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NEWS ABOUT: dairy products

dairy products stories: 8 news summaries

Glut of Heifers Enter Milk-Flooded Dairy Industry

Semen-sorting technology bolsters herds, depressing already depressed prices

Sep 29, 09 11:08 AM CDT
(Newser) - Times are tough everywhere, but dairy farming, never the industry of millionaires, is reeling from a double-whammy of its own making. Three years ago, new semen-sorting technology allowed farmers to ensure nine out of 10 calves born were female (bull calves largely end up in McDonald's wrappers and the like).... More »

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farming • dairy • dairy products • farmers • milk prices

(Newser) - A new study suggests that children who eat more dairy products live longer lives, the BBC reports. Researchers followed up a 1930s study of childhood diets and found that those who had diets rich in milk, butter, and cheese had lower mortality rates from strokes and other causes. The children... More »

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milk • children • dairy • stroke • dairy products • longevity • calcium

 Dairy Farmers Going Udders Up 

Economy slams cow tenders

Jan 12, 09 4:48 PM CST
(Newser) - Dairy farmers are struggling to survive in the face of huge drops in the price they get for milk, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Though grocery store prices have stayed relatively constant, farmers are now getting just $10 for each hundred pounds of milk they sell, down from $20... More »

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agriculture • farming • dairy • food prices • dairy products • agricultural economy • financial crisis

 US Blocks 
 Chinese Milk 
 Products 

FDA demands independent tests before products can enter

Nov 14, 08 1:43 AM CST
(Newser) - All Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports. The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The... More »

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China • milk • melamine • Department of Health • dairy products • Food and Drug Administration • testing • milk formula

 Eat Less, Or the Icecaps Melt 

Meat a big climate change contributor, study finds

Sep 30, 08 1:21 PM CDT
(Newser) - To avoid catastrophic global warming, people need to cut way down on their meat and dairy consumption, a new report on climate change says. Four modest servings of meat and about a quart of milk a week are all we should be consuming, the Guardian reports. And the report urges... More »

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climate change • food • meat • dairy products • food industry • carbon emissions • food production

 Chinese Recall Milk as Tainting Scandal Spreads

Melamine found in 10% of milk from top dairies; massive recalls begin

Sep 19, 08 10:55 AM CDT
(Newser) - Milk from some of China's biggest dairies has been found to contain poisonous melamine, prompting authorities to clear shelves of dairy products, in addition to the earlier recall of tainted infant formula, the BBC reports. A watchdog group found the banned chemical in 10% of samples from three dairies, including... More »

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China • milk • melamine • dairy products • scandal • tainted milk

 Gift Cows Give Hope
 to Kosovo War Widows 

Aid group helps heal the wounds of war in Europe's fledgling country

Jul 12, 08 8:28 PM CDT
(Newser) - A Dutch organization is helping steer Kosovo's war widows toward a brighter future, Radio Free Netherlands reports. Many were left to fend for themselves after losing loved ones in the war against Serbia; now the Dutch group The Bridge is giving them cows to put food on the table and... More »

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Kosovo • cows • reconstruction • Balkans War • dairy products • humanitarian aid • widows

Cloned Meat, Milk Near Nod

FDA is about to approve clones, despite industry opposition

Jan 4, 08 6:45 AM CST
(Newser) - The Food and Drug Administration is expected to clear the way for milk and meat from cloned animals to be sold in US supermarkets by declaring the products safe as early as next week, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cloning companies are poised to begin churning out animals once a... More »

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European Union • meat • Whole Foods • cloning • dairy products • biotech companies • ViaGen Inc. • Trans Ova Genetics • Dean Foods • The Food Marketing Institute • Grocery Manufacturers Association • Hormel Foods Corp. • American Meat Institute

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