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CHARLOTTE, N.C. and PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- As part of their collective commitment to health and wellness, Bon Appetit Management Company and Compass Group USA will contract to buy only yogurt from cows not treated with rBGH (also known as rBST) effective today. Oregon Physicians for Social Responsibility (OPSR), which facilitates a nationwide coalition opposing rBGH, commended today's announcement from the two companies. According to Rick North, Oregon PSR's Project...
The more efficient dairy farmers are in managing nitrogen, the more milk their cows will produce and the less nitrogen will be wasted in manure and urine, according a study by Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators.ARS soil scientist J. Mark Powell at the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center in Madison, Wis., worked with ARS agricultural engineer Clarence Rotz at the ARS Pasture Systems and Watershed Management Research Unit in University Park, Pa., and Australian...
Proprietor sold animals with illegal drug residues in violation of federal law SILVER SPRING, Md., March 26 /PRNewswire-USNewswire/ -- A New York State dairy farmer cited by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration for selling cows that had illegal residues of antibiotics was ordered by the U.S. District Court for the Western District of New York this week to stop offering the animals for slaughter until he complies with federal law. (Logo:...
LA FARGE, Wis., Sept. 21 /PRNewswire/ -- Organic Valley Family of Farms, the nation's largest cooperative of organic farmers, and the Boulder Valley School District (BVSD) today announced that Organic Valley is now the official milk supplier for the 28,000-student school district. The milk will be bottled and delivered by Sinton Dairy, a local company. "School lunch programs across the nation need to make fundamental changes to improve the health and well-being of our children....
STOCKHOLM, August 20 /PRNewswire/ -- A new study by Cornell University shows that dairy cows using the DeLaval Swinging Cow Brush (SCB) register higher milk production and lower clinical mastitis cases. The study compared different groups of cows housed in pens using the Swinging Cow Brush to the similar reference groups kept in identical pens under the exact same conditions but without the SCB. The research team concluded that second lactation cows using the SCB showed a...
New calculator estimates the quantity of pesticides, fertilizers, and other chemicals absent from organic dairy farming BOULDER, Colo., April 9 /PRNewswire/ -- A calculator has been developed to help consumers, dairy farmers, and food companies estimate the avoided environmental, public health, and animal welfare impacts associated with shifting dairy cows from conventional to organic management. The "avoided impacts" stemming from applications of synthetic nitrogen fertilizer, herbicides...
Federal court rules that truthful information regarding organic production practices may not be explicitly shared with consumers on product labels in Ohio GREENFIELD, Mass., March 31 /PRNewswire/ -- Consumers in Ohio and elsewhere who are seeking to avoid milk and other dairy products produced with synthetic growth hormones will only be able to discern how their food was produced by looking for the organic label, according to the Organic Trade Association (OTA), the leading voice for the...
A researcher at England's Newcastle University says cows with names tend to be happier and more productive than their nameless fellow cows.Dr. Catherine Douglas said she analyzed data collected from more than 500 British dairy farms of varying sizes, and found that cows given names by farmers produce an average extra pint and a half of milk per day, adding up to an extra 6,800 gallons a year for an average dairy farm, The Daily Mail reported Wednesday.Douglas said cows with names also tend to...
A new proposal to charge farmers fees for greenhouse gases emitted by their animals' belching and flatulence is one of several plans under consideration by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).The agency began reviewing proposals after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled last year that such animal-based emissions amount to air pollution.The proposal has farmers in a state of disbelief. Â "This is one of the most ridiculous things the federal government has tried to do," Alabama...
Researchers in Argentina have discovered a way to make cows produce more milk by injecting them with a synthetic bovine growth hormone, known as bovine somatotropin, produced by cloned and genetically modified dairy cows.Synthetic bovine somatotropin, known as rbST, is already injected into cows to boost milk production, but the Argentine scientists say their method is less costly and produces a natural bovine hormone.Andres Bercovich, chief of research and development for biotechnology firm...
