Dairy Farming

US: ‘Dairy cliff’ avoided after last-minute Farm Bill extensions agreed

20-Nov-2023 By Teodora Lyubomirova

US dairies breathed a sigh of relief after an extension to the 2018 Farm Bill was approved last week, but industry insiders are hoping Congress won’t need a full year to pass the new legislation.

Canada launches $333m fund to compensate dairies for lost market share

03-Oct-2023 By Teodora Lyubomirova

The funding will provide non-repayable compensation to dairy producers and processors who have lost market share due to concessions made by the Canadian government in trade deals such as the CPTPP, the Canada-EU agreement and the Canada-US-Mexico trade...

Remilk teams up with Israeli food giant CBC Group to create animal-free dairy line: 'We can be as cheap as animal protein by 2024'

06-Jul-2022 By Elaine Watson

Animal-free dairy startup Remilk has teamed up with Israeli Coca-Cola bottler CBC Group - which also owns leading dairy processor Tara Dairy - to develop a line of drinks, cheeses, and yogurts featuring 'animal-free' dairy proteins for the Israeli...

Carbon neutral milk brand attracts celebrity investors, picks up raft of new retail accounts

27-Apr-2022 By Elaine Watson

While some plant-based and emerging ‘animal-free’ dairy products have strong sustainability bona fides, most Americans still drink cow’s milk, so trying to give consumers more environmentally-friendly options within a category they are reluctant to give...

Miyoko’s Creamery wants to turn dairy farms to plant-based: ‘The economy is changing’

11-Nov-2019 By Beth Newhart

Non-dairy brand Miyoko’s Creamery announced a partnership with Farm Sanctuary to help California dairy farms transition to plant-based operations. They think it’s a win-win opportunity for a sustainable future.

‘This is not puffery… this is a misleading claim’

Judge orders Arla Foods to halt ‘Live unprocessed’ campaign: ‘Ads create false impression that rbST is something foreign and dangerous’

15-Jun-2017 By Elaine Watson

Arla Foods has been ordered to halt its new $30m ‘Live Unprocessed’ ad campaign – which makes a virtue of using milk from cows that have not been fed the growth hormone rBST - in the wake of legal action* filed by rbST maker Eli Lilly (Elanco).

Arla Foods defends ‘Live unprocessed’ campaign as rBST maker sues over allegedly ‘blatantly and egregiously false’ claims

06-Jun-2017 By Elaine Watson

Arla Foods has defended its new ‘Live Unprocessed’ ad campaign – which makes a virtue of using milk from cows that have not been fed the growth hormone rBST - in the wake of legal action filed by rBST maker Eli Lilly alleging the ads are “built upon a...

Sargento attorney: This case is without legal basis and speculative

Sargento 'natural' cheese under fire in new lawsuit over GMO feed, rbST milk

05-Jun-2017 By Elaine Watson

Should dairy brands using milk from cows that may have consumed GM feed or been treated with rbST be allowed to market their wares as ‘natural’? Not according to the latest in a new wave of false advertising lawsuits arguing that products utilizing genetic...

Nestlé USA chief procurement officer: 'I am a kind of translator between the corporate world and the farm world'

23-Nov-2016 By Elaine Watson

As part of Nestlé's 150th anniversary celebrations, FoodNavigator-USA editor Elaine Watson caught up with Nestlé USA chief procurement officer Patty Stroup to talk about how relations with dairy farmers are changing.

McDonald's to offer growth hormone-wary US consumers rBST-free milk

09-Mar-2015 By Mark ASTLEY

McDonald's USA is to begin sourcing milk for some products from cows not treated with growth hormone, recombinant bovine somatotropin (rBST).

Chobani to launch organic Greek yogurt: ‘There was a gap in the market and we decided to act on it’

08-Mar-2014 By Elaine WATSON

Chobani will make its first foray into the organic market later this year with the introduction of 32oz grass-fed multi-serve packs of its Greek yogurt.

Beyond omega-3s: Next generation of algae products offer promise of new breed of bioactives targeting cholesterol, the auto-immune system and inflammation

24-Jan-2013 By Elaine WATSON

Research conducted by Health Enhancement Products (HEPI) could pave the way for a completely new breed of algae-based bioactive food and feed ingredients offering novel approaches to achieving healthy cholesterol, boosting immunity and addressing inflammation,...

Court overturns Ohio ban on rbST-free milk labeling

04-Oct-2010 By Caroline Scott-Thomas

A district court has overturned an Ohio state ban on the labeling of milk as free from artificial hormones, saying that there is a compositional difference between milk from cows treated with growth hormone and untreated cows.

Battle continues over labeling of rbST in milk

26-Mar-2008 By Chris Jones

Monsanto is continuing to fight attempts across the US to allow
milk produced from cows that have not received its Posilac growth
hormone to be labeled as such.

EDA not supporting UK farmers' 'fair trade' calls

05-Mar-2008 By Neil Merrett

Calls by a UK-based dairy cooperative for the implementation of a
"fair trade" style price system for the country's milk
farmers to avoid a potential supply crisis, have not been backed by
the European Dairy Association...

Proposed US hormone growth-milk law slammed

01-Feb-2008 By Neil Merrett

A new bill on milk labelling standards up for consideration in the
Indiana House of Representatives has come under criticism this week
by some organisations and producers, which claim it would prevent
informed consumer choice if passed.

Tesco raises the bar on milk prices

09-Mar-2007 By Chris Mercer

Milk producers in the UK have given a cautious welcome to milk
price rises announced by Tesco this week, in the latest development
on dairy farmer incomes.