Thursday, February 09, 2012
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PAUL, Idaho -- At Horizon Organic's dairy, cows move at their own pace from the barns to the pastures and finally to the rotary milking parlor, where they calmly chew their cud as they ride the carousel. "This calmness and contentedness is the output of everything we do on the dairy, all the love ...
Thursday, February 09, 2012 10:00 AM
CHAMBERSBURG, Pa. (AP) -- A central Pennsylvania dairy connected with 43 illnesses in four states has resumed bottling raw milk after an 11-day shutdown. The Family Cow dairy in Chambersburg began bottling again Tuesday. The dairy had been shut down since illnesses were first reported late last ...
Wednesday, February 08, 2012 7:43 AM
The Oregon Dairy Farmers Association annual convention will take on hot topics for the sate's dairy industry Feb. 20 and 21 at the Salem Conference Center. "We are really going to focus on the topics of immigration and legislative bills coming our way," said Sue Emerson, president of the As ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 4:31 PM
Feed and fuel costs are keeping margins lean for dairymen in California and the Pacific Northwest. Cost of production is high and it's anyone guess what feed prices will be this year, said Ray Souza, a Turlock, Calif., dairyman. "I think right now most dairymen are in a negative cash flow ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 10:50 AM
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) -- Dairy farmers won't be required to warn consumers about the health risks of raw milk they sell at Portland's farmers markets. The city council Monday voted not to amend city ordinances governing the markets, essentially allowing the sale of unpasteurized milk without ...
Tuesday, February 07, 2012 7:39 AM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- State health officials say the number of people stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from a south-central Pennsylvania dairy has risen to 43 in four states. Officials say confirmed cases of Campylobacter infection include 36 people in Pennsylvania, four in Mary ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 3:19 PM
BOISE -- The Idaho House Agricultural Affairs Committee rejected a proposed bill today that would have made it easier for dairy producers to sell raw milk directly to consumers. The bill's sponsor, Rep. Vito Barbieri, R-Dalton Gardens, said his proposal would have retained the state's raw m ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 2:29 PM
NAMPA, Idaho (AP) -- Lactalis American Group has announced a $40 million expansion to its Idaho plant that will increase its mozzarella production, create jobs and increase the plant's purchase of local and regional milk. The new 61,300-square-foot plant will be built behind the existing Lactal ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 12:48 PM
BOISE, Idaho (AP) -- The Idaho Supreme Court will hear arguments in several cases this week, including an appeal in a lawsuit over the death of 100 dairy calves. The lawsuit was brought in Twin Falls County by Jesus Hurtado and John Reitsma, who claimed that the Land O'Lakes milk replacer they ...
Monday, February 06, 2012 7:48 AM
TILLAMOOK, Ore. (AP) -- Changes at the Tillamook Cheese Factory have left 47 workers jobless as the cooperative streamlines its operations in Oregon, Idaho and Utah. The workers were assigned to the factory's packaging operation. The Oregonian reports (http://is.gd/GLA3th ) that they punched ou ...
Sunday, February 05, 2012 1:28 PM
WASHINGTON (AP) -- An outbreak of bacterial infections on the East Coast illustrates the popularity of raw, unpasteurized milk despite strong warnings from public health officials about the potential danger. Even presidential candidate Ron Paul has joined the cause of consumers looking to buy ...
Friday, February 03, 2012 1:17 PM
Bureaucrats in Washington may be thinking they know better than you regarding your children. Child labor laws were examined Wednesday by the Small Business Committee in the House, according to National Milk Producers Federation's Chris Galen in Thursday's DairyLine. Last fall the Department of La ...
Friday, February 03, 2012 10:17 AM
PASCO, Wash. -- While the two-year labor battle at a Washington state dairy remains on hold pending the union's legal appeals, the farmer vows to see that justice is served. Dick Bengen, who owns the Ruby Ridge Dairy with his wife, Ruby, said his workers have rallied behind him. He has approximat ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 10:00 AM
BOISE -- A new study has found that reducing Idaho's foreign-born labor supply would have a significant negative economic impact. The University of Idaho study, funded by the state's dairy industry, found that if the estimated supply of 107,000 foreign workers was decreased by 25 percent, the sta ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 11:00 AM
Dairy groups are pleased USDA's new standards for school meals left flavored milk on the menu. Chocolate is the "big kahuna" when it comes to children's milk-flavor preference, said Chris Galen, senior vice president of communications at National Milk Producers Federation. "We knew it would be ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:00 PM
The high cost of feed and hay availability issues will continue to challenge dairy producers in 2012, an ag economist says. Dairymen can expect more of what they saw in 2011, said Wilson Gray, livestock extension economist with University of Idaho at Twin Falls. "Cost of production is going to s ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:00 PM
Potato growers who use manure on sandy soils should be cognizant of copper levels in their fields, a University of Idaho researcher advises. Amber Moore, a UI Extension soils specialist, has researched manure on crops for the past four years. Growers' concerns led her to investigate effects of co ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 2:00 PM
SALEM -- A committee has moved a bill to the House floor that gives the Oregon Department of Agriculture authority to raise food safety license fees as much as 3 percent a year. The House Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee passed House Bill 4003 on Feb. 1 after hearing supporting testimony ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 3:00 PM
SACRAMENTO, Calif. -- A bill that would end future state subsidies for corn-based ethanol is in the California Senate after sailing through the Assembly. The bill by Assemblyman David Valadao, R-Hanford, would bar any funding from the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 12:00 PM
BOISE -- A bill introduced in the Idaho Legislature seeks to make Idaho's commercial feed law less cumbersome and intrusive and ensure farmers and ranchers get the quality of animal feed they pay for. The legislation, which was sent to print by the Senate Agricultural Affairs Committee and will b ...
Thursday, February 02, 2012 1:00 PM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- The number of people in Pennsylvania and Maryland stricken with illness after consuming raw milk from the same farm has risen to 23, health officials in the two states said Wednesday. Maryland health officials also said laboratory tests have confirmed the presence of the b ...
Wednesday, February 01, 2012 3:45 PM
BROOKINGS, S.D. (AP) -- The South Dakota city of Brookings is getting a cheese plant. Chicago-based Bel Brands USA plans to begin construction this summer on its third cheese plant in the U.S. Bel Brands says it will invest about $100 million in the plant. It will employ 200 people initially a ...
Tuesday, January 31, 2012 11:31 AM
MONTPELIER, Vt. (AP) -- A Vermont utility is looking for more farms that want to participate in its project that uses farm waste to help generate electricity and more customers willing to pay extra to use the power. The Central Vermont Public Service Corp. says it recently brought its 10th &quo ...
Monday, January 30, 2012 7:59 AM
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) -- Health officials now say 12 people in Pennsylvania and Maryland who consumed raw milk from the same farm have been stricken with illnesses that suggest the product may contain harmful bacteria. The Pennsylvania Department of Health said Monday it had confirmed six more c ...
Monday, January 30, 2012 7:59 AM
Most Americans are collecting information to fill out federal and state tax forms and they'll be comparing their 2011 income to the year before. Dairy Profit Weekly's Dave Natzke discussed how much income the nation's 9 million dairy cows made last year in Friday's DairyLine. "Every year about th ...
Friday, January 27, 2012 10:47 AM
The shortage of large animal veterinarians has been well documented in recent years, but the number of veterinarians specializing in organic or holistic practices is quite lean. The small number of organic veterinarians is reflective of the relatively small amount of organic production and the di ...
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