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| Genetically modified cows produce 'human' milk |
| Source: Telegraph.co.uk, by Richard Gray |
| Date: 11-Jan-2012 |
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The scientists have successfully introduced human genes into 300 dairy cows to produce milk with the same properties as human breast milk.
Human milk contains high quantities of key nutrients that can help to boost the immune system of babies and reduce the risk of infections.
The scientists behind the research believe milk from herds of genetically modified cows could provide an alternati... (read more on Telegraph.co.uk) |
| Tackle the dairy cartel |
| Source: FinancialPost.com, by P. Bergevin & F. Poschmann |
| Date: 11-Jan-2012 |
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With an eye on the Christmas shopping season, Finance Minister Jim Flaherty last fall stood up for “irritated” Canadian consumers who persistently complained about high retail prices at home when cheaper buys were to be had south of the border. But rather than reducing barriers to cross-border bargain hunters searching for competitive prices, for example by increasing duty-free limits, the Minis... (read more on FinancialPost.com) |
| World Dairy Expo Announces 2012 Official Judges |
| Source: AgWeb.com |
| Date: 11-Jan-2012 |
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MADISON, Wis. - World Dairy Expo has announced the official judges for its 2012 cattle shows. The individuals who will be responsible for placing over 2,500 head of the finest dairy cattle in the U.S. and Canada during the five-day event are:
· International Ayrshire Show: Lynn Harbaugh, Marion, Wis.
· International Milking Shorthorn Show: Steve White, New Castle, Ind.... (read more on AgWeb.com) |
| China imports dairy cows as demand for milk continues |
| Source: DairyHerd.com, by B. Wessler |
| Date: 10-Jan-2012 |
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More dairy cows will be shipped to China in 2012 as the country is attempting to boost milk production and establish larger dairy operations.
The Economic Times reports China plans to double its national milk production to 64 million tons by 2020. The higher production will come from dairies with 100 cows or more. About 75 percent of China’s current milk production is from dairies with four c... (read more on DairyHerd.com) |
| Innovative flavors could make milk even cooler |
| Source: DairyHerd.com, by B. Kreul |
| Date: 09-Jan-2012 |
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Milk consumption has been on a steady decline. Today, the average person in the United States drinks 9 fewer gallons of milk on an annual basis than he or she did in the early 1970s.
Despite the trend, producers, restaurants and marketers have found a way to make milk more appealing, and that is through flavored milk — traditional chocolate and some not-so-traditional flavors like coffee,... (read more on DairyHerd.com) |
| Local farmer loses court appeal |
| Source: CumberlandNewsNow.com |
| Date: 06-Jan-2012 |
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[Halifax, NS] – The Nova Scotia Court of Appeal has dismissed an effort by an Upper Nappan farmer and another dairy farmer to overturn a Supreme Court decision on regulations surrounding the transfer of milk quotas.
In a 17-page decision, issued Wednesday, (Jan. 4) Justice Joel E. Fichaud said dairy production in the province operates under statutory supply management. A feature of this syste... (read more on CumberlandNewsNow.com) |
| Robinson is DFNB Producer of the Year |
| Source: atlanticfarmfocus.ca |
| Date: 05-Jan-2012 |
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Scott Robinson of Wards Creek, NB, was the Dairy Farmers of New Brunswick’s Producer of the Year for 2011.
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Robinson and his wife, Sabrina, and their three daughters, Emma, Zoe and Miley, house their dairy herd in a free stall barn with a feed alley, beds, a calving pen and two automatic feed stations. Milking is done in a double-four herringbone parlor. Their cows are fed round bale sila... (read more on atlanticfarmfocus.ca) |
| US: 2012 dairy price uncertainty in forefront of discussions |
| Source: DairyHerd.com |
| Date: 03-Jan-2012 |
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In 2011, Class III was the best performing commodity; meaning year over year it increased in value more than any other product.
