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  1. SBA loans help farmers weather downturnRead the original story

    1 hr ago | Milwaukee Journal Sentinel

    ... Loans program, including dairy farms that were profitable in 2008, but saw their income plummet this year when farm-milk prices fell more than 50%. Earlier this year, the average Wisconsin dairy farm was losing about $100 per cow each month - $4 ...

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  2. New dairy payment program to assist struggling producersRead the original story

    5 hrs ago | San Marcos Daily Record

    ... will receive economic assistance that will help stabilize their operations during these tough economic times," he said. Milk prices declined substantially through early-to-mid-2009, with the national price for milk averaging $16.80 per hundredweight ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Drink, US News, United States Department of Agriculture

  3. Ingrid Newkirk: A Green Message From the Land of Rice and CurryRead the original story w/Photo

    7 hrs ago | The Huffington Post

    ... planet is not to use less holiday gift wrap -- it is to go vegan. That's because it is impossible to be a meat-eating, milk-drinking environmentalist. Meat and milk are not "green," which makes it all the more shocking that our government has ...

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  4. Animal welfare victories prompt farmers' PR movesRead the original story w/Photo

    9 hrs ago | Gouverneur Times

    ... organization taped workers at a Vermont veal slaughterhouse kicking and shocking day-old calves, the National Milk Producers Federation began urging dairy operators to participate in a new standard-of-care program it is launching in January. The ...

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  5. Farmers Fighting Costly Animal Rights RegulationsRead the original story

    10 hrs ago | News Max

    ... organization taped workers at a Vermont veal slaughterhouse kicking and shocking day-old calves, the National Milk Producers Federation began urging dairy operators to participate in a new standard-of-care program it is launching in January. ...

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  6. America's and Canada's 10 worst jobs: You've got Paul Bunyan beatRead the original story w/Photo

    Friday | Examiner.com

    ... 8. Taxi Driver Provides quick automotive transport, usually within urban areas. 9. Dairy Farmer Raises cattle for milk production. 10. Lumberjack Fells, cuts, and transports timber to be processed into lumber, paper and other products. TOMORROW : 10 ...

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  7. Eating Healthy in 2010Read the original story

    Monday Dec 21 | Examiner.com

    ... less sodium than their reduced fat cousins. I'm not saying eat the whole block of Cheddar and only drink full fat milk. But consider drinking 1% milk. The protein and calcium, in addition to being good for your body, make you feel satisfied and less ...

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  8. Program will aid dairy farmersRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Times Observer

    ... payment. The 2010 Agricultural Appropriations Act provides $290 million for direct payments to those who produced milk between February and July, Tanner said. FSA Program Technician Becky Vucic said farmers will receive about $0.32 per hundredweight ...

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  9. Lawyers targeting pig, dairy farmsRead the original story

    11 hrs ago | Personal Injury Law News

    WINCHESTER, Ind. -- Neighbors who are fed up living next door to factory farms have found three high-powered trial lawyers who vow to make Randolph County "ground zero" in a legal food fight over how Indiana produces pork and milk.

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  10. Humane Society helps get laws on farm animal painRead the original story

    14 hrs ago | Worcester Telegram & Gazette

    ... organization taped workers at a Vermont veal slaughterhouse kicking and shocking day-old calves, the National Milk Producers Federation began urging dairy operators to participate in a new standard-of-care program it is launching in January. The ...

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  11. Caseys named 2009 Polk Farmers of the YearRead the original story w/Photo

    18 hrs ago | Rome News - Tribune

    ... (Lowell Vickers) slideshow Greg Casey is pictured inside the "herringbone" style milking barn. Bottles for collecting milk are in the center, in a pit. Cows are in ground-level corrals on either side of the pit. (Lowell Vickers) slideshow A father ...

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  12. Put pep in your step Healthy eating for weight loss in 2010Read the original story w/Photo

    20 hrs ago | Jamaica Gleaner

    ... help build strong bones, accompanied by exercise. One wholewheat toast and a banana with a glass of juice or low-fat milk is a light healthy fare to rise and shine. Skipping breakfast to lose weight or due to time constraints will eventually result ...

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  13. Mr Cumbria Farmer retiresRead the original story w/Photo

    21 hrs ago | The Cumberland News

    ... in 2001 and has borne witness to major ups and downs in the industry including BSE and the deregulation of the British milk market. But at 60, he says it's time to hand the mantle to a younger generation and will retire next week as senior group ...

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    Related Topix: Agriculture, Science, Carlisle, United Kingdom, World News, United Kingdom, Cumbria County, England, Cockermouth, England

  14. Britain outnumbers France with cheeseRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | People's Daily Online

    ... the nation's 200 specialist cheese companies started operations. The big reduction, 15 years ago, in the powers of the Milk Marketing Board, which had bought up most milk from producers, and the introduction of European Union milk quotas in the ...

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  15. Open Mic: Fighting the flu with Vitamin DRead the original story

    Wednesday Dec 23 | Bohemian.com

    ... simply from food you would need to eat six servings of salmon, or 10 servings of tuna or drink 20 glasses of fortified milk. All of these are all much higher than the out-of-date FDA standard of only 200 IU a day for children and adults that makes ...

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    Related Topix: Circulation, Medicine, Health, Life, Food, Nutrition

  16. Global Dairy Company - Cabinet PapersRead the original story

    Yesterday | Scoop

    ... face strong incentives to use its power to minimise the overall level of contestability in the domestic markets for raw milk, dairy ingredients and dairy consumer products. This would result in risks to innovation, export earnings, farmer incomes ...

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  17. Date to relishRead the original story

    Friday | The Hindu

    ... strong liquor. Dates have been a staple food of the Middle East for thousands of years. In Islamic countries, dates and milk are a traditional first meal when the sun sets during Ramadan. Dates (especially Medjool and Deglet Noor) are also ...

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  18. Puneeth Rajkumar to endorse Nandini brandRead the original story

    Friday | The Hindu

    BANGALORE: Popular Kannada actor Puneeth Rajkumar has been roped in as Brand Ambassador for Nandini by the Karnataka Cooperative Milk Porducers' Federation Ltd.

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  19. Large new dairy farms improving quality of milk

    Friday | Shanghai Daily

    ... cows. One of the farms, Kangyuan Dairy Farm, for example, has 650 cows sent by 48 small farmers. The farm supplies milk to Sanyuan, the dairy company that took over the bankrupt Sanlu Group which had been China's biggest dairy producer but suffered ...

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  20. Animal Welfare Wins Prompt Us Farmersa Pr MovesRead the original story

    Friday | WSLS-TV Roanoke

    ... organization taped workers at a Vermont veal slaughterhouse kicking and shocking day-old calves, the National Milk Producers Federation began urging dairy operators to participate in a new standard-of-care program it is launching in January. The ...

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    Related Topix: Animal Rights, Life, Beef, Meat, Drink, Agriculture, Science