New Flavors
The folks at Shamrock Farms are tapping into their local community to taste test new flavors of milk and other dairy products. “Roxie’s Taste Buds” is made up of 15 children aged 6 to 12 years and is in its second year of taste testing. Sounds like a good gig to me! The 6-to-12-year-olds have an impact on the new … Read More
A Quick Checkoff Update
At last week’s annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation/Dairy Management Inc. dairy farmers and industry professionals met to discuss a variety of issues. Several interesting highlights were reported by Dairy Herd Management: Per-capita milk sales may decline Per-capita fluid milk sales could decline again this year. Sales have declined every year since 1970, with 2006 being the one … Read More
Italian Parmalat Sells Plant
Italian dairy group Parmalat, has sold a milk processing plant to the Venezuelan government amid shortages of milk in the South American nation. Venezuelans have been scrambling for milk for several weeks and there have been inconsistent supplies this year of other basic food products, including meat, chicken and wheat flour. Venezuela this year has suffered periodic shortages of basic … Read More
Anti rBST Ads to Cease in Keystone State
As the rancorous debate over acceptance of rBST treatments has spread across the country, more and more dairy marketers have jumped on the rBST-free bandwagon. The concern of dairyman has always been the clear lack of understanding from the average consumer as to what exactly rBST is, what it does, and what it means for them as consumers of dairy products. One state has now decided that the debate is over for them: Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolf announced this week that starting January 1st, marketers are prohibited from selling milk under the “rBST Free” label.
NY Families Not Getting Enough Milk
In a recent study, 1,000 New York moms were asked about family’s habits. Out of that group, only 14% said they make it a rule to serve milk with meals. To help re-introduce milk to the family table, the American Dairy Association and Dairy Council in New York is conducting a contest for a New York family to win a … Read More