There are many reasons for this. Everyone will point first at the record exports, and those are a dominating factor. But there were additional causes — domestic demand was strong as well. Quick service restaurants saw an increase in cheese usage as they competed f... (read more on DairyHerd.com) |
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| Massachusetts warns on listeria in Canadian cheese |
| Source: bizjournals.com, by G. Moore |
| Date: 02-Jan-2012 |
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Consumers are warned to throw away certain products from a Canadian company, which have been sold at two Massachsetts grocers, in a consumer alert emailed to news media by the Massachusetts Department of Public Health.
The department issued the warning, Thursday, covering certain cheese products produced under the brand name “Fromagerie Marie Kade.” Cedar Market in Norwood, Mass., and Bahnan’... (read more on bizjournals.com) |
| Mass. recalls cheeses over possible contamination |
| Source: MyFoxBoston.com |
| Date: 30-Dec-2011 |
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| BOSTON -- The Department of Public Health has issued a warning to consumers about the distribution of dairy products believed to be contaminated with Listeria in the Norwood and Worcester areas.
Products from the “Fromagerie Marie Kade” brand were distributed out of Cedar Market in Norwood as well as Bahnan’s in Worcester.
The FDA issued a warning about these products after learning of a vo... (read more on MyFoxBoston.com) |
| Cape Breton farmer produces sheep cheese |
| Source: CBC.ca |
| Date: 29-Dec-2011 |
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A new type of cheese is now available for purchase in Cape Breton.
It's firm and tastes like old cheddar, but this fromage is not made from cow or goat milk. It's produced from sheep's milk.
Ron Muise, a farmer in Grand Mira North, located about 36 km from Sydney, said he never doubted the sheep cheese concept, but others had some questions.
"When we started this ven... (read more on CBC.ca) |
| Raw-milk farmer Michael Schmidt appeals convictions for illegal cow-share program |
| Source: NationalPost.com, by Linda Nguyen |
| Date: 28-Dec-2011 |
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TORONTO — A former Ontario raw-milk farmer convicted last month for operating an illegal cow-share program has not given up his nearly 20-year long legal battle with the government.
A lawyer for Michael Schmidt filed court documents Monday with the Ontario Court of Appeal, arguing that a judge erred when he overturned a previous acquittal and convicted Schmidt of 13 charges related to the sal... (read more on NationalPost.com) |
| The great milk robbery |
| Source: Grain.org |
| Date: 27-Dec-2011 |
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| A new report by GRAIN documents the importance of milk to the livelihoods and health of the poor in many countries of the global South. Most dairy markets are supplied by small-scale vendors who collect milk from small farmers and pastoralists. But they are under threat from dairy corporations,
like Nestlé, and other players, like PepsiCo and Cargill, that are trying to take over the dairy sector... (read more on Grain.org) |
| Canada’s dairy protections pose stumbling block in EU trade deal |
| Source: Producer.com, by Barry Wilson |
| Date: 26-Dec-2011 |
| BRUSSELS, Belgium — Entering year three, Canada-European Union free trade talks still face a number of sensitive unresolved issues, many agricultural, which make promises of a 2012 deal far from a sure thing.
And while many sectoral interests from both sides of the table are making the talks difficult, European demands that Canada dismantle some of its dairy import protections remain at the hea... (read more on Producer.com) |
| NSP to look at rate break for farmers |
| Source: TheChronicleHerald.ca, by J. Alberstat |
| Date: 26-Dec-2011 |
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Nova Scotia farmers who rise before dawn to milk their cows could get a break on their electricity bill for doing so.
The Utility and Review Board ordered Nova Scotia Power last month to conduct a study in 2012 on a new rate structure for farmers that includes discounts for using electricity during off-peak hours. The proposal was made by the Nova Scotia Federation of Agriculture during power... (read more on TheChronicleHerald.ca) |
| Harper sees trade deals as key to his political success |
| Source: TheGlobeAndMail.com |
| Date: 26-Dec-2011 |
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By this time next year, either the Prime Minister will have one major agreement in his pocket and several more in the works, or this administration, by its own accounting, will have failed one of its most crucial tests.
The good news for the Tories is that they may soon clear the first and biggest hurdle. Government sources predict that a signed Canada-European Union Trade Agreement will be i... (read more on TheGlobeAndMail.com) |
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