Calibrating Cryoscope

Posted on July 6th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Science.

Hi, Dairy Scientists

Had a question on how to calibrate a cryoscope.  For you who do not know this is a apparatus that freezes milk to determine the freezing point.  This tells us if water was added.  No water may be added to milk legally.

Usually standards that freeze at -0.408°C and -0.600°C is used, because milk freezes between -0.512°C and -0.550°C.   The calibration standards thus lie on each side of milk’s freezing points.   Distilled water can also be used as higher standard in place of the -0.408°C standard.  This tip will save your lab money!

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Calcium supplements could help women control weight

Posted on July 5th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Diet.

04/07/2006 - Middle-aged women could benefit from calcium supplements suggests a new study that is yet another twist to the calcium-dairy weight loss debate.

“Increasing total calcium intake, in the form of calcium supplementation, may be beneficial to weight maintenance, especially in women during midlife,” wrote lead author Alejandro Gonzalez from the University of Washington, Seattle.

Make your own conclusions by clicking the following link and reading the rest of the article:

http://www.nutraingredients.com/news/ng.asp?n=68861-calcium-dairy-weight-loss

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Milk conspiracy theory and politics

Posted on July 4th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, Milk, International Dairy.

Note to Food and Water Watch & Reminder to Starbucks - Activists Should Stop Masquerading as Consumers.

This is one hell of a good article that sheds light on a few political dairy issues. Read it:

http://www.amazines.com/article_detail.cfm/111696?articleid=111696&title=%2CNote%2Cto%2CFood%2Cand%2CWater%2CWatch%2C%26%2CReminder%2Cto%2CStarbucks%2C%2D%2CActivists%2CShould%2CStop%2CMasquerading%2Cas%2CConsumers

Sorry about the massive link , but click it anyway.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Dairy farms getting bigger, more efficient

Posted on July 3rd, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, Milk, Dairy Farming.

LISBON, N.D. - While the number of dairy farms nationwide is falling, those that remain are getting bigger and more efficient.

Qual Dairy near the southeastern North Dakota town of Lisbon epitomizes the trend, trucking about 4,650 gallons of milk to Cass-Clay Creamery in Fargo every day - enough to satisfy the daily milk consumption of eight out of nine residents in North Dakota’s largest city.

To learnmore, click on the following link:

http://www.grandforks.com/mld/grandforks/news/state/14954033.htm

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Production cut no help to poor milk prices

Posted on July 2nd, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, Milk, Dairy Farming, International Dairy.

Hi, Milk Fans

Scottish dairy farmers have rejected persistent claims that they could get a better farmgate price by cutting production.

Read the rest of the article here:

http://business.scotsman.com/agriculture.cfm?id=957782006

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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A Dairy Farm Where Milk and Manure Pay the Bills

Posted on July 1st, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Farming, Cows, Dairy Science, International Dairy.

Hi, Cow Fans

The cows at the Audet family’s Blue Spruce Farm make nearly 9,000 gallons of milk a day—and about 35,000 gallons of manure.

It’s long been the milk that pays, but now the Audets have figured out how to make the manure pay as well. They’re using it—actually, the methane that comes from it—to generate electricity.

Read the rest here:

http://www.livescience.com/environment/ap_060630_manure.html

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

Here is an article with some financial figures as well: Economics of producing methane gas from cow manure to generate onfarm electricity (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin) (University of Maryland Cooperative Extension Service. Bulletin)

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