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Dairy farms getting bigger, more efficient
LISBON, N.D. – While the number of dairy farms nationwide is falling, those that remain are getting bigger and more efficient.
Qual Dairy near the southeastern North Dakota town of Lisbon epitomizes the trend, trucking about 4,650 gallons of milk to Cass-Clay Creamery in Fargo every day – enough to satisfy the daily milk consumption of eight out of nine residents in North Dakota’s largest city.
To learnmore, click on the following link:
http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/14954033.htm
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Production cut no help to poor milk prices
Hi, Milk Fans
Scottish dairy farmers have rejected persistent claims that they could get a better farmgate price by cutting production.
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http://business.scotsman.com/agriculture.cfm?id=957782006
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Leon the Milkman
A Dairy Farm Where Milk and Manure Pay the Bills
Hi, Cow Fans
The cows at the Audet family’s Blue Spruce Farm make nearly 9,000 gallons of milk a day—and about 35,000 gallons of manure.
It’s long been the milk that pays, but now the Audets have figured out how to make the manure pay as well. They’re using it—actually, the methane that comes from it—to generate electricity.
Read the rest here:
http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_060630_manure.html
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Leon the Milkman
Here is an article with some financial figures as well: Economics of producing methane gas from cow manure to generate onfarm electricity (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin) (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin)
Low-fat dairy helps blood pressure
A new study suggests that milk and other dairy products, especially low-fat varieties, can help reduce blood pressure. Those who ate the most dairy cut the risk of high-blood pressure by 54 percent, according to the research published in the journal Hypertension.
Read the rest at:
http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/features_healthblog/2006/06/lowfat_dairy_he.html
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Dairy farm finds energy source right under its nose
Hi, Dairy Farmers
Three years ago Lebanon’s biggest dairy farm, LibanLait, was confronting two seemingly unrelated problems: the rising cost of generating enough power to operate the dairy plant, and how to dispose of the approximately 160,000 pounds of cow manure that accumulated daily.
Read how they solved this dairy problem:
http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=73546
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Leon the Milkman
Leon the Milkman joins www.iblog.co.za
Hi, Milk fans
South Africa has their owns blognetwork site on, and I joined it today.
Their will be duplication, but you can check it out at www.milkman.iblog.co.za
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Fonterra still fifth biggest dairy multinational
The top international dairy firms – including New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd – have become even larger due to continued acquisitions, according to a new industry report.
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http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3713248a3600,00.html
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Leon the Milkman
DAIRY, DAIRY, QUITE CONTRARY
Are reports of milk products’ health benefits just hype?
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http://www.app.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060625/LIFE10/606250305/1006/LIFE
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