Nutritional formula plant will ‘put Gore on the map’

From bare farmland to a bustling construction site, the rural landscape of McNab, near Gore, has transformed remarkably over the past 18 months.
By: Sally Rae
Source: Otago Daily Times
Link: https://www.odt.co.nz/rural-life/dairy/nutritional-formula-plant-will-%E2%80%98put-gore-map%E2%80%99

UW nutritional research focuses on dairy, inflammation

MADISON – There’s a lot of buzz in some parts of the dairy industry — and among consumers — about A2 milk. A CBS News story recently highlighted the push toward A2 milk and how some people think it relieves them of dairy intolerance symptoms.
By: Jan Shepel
Source: Wisconsin State Farmer
Link: http://www.wisfarmer.com/story/news/state/2017/10/25/uw-nutritional-research-focuses-dairy-inflammation/795799001/

Changes in store for Dairy Shorthorn breeders

AS from January 2018 the Dairy Shorthorn Society’s Coates herd book will be closed to animals other than those by a registered Dairy Shorthorn sire from either the UK or elsewhere in the world. As a result, the society’s semen company Red Cattle Genetics will be rebranded as Shorthorn Sires UK (SSUK). By ANGELA CALVERT.

Dairy a Potential Ally in Asian Nutrition Challenges, UN Says

Even as Asia makes clear strides in taming hunger and famine, the rapidly modernizing continent needs to focus more on diversifying its diet or risk failing to quell malnutrition, with milk having the potential to help, the UN Food and Agriculture Organization said in a report.