A study published in Ecological Economics said 6.8 billion litres of Canadian milk has been discarded since 2012.
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Report finds 6.8 billion litres of milk discarded since 2012
Study says milk dumping should be illegal and calls for more transparency on how much surplus is produced and wasted
China agriculture ministry to steady beef and dairy output, aid farmers
China's agriculture ministry said on Thursday it would stabilize beef and dairy production, shore up consumption and assist farmers as falling prices force small producers out of business.
French farmers fear for dairy herd as Lactalis cuts milk purchases
Paris | Reuters – Lactalis, the world’s largest dairy company, is to reduce the volume of milk it processes in France, a move it said is aimed at reducing its exposure to international commodity prices but which caused alarm among farmers about a declining dairy herd. Lactalis plans to cut the amount of milk it
Pasteurization may not clear bird flu virus from heavily infected milk
Reuters – In raw milk samples spiked with high amounts of bird flu virus, small amounts of infectious virus were still detectable after treatment with a standard pasteurization method, researchers said on Friday. The findings reflect experimental conditions in a laboratory and should not be used to draw any conclusions about the safety of the
Raw milk containing bird flu virus infects mice in study
Feeding raw milk contaminated with bird flu to mice infected them with the virus, adding to evidence that consumption of unpasteurized milk is not safe for humans, according to a study published on Friday in the New England Journal of Medicine.
Comment: No room for raw milk
Bird flu infections in U.S. dairies underscore reasons pasteurization rules are a good idea
I was on the edge of the conversation, waiting for the speaker at the ag-event-of-the-week to finish mingling so I could corner him for an interview. His conversation with a few of the event attendees had turned to dairy. The speaker came from the U.S., where rules on the sale of raw milk for human
US detects avian flu in milk, says dairy supplies are safe
Samples of milk collected from sick cattle in Kansas and Texas tested positive for avian flu, but the nation's milk supply is safe, the U.S. Department of Agriculture said on Monday.
Opinion: Why Bill C-282 is an awful idea
Bill would hold nation’s economic future hostage for one small group’s benefit
At the end of February, Bill C-282 sat in the Canadian Senate on the precipice of becoming law. It seeks to bestow immunity upon supply management from concessions in any potential future trade negotiations. In essence, it risks holding all other economic sectors hostage solely to safeguard the interests of a small, privileged group of
U.S. feels ‘betrayed’ over dairy deal
Former official says dairy dispute between U.S. and Canada about to erupt again
Glacier FarmMedia – A senior American agricultural policy leader is cautioning Canadian farmers to expect a resurgence of the dairy dispute. “Watch out on dairy. I think that’s real,” Ted McKinney, a former undersecretary at U.S. Department of Agriculture, former Indiana minister of agriculture and current chief executive officer of the National Association of State
“Animal-free” milk gets green light in Canada
Company touts synthetic dairy as more environmentally friendly, healthy
In a news release today, Israeli startup Remilk, which uses the tagline "Real Dairy. No Milk," announced it had received a 'No Objection Letter' from Health Canada. This will "open the door for use of Remilk's protein in a variety of products with the same taste and texture as milk, ice cream, yogurt, cream cheese, and more," the company said.
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