Milk News

Prevalence of lactose intolerance may be far lower than previously estimated, according to a study in the latest issue of Nutrition Today.

Although hay prices have lost more ground the past month, dairy prices are starting to show some improvement - which may give hay growers hope for the same.

TomorrowA A a 79-year old widow, Mrs Hester Theron, of Friedenthal Farm, Beatrice will appear before the magistrate in Court 9, Rotten Row, Criminal Court, Harare.A She will be facing sentencing and mitigation under the Gazetted Land Act.

Children who consumed full fat milk regularly had a lower body mass index compared to those who seldom or never drank milk, claims a Swedish study.

Fonterra is expected to announce an increase in its payout forecast to farmers early next week after another boost to its online dairy auction.

MILK imports have rocketed by almost 60 per cent in just two years amid fears of a mass exodus of British farmers from the industry.

You've heard that taking a calcium supplement can help prevent and treat osteoporosis.

Eight-year-old children who drink full-fat milk every day have a lower BMI than those who seldom drink milk.

Milk from nuts, beans or udders - which does your body best? RuthK on November 3, 2009 at 2:20 pm I try to drink both cows' milk and soy milk every day as well as take calcium and Vitamin D supplements, but I have never tried almond milk.

Dean Foods reported relatively strong third-quarter results with earnings of 34 cents per share.

U.S. dairies will send 26,412 cows to slaughterhouses as part of an industry-funded program intended to boost milk prices by curbing output.

Cape Girardeau -- Southeastern Missouri crop and dairy farmers are reporting a tough fall.

OPERATIVE which collapsed leaving hundreds of farmers out of pocket should have changed its management, one of the directors conceded yesterday.

Crop prices jumped nearly 8 percent in October as rainy weather delayed harvests across the Midwest.

Pumpkin pie is extremely rich in the antioxidant beta-carotene , which comes from the pumpkin.

Go veggie 'to save the planet' Thursday, October 29, 2009, 10:00 Comment on this story THE country's biggest farming body has condemned as "extremely irresponsible" comments by one of the world's leading climate change gurus, that people should give up meat to save the planet.

Farmers sprayed milk onto fields across the Czech Republic on Thursday to protest low prices.

Dairy Farmers in the North unlikely to receive any funding from the Milk Fund. October 27, 2009 Sinn FA©in's Agricultural spokesperson Pat Doherty MP MLA has raised concerns that dairy farmers in the north of Ireland are very unlikely to receive anything from the recently agreed a 280 million Milk Fund.

Facing France's worst agriculture crisis in 30 years, President Nicolas Sarkozy pledged Tuesday to provide $1.5 billion in bank loans for cash-strapped farmers and promised to push the EU to offer more aid.

Dairy farmers told telling Congress Tuesday that more help is needed in order to address dire conditions in the industry.