Raw milk test in Pennsylvania prompts Campylobacter warning
Pennsylvania officials warned consumers earlier this month that they should immediately discard all raw milk from Conoco View Dairy because it was contaminated with Campylobacter, which can cause serious infections and is killed by pasteurization.
New Zealand's a2 Milk Logs Record Profit Fueled by Chinese Demand
New Zealand’s a2 Milk Co Ltd booked record half-year profit on surging demand for its infant formula in China, beating market estimates and vindicating a two-pronged business strategy that has seen it succeed where others have stumbled.
By: Reuters Staff
Source: Dairy Herd
Cheese up, butter down on dairy market
Columnist Lee Mielke wraps up the week’s dairy industry news.
By: Lee Mielke
Source: Capital Press
Link: http://www.capitalpress.com/Dairy/20180213/cheese-up-butter-down-on-dairy-market
Raw milk not a moneymaker for farmers who chance it
Few area farmers have leapt on trend.
By: Karen Hopper Usher
Source: Cadillac News
Link: http://www.cadillacnews.com/news/raw-milk-not-a-moneymaker-for-farmers-who-chance-it/article_b647e224-2906-5cf4-8d55-edf3c57b4cda.html
Prebiotics in formula milk may boost babies' memory skills
New York: While breast milk is considered the best, for mothers for whom breastfeeding is difficult or impossible adding prebiotics to the formula milk could enhance memory and learning in babies, researchers suggest.
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Source: Times Now
Link: http://www.timesnownews.com/health/article/prebiotics-in-formula-milk-may-boost-babies-memory-skills/190150
Moving on: Is sheep milk the new dairy?
A new report into sheep milking in Southland has estimated the industry could be worth $124 million to the region by 2040.
By: TIM NEWMAN
Source: Stuff
Link: https://www.stuff.co.nz/southland-times/news/100680854/Southland-dairy-turn-to-counting-sheep
What type of milk should Kiwi toddlers drink?
Low fat or full cream?
By: Jamie Morton
Source: NZ Herald
Link: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/lifestyle/news/article.cfm?c_id=6&objectid=11977609
Fonterra partners with Hema to bring new milk range to China
Fonterra has expanded its presence in China, as the company has partnered with Alibaba’s Hema supermarket chain to release a new range of fresh milk, which will be available from all of Hema’s 14 stores in Shanghai and Suzhou.
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Source: FoodBev
Link: https://www.foodbev.com/news/fonterra-hema-fresh-milk-china-alibaba/
France's baby milk scare: Police search Lactalis sites
French police are searching several sites run by dairy group Lactalis as part of an ongoing investigation into a baby milk scare.
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Source: BBC
Link: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-42715187
Heritage cows provide unique cheese and beef for niche market in Tasmania
After making cheese in the early 2000s before turning his hand to brewing beer on Tasmania’s Bruny Island, one cheesemaker has taken the next step of establishing his own dairy farm using heritage breeds.
By: Nick Bosly-Pask
Source: ABC
Link: http://www.abc.net.au/news/rural/rural-news/2018-01-15/heritage-cows-feature-in-new-cheesery-dairy/9323544