Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts
Showing posts with label milk. Show all posts

Thursday, April 24, 2025

FDA suspends milk quality-control testing program after Trump layoffs

The suspension is another disruption to the nation's food-safety programs after the termination and departure of 20,000 employees of the Department of Health and Human Services, which includes the FDA, as part of Donald Trump's effort to shrink the federal workforce...

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/apr/22/fda-milk-quality-testing-suspended


 

Tuesday, October 8, 2024

'Dangerously Stupid' Marjorie Taylor Greene's Milk Boast Gets Udderly Slammed Online | HuffPost Latest News

Far-right Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) received a lengthy fact check on X, formerly Twitter, after she promoted the consumption of raw milk, something the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warns on its website can cause severe illness and potentially even kill someone...

Monday, April 29, 2024

How bird flu virus fragments get into milk sold in stores, and what the spread of H5N1 in cows means for the dairy industry and milk drinkers

The viral fragments were detected using quantitative polymerase chain reaction testing, which is known for its exceptional sensitivity in detecting even trace amounts of viral genetic material. These fragments are only evidence that the virus was present in the milk. They aren't evidence that the virus is biologically active...

Thursday, November 17, 2022

Cows fed hemp produced milk with THC, researchers say - The Washington Post

The dairy industry will likely want to use hemp as a feed additive if it gets federal approval and is competitive with other sources of protein, said Jamie Jonker, chief science officer at the National Milk Producers Federation. The industry, he said, has struggled with rising costs of feed and energy, though some of that pressure has been relieved by high prices on milk. 
 Another possible use of hemp in livestock is as a stress reducer, for example when cows are being transported, said Michael Kleinhenz, an assistant professor in beef production medicine at Kansas State University. He has conducted research on steers fed hemp, and the animals tended to become calmer, he said...


Tuesday, January 7, 2020

Borden Dairy becomes second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in recent months - CNN

Borden Dairy Co., one of America's oldest and largest dairy companies, on Monday became the second major milk producer to file for bankruptcy in the last two months. Tumbling milk consumption combined with the rising price of milk have crippled the dairy industry with debt. Dean Foods, America's largest milk producer, filed for bankruptcy November 12. ....
https://www.cnn.com/2020/01/06/business/borden-dairy-bankruptcy/index.html

Monday, May 7, 2018

"We Wouldn't Need the Suicide Hotline If Dairy Farmers Were Getting Paid What They Deserve" - Mother Jones

Brenda Cochran was a self-described "city girl" before she married her husband in 1973. He was a dairy farmer, so she joined him on a small farm in Pennsylvania. They've been working together since 1975. Cochran says that if she'd known how difficult dairy farming would be today, she never would have done it. "....
https://www.motherjones.com/food/2018/05/we-wouldnt-need-the-suicide-hotline-if-dairy-farmers-were-getting-paid-what-they-deserve/







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