Schumer: Danone should deliver answers on cutting ties with organic dairy farms
U.S. Senate Majority Leader responds to Times Union reporting on Horizon Organic.
Maine’s Dairy Farms Need Our Support
Dairy farms play a keystone role in Maine’s agricultural economy and Danone/Horizon Organic’s recent decision to end contracts with 89 farms across the Northeast, including 14 farms in Maine, leaves these farm families, the land they steward, and the future of our regional dairy industry vulnerable.
COMMENTARY: Ways to save family dairy farms
I find that most people today have very little connection to farming or ranching. When I grew up in the late 1960s and 1970s, there seemed to be a general sense that most people knew where their food came from. In my youth in suburban Connecticut, there was agriculture all around the area.
Manure vacuum for dairy farms
A unique plan to use a giant vacuum to collect manure from dairy farms and convert it to renewable energy will be one of 14 innovative projects to share in more than $3.7 million from the Coles Nurture Fund.
Japfa to acquire two dairy farms for $165.7 million to strengthen foothold in China
Agri-food company Japfa, through its 75 per cent-owned subsidiary AustAsia Investment Holdings, has agreed to buy two dairy farms in Shandong, China, by acquiring Falcon Dairy Holdings, the group said on Monday (June 28).
Decision to shut down dairy farms in Lakshadweep stayed
HC also stays administration’s decision to remove meat from midday meal menu
New $20 million dairy processing facility announced at Oregon State University
Investments by private industry coupled with university funding will propel Oregon State University’s College of Agricultural Sciences.
Does Your Dairy Have a Contingency Plan?
Developing a plan today, that can be put into action tomorrow when the owner or manager is gone is essential.
Dairy needs future food innovators
The Western Dairy Center not only focuses on research but also on developing and training people to become the future dairy industry workforce.
New Zealand Dairy Farms have the Lowest Carbon Footprint in the World
NZ milk’s lowest carbon footprint confirmed by new report.
