Milk News

Shep Ysselstein's artisanal cheese has stimulated his family farm business, not to mention his own interest in his surroundings.

The ice cream stand at Gibson's Dairy Farm is once again open for business, despite a three-alarm fire late Tuesday night that destroyed the warehouse and distribution building, the farm store and garage.

Congressman Chris Collins voted yesterday to approve the Federal Agriculture Reform and Risk Management Act of 2013 and move it out of the House Agriculture Committee.

It is a common "fact" that people who drink coffee before they sleep will find it hard to actually fall asleep, but drinking milk will help people to fall asleep a lot faster.

Just a few days remain before Amish raw milk farmer Vernon Hershberger of Wisconsin faces a corrupt legal system with an ingrown vendetta against the production and distribution of real food.

Cleveland Foodbank president and CEO Anne Goodman objects to potential food stamp cuts, appearing at a Capitol Hill press conference on May 16, 2013 As disparate as these morsels appear, they are related.

The announcement spells good news for Current price for milk solids are from $4.30 to $5 a kilogramme, which would mean it could go up to $5.50. Australian dairy farmers had complained recently that the price war between the two giant supermarket chains in the country has affected their income since the are forced to sell their milk to Coles and ... (more)

A dairy farmer near Willunga says he's been raided by Biosecurity SA and the police for selling raw or unpasteurised milk.

WITH dairy producers in the West Country in high-profile protests about dairy payments, milk buyers have been changing their techniques.

Cheese is the food of choice during Shavuot making it one of our favorite holidays.

Flavors can burnish dairy's inherent healthy halo. Consider some of the dairy foods on the market: fruit flavors in yogurt, low-fat chocolate milk and cookies-and-cream no-sugar-added ice cream.

The 2013 National Dairy Farmer Survey, released this morning by Dairy Australia, found that only 46 per cent of western Victorian farmers were confident compared to 63 per cent in 2012.

If you asked me to define "processed food" a few weeks ago, I would have invoked Supreme Court Justice Potter Stewart's response when asked to define hard-core pornography: "I know it when I see it." Moreover, I generally considered it something that "other people" consumed.

President of Australian Dairy Farmers, Noel Campbell, wants milking listed as an essential service, which would mean farmers would not have to pay double time on Sundays.

Pat McCormack, Deputy President of ICMSA and Chairman of the Dairy Committee. Irish Creamery Milk Suppliers' Association .

The Fractured Paradigm blog reports on a forthcoming "food liberty" case involving sale of unapproved dairy products out of Wisconsin, where dairy is a very big deal indeed: Raw milk drinkers are outraged that Wisconsin DATCP [Department of Agricultural Trade and Consumer Protection ] is bringing criminal charges against a farmer who serves a ... (more)

BARABOO, Wis Hundreds of raw milk supporters from throughout the country are expected to converge on Baraboo next week for the trial of a dairy farmer charged with illegally selling unpasteurized milk.

The NFU is calling on CAP reform negotiators to reject proposals from the European Parliament that would see a return to supply controls in the dairy sector once the existing quota system expires in 2015.

The Canadian Dairy Commission is finally recognizing it needs to change. We may, in fact, be witnessing the emergence of a new approach: let's call it Supply Management 2.0, if you will.

Nearly 150 organizations and businesses across the food chain, from farmers and food manufacturers to food retailers and consumers, have signed letters to members of Congress urging them to oppose the "Dairy Market Stabilization Program" . This program is designed to raise milk prices by establishing federal regulations to periodically limit the ... (more)