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

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/

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