Read more dairy products stories on Newserhttp://www.newser.com/taggrid/20120/dairy-products.html2009 - Newseren-usNewser Feed GeneratorTue, 24 Nov 2009 6:11:07 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/70551/glut-of-heifers-enter-milk-flooded-dairy-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTimes are tough everywhere, but dairy farming, never the industry of millionaires, is reeling from a double-whammy of its own making. Three years ago, new semen-sorting technology allowed farmers to ensure nine out of 10 calves born were female (bull calves largely end up in McDonald's wrappers and the like)....http://www.newser.com/story/70551/glut-of-heifers-enter-milk-flooded-dairy-industry.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 29 Sep 2009 11:08:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/65445/got-milk-kids-who-eat-more-dairy-live-longer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA new study suggests that children who eat more dairy products live longer lives, the BBC reports. Researchers followed up a 1930s study of childhood diets and found that those who had diets rich in milk, butter, and cheese had lower mortality rates from strokes and other causes. The children...http://www.newser.com/story/65445/got-milk-kids-who-eat-more-dairy-live-longer.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 28 Jul 2009 7:06:52 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/47712/dairy-farmers-going-udders-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagDairy farmers are struggling to survive in the face of huge drops in the price they get for milk, the San Francisco Chronicle reports. Though grocery store prices have stayed relatively constant, farmers are now getting just $10 for each hundred pounds of milk they sell, down from $20 in...http://www.newser.com/story/47712/dairy-farmers-going-udders-up.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMon, 12 Jan 2009 16:48:00 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagAll Chinese products containing milk will be blocked at the US border until tests prove they're free of a widely used toxic contaminant, Bloomberg reports . The FDA is demanding independent testing to prove such products are not tainted with melamine like those which sickened 50,000 children in China. The...http://www.newser.com/story/42645/us-blocks-chinese-milk-products.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 14 Nov 2008 1:43:45 CSThttp://www.newser.com/story/38784/eat-less-or-the-icecaps-melt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTo avoid catastrophic global warming, people need to cut way down on their meat and dairy consumption, a new report on climate change says. Four modest servings of meat and about a quart of milk a week are all we should be consuming, the Guardian reports. And the report urges...http://www.newser.com/story/38784/eat-less-or-the-icecaps-melt.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagTue, 30 Sep 2008 13:21:27 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/37878/chinese-recall-milk-as-tainting-scandal-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagMilk from some of China's biggest dairies has been found to contain poisonous melamine, prompting authorities to clear shelves of dairy products, in addition to the earlier recall of tainted infant formula, the BBC reports. A watchdog group found the banned chemical in 10% of samples from three dairies, including...http://www.newser.com/story/37878/chinese-recall-milk-as-tainting-scandal-spreads.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 19 Sep 2008 10:55:01 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/32259/gift-cows-give-hope-to-kosovo-war-widows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagA Dutch organization is helping steer Kosovo's war widows toward a brighter future, Radio Free Netherlands reports. Many were left to fend for themselves after losing loved ones in the war against Serbia; now the Dutch group The Bridge is giving them cows to put food on the table and...http://www.newser.com/story/32259/gift-cows-give-hope-to-kosovo-war-widows.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagSat, 12 Jul 2008 20:28:00 CDThttp://www.newser.com/story/15579/cloned-meat-milk-near-nod.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagThe Food and Drug Administration is expected to clear the way for milk and meat from cloned animals to be sold in US supermarkets by declaring the products safe as early as next week, reports the Wall Street Journal. Cloning companies are poised to begin churning out animals once a...http://www.newser.com/story/15579/cloned-meat-milk-near-nod.html?utm_source=syn&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=tagFri, 04 Jan 2008 6:45:00 CST