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EU Cracks Italian Milk Scam

April 23, 2009

Italian authorities have seized assets worth 21 million euros ($27.73 million) from companies evading European Union fines for exceeding annual milk production quotas, EU antifraud investigators said April 15. Citing a final ruling issued by Italy’s Supreme Court , which may not be appealed, the EU’s anti-fraud unit OLAF said an important precedent had now

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Dairy Farmers Avoid Livestock Industry Trauma

By Ron Friesen April 16, 2009

While hog producers experience an industry meltdown and beef producers struggle to emerge from BSE’s shadow, it’s steady as she goes for Manitoba milk producers. Figures released at an April 3 Dairy Farmers of Manitoba meeting showed an industry with no huge problems and only a few relatively minor hiccups. “We’re doing quite well,” acknowledged

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U. S. Dairy Group To Trim Herd

By K.t. Arasu April 9, 2009

CA 4A MANUFACTURING MILK PRICE VS. F. O. CLASS IV Per CWT. $22.00 $21.00 $20.00 $19.00 $18.00 $17.00 $16.00 $15.00 $14.00 $13.00 $12.00 $11.00 $10.00 $9.00 Jan- 00 Jul- 00 Jan- 01 Jul- 01 Jan- 2 0 Jul- 02 Jan- 03 Jul- 03 Jan- 04 Jul- 04 Jan- 5 0 Jul- 05 Jan- 06 Jul-

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U. S. Donates Dairy Surplus To Schools, Food Programs

By Christopher Doering April 2, 2009

The U. S. government will shift $160 million worth of surplus dry milk into school lunches and food donations to help poor people, said Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack March 26. More than half of the dry milk will be bartered for cheese, ready-to-eat soup and milk processed so it does not need refrigeration. The “ultra-high-temperature

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Are You Listening To Your Cows?

By Marcia Endres April 2, 2009

Have you observed your cows’ legs and feet lately? Watched them walking? What about their eyes? Have you taken a close look at their production and health records? Cows can give us signs by how they look, perform and behave on whether or not they are at ease. We all agree they deserve to be

Dairy cattle, Livestock

Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

By Alex Binkley March 26, 2009

Dealing with actual threats to food safety rather than perceived ones is the goal of the Canadian dairy industry following a special conference that brought together processors and producers. While dairy products have an enviable safety record, the industry wants to make risk assessment a bigger part of the internationally recognized HACCP approach it employs

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

U. S. Dairy Farmers Want Subsidies

March 26, 2009

Adairy group on March 18 asked the Obama administration to respond to a plunge in milk prices by subsidizing U. S. dairy exports and buying dairy products for donation to poor Americans. The National Milk Producers Federation says the average cost to produce milk in January exceeded the price of milk by 25 per cent.

Dairy cattle, Livestock, News

Another Report Repeats Attacks On Supply Management

By Ron Friesen March 19, 2009

Anew report calls for the abolishment of Canada’s supply management system just as non-supply-managed American dairy farmers are suffering their worst economic crisis in years. The report by the Fraser Institute labels supply management “a growing financial burden for taxpayers and consumers (which) is unjustified.” It says “the only viable alternative is to remove the

Dairy cattle, Forages, Livestock

More Sugar In The Hay, More Milk From The Cow

By Ron Friesen March 5, 2009

“We would recommend they think about cutting late in the day, around 6 p. m.” – ROBERT BERTHIAUME, AAFC The person who sang “Make hay while the sun shines” had the time of day wrong. Dairy cows perform better eating alfalfa cut later in the day rather than early in the morning, researchers at Agriculture

Dairy cattle, News

Dairy Cow Dances To A Different Tune

By Ron Friesen February 26, 2009

“It’ll identify for consumers those products that are Canadian and those that aren’t.” – IAN MACDONALD, DFC The dancing white cow with the blue maple leaf that has graced Canadian dairy products for over a decade is getting a new image. A $5 million promotional campaign by Dairy Farmers of Canada will replace the old

Daily Network News

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Feed Grains Weekly: Domestic prices remain flat

Tag Archives Milk

EU Cracks Italian Milk Scam

Dairy Farmers Avoid Livestock Industry Trauma

U. S. Dairy Group To Trim Herd

U. S. Donates Dairy Surplus To Schools, Food Programs

Are You Listening To Your Cows?

Dairy Industry Mulls New Approach To Food Safety

U. S. Dairy Farmers Want Subsidies

Another Report Repeats Attacks On Supply Management

More Sugar In The Hay, More Milk From The Cow

Dairy Cow Dances To A Different Tune

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