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NY agriculture pivots to better marketing?

Tomorrow (Thursday), the New York State Agricultural Society holds its 181st (!) annual meeting in Syracuse. The Syracuse Post-Standard has some cool historical info. about this conference, the biggest in New York agriculture. As we’ve...

Milk: the raw wars

I have friends who travel miles to purchase raw milk. I know farmers who won’t touch the milk they produce in their own barns, preferring to purchase their dairy beverages from the local supermarket–pasteurized, homogenized, stable-ized...

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Senator Clinton Says Dairy Farmers Need USDA Aid

by Jody Tosti

Jul 25, 2002 — Senator Hillary Clinton is urging the USDA to start the National Dairy Program, which would provide New York's dairy farmers with financial assistance. The program is part of the 2002 Farm Bill. David Sommerstein reports. Go to full article

Benefits and Risks of Cloned Cows

by The Environment Report

May 06, 2002 — Milk production is big business in New York and the upper Midwest. Now the president of a biotech company in Wisconsin is milking a herd of cloned cows that he says could give the Great Lakes dairy industry a boost. But there are still questions about the health of cloned cows and whether the milk they produce is safe for human consumption. The Great Lakes Radio Consortium's Gil Halsted has the story. Go to full article

Natural Selections: Milk

by Natural Selections

Mar 07, 2002 — What is milk and why do we like it? According to Dr. Curt Stager it's a suspension of lipid globules in water, and is really kind of yucky when you think about it. Go to full article

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