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Michigan milk gets spotlight in popular ad campaign
While Michigan may not be the first state that comes to mind when it comes to dairy production, the latest installment of a popular advertising campaign hopes to change that.
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Milk a powerful tool in fighting osteoporosis
New research points to milk as the ultimate superhero in the fight against osteoporosis, a common bone disease impacting millions of people around the world.
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Maryland dairies lick up profits from on-farm creameries
The nation’s first farm-based ice cream trail has opened a new market for several Maryland dairy farmers, providing a new source of income while reaching consumers eager to savor this sweet farm-to-spoon movement.
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Obesity found to be a major factor accelerating puberty in girls
In the blame game of early onset puberty in girls, many fingers have pointed to "hormones in milk" as the culprit. The myth really got going when recombinant bovine somatotropin was approved for commercial use in 1994.
Now, a review published in the Frontiers in Endocrinology points to other potential causes.
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One last gasp for milk production increases?
With heat and drought taking its toll on dairy farms, this could be the last time in 29 months that the U.S. Department of Agriculture reports a milk production increase.
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Class III milk prices could average $16.20 this year
The growth in milk production continues to put downward pressure on milk prices.
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Talk about transparency!
At some of the farm meetings this spring, the subject of “transparency” has come up.
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Milk production up again in April
Milk production in the top 23 dairy states was up 3.3 percent in April compared to the same month a year earlier. Across the entire U.S., it was up 3.2 percent.
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A plug for dairy products on the Today Show
In April, the Today Show carried a couple of segments that encouraged the eating of cheese.
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Milk provides alternative to sugary fruit drinks
Sugary fruit drinks may be presented as healthy for kids, but, according to the spokesperson for the Academy of Nutrition and Dietetics (AND), parents should instead turn to milk.
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Why BSE went so much better than pink slime
When a new case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy (BSE) was reported by the media in late April, the headlines weren’t too bad.
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