Cheese in China

Posted on July 17th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, Cheese, International Dairy.

Hi, Cheese fans

Chinese dairy companies have been urged to take advantage of abundant domestic resources of buffalo and sheep milk to grab a share of the country’s burgeoning cheese market.

This could be a big opportunity for the right company! Check out the scope for growth here:   

http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/bizchina/2006-07/16/content_641753.htm

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Dr. Conradie visits Elsenburg

Posted on July 13th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, International Dairy.

Dr. Japie Conradie

Hi, Milk Fans

Parmalat’s National Milk Producers Quality Manager for South Africa visited me today to photograph my new equipment - the CombiFoss Milk Analyser

Send some business my way please, sir!

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Feta vs. Danish Feta

Posted on July 12th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Cheese, International Dairy, Dairy Diet.

Hi, Cheese Fans

The main difference between the above two cheese are that the danish feta has more moisture, thus it is not as sour.  Danish Feta usually is made through the modern process of Ultra Filtration, where the whey proteins are retained in the cheese with the casein, giving softer, creamier cheese and much higher yields. Good for you and good for the manufacturer.

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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South African Dairy News

Posted on July 11th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, International Dairy.

Hi,  South African Dairy Fans

Here is some home-grown news bits:

Humansdorp dairy sells stake to BEE firms

Read it here:  http://www.theherald.co.za/herald/biz/02_10072006.htm

Namibia: SA Dairy Traders Fight Tariff Raise

Some importers and distributors of South African dairy products are up in arms over plans by the government to introduce a tariff increase on imported UHT milk.

Read the rest here: http://allafrica.com/stories/200607101001.html

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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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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Dairy farm finds energy source right under its nose

Posted on June 29th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy Farming, Dairy Science, International Dairy.

Hi, Dairy Farmers

Three years ago Lebanon’s biggest dairy farm, LibanLait, was confronting two seemingly unrelated problems: the rising cost of generating enough power to operate the dairy plant, and how to dispose of the approximately 160,000 pounds of cow manure that accumulated daily.

Read how they solved this dairy problem:

http://www.dailystar.com.lb/article.asp?edition_id=1&categ_id=3&article_id=73546

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Fonterra still fifth biggest dairy multinational

Posted on June 27th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, International Dairy.

The top international dairy firms – including New Zealand’s Fonterra Cooperative Group Ltd – have become even larger due to continued acquisitions, according to a new industry report.

Read the rest at the following link:

http://www.stuff.co.nz/stuff/0,2106,3713248a3600,00.html

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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Dairy farmers, churches partner to fight hunger

Posted on June 25th, 2006 by Leon the Milkman.
Categories: Dairy News, Dairy Farming, International Dairy.

Hi, Milk Fans

Five dairy farms in Cayuga County (Aurora Ridge Dairy, Willet Dairy, Sunnyside Farm, Scipio Springs Dairy and Oakwood Farms) and three Ithaca area churches created a local partnership, dubbed “Adopt a Cow,” to raise funds to rebuild cattle herds in Mozambique.

Read the rest by clicking the following link:

http://www.theithacajournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060624/NEWS01/606240318/1002/NEWS01

Kind regards,

Leon the Milkman

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