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How far will dairy slide?

Cash cheese slid again on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange on Wednesday, blocks down another 6.5 cents to close at $1.6925 while barrels fell 5 cents to $1.73. The final price in both cases was set by actual sales; there were lower unfilled bids for each. In the last week, blocks have lost 31 cents, barrels [...]

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Dairy project progresses near Fulton despite critics

FULTON — A proposed 7,000-head dairy is one step closer to being built in Hanson County, but some in the county say opposition to the project is growing. Michael Crinion, of Hanson County Dairy Developers, recently received verbal approval of a water permit application from the state Water Management Board, pending a fact-finding pursuit. A [...]

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Marcellus Shale: Ensure water testing is part of lease agreement before drilling

ROCKSPRING, Pa. — Before allowing Marcellus Shale gas extraction on their land, property owners should spell out, in the lease agreement to drill, what kind of water testing is done before — and after — drilling. Potential aftereffects of hydraulic fracking, a method of pumping pressurized water and other chemicals through shale to “fracture” the [...]

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Building burns at Pa. dairy with tainted milk

WEST ALIQUIPPA, Pa. (AP) — The news just keeps getting worse for a western Pennsylvania dairy that stopped producing milk earlier this month because it has been tainted by bacteria that has sickened at least 14 people. A storage building containing two farm vehicles and about 20,000 pounds of scrap newspaper has burned to the [...]

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Arguments against wind power are faulty

I have read with amusement the comments of Rob Aliasso from Henderson. He claims that wind farms will destroy the pristine beauty of Lake Ontario and the St. Lawrence River. He’s too young to realize that his idealized image vanished when the St. Lawrence Seaway was created and when the numerous trailer parks along Lake [...]

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Milk production continues to decline in Wis., Minn

MADISON, Wis. (AP) — The rate of milk production continues to rise nationwide, even as it slows in Wisconsin and Minnesota. The U.S. produced 15.4 billion pounds of milk last month. That was a 1 percent increase from the same month last year. That improvement was driven by increases of 8 percent in Texas and [...]

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An $11.5 million project has been launched to clean up one of New Zealand’s most polluted lakes.

The Government, Maori tribe Ngai Tahu, the Canterbury regional council and dairy cooperative Fonterra have contributed funds to the clean-up of Lake Ellesmere, or Te Waihora. Run-off from surrounding dairy farms and clearance of wetlands has left Lake Ellesmere in Canterbury with the worst water quality of any New Zealand lake. The Government has contributed [...]

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High school senior is building his own dairy herd

DES MOINES —Jake Mills, 18, loves the show ring, but he says milk pays the bills for the Strawberry Point dairy operation that he is building. The senior at Starmont High School milks 11 cows, including the four-year-old Brown Swiss that was reserve grand champion in the 4-H Dairy Show at the Iowa State Fair. [...]

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Chocolate Milk Gets a Makeover

Is chocolate milk a healthful choice for schoolchildren? Some nutritionists say chocolate milk is a perfectly fine snack for students, one that provides much-needed calcium and vitamins, and is a healthy alternative to sugary juices and sodas. But others say flavored milks, with their added sugars, contribute to the childhood obesity epidemic. Some school districts [...]

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Milk group says it has improved flavored milk

School’s back in session in many towns, and the milk industry says kids will be sipping on slightly healthier flavored milk this year. The Milk Processor Education Program, a trade group, says many of its members have worked over the past five years to lower the calories and sugar in milk sweetened with chocolate or [...]

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Approval of dairy’s PA 116 applications still in limbo

BAD AXE — While Huron County commissioners over the past three months have been approving farmland preservation agreements in lock, stock and barrel fashion, the board put the rubber stamp away Tuesday morning. Officials refrained from acting on several farmland preservation agreement (PA 116) applications sought by John and Anthonia Verhaar, The Verhaars, who pleaded [...]

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Dairy farmers lawsuit takes surprising turn

Surprising turns in a federal lawsuit pitting dairy farmers in the Southeast against the organizations responsible for marketing and buying their milk has many wondering what will happen next as the case moves toward trial, now scheduled for September. After decertifying from the class action suit farmers who are members of the large, national cooperative [...]

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