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2006-06-20
Dairy 21 on quest to milk millions for research
New Zealand Herald, New Zealand - Jun 18, 2006 Fonterra was seeking to lift milk production by 3 per cent a year to position itself to take advantage of such global opportunities.
One major research task would be to find ways to improve feed for cows so that more milk could be produced. The goal was to lift the "metabolisable energy" of feed by 50 per cent. "Now it's going to cost a lot of money because this is a hard question to solve." But Fraser said they had to lift the productivity of current acreage under dairying "by a significant factor".

2006-06-19
Grass Fed Milk
Methuselah Foundation, DC - Jun 17, 2006 Like free range cheese, frolicking in the pasture, grass fed milk is the figment of some marketing intern's imagination. The fact
Like free range cheese, frolicking in the pasture, grass fed milk is the figment of some marketing intern's imagination. The fact is, the milk, which we use to make megamuffins, is the milk of grass fed cows. Do they really think we're going to believe that they feed grass to the milk?

2006-06-18
Holy cow! Old milk jugs make fine outdoor rugs
Arizona Republic, AZ - Jun 16, 2006 The rugs are made of polypropylene, a plastic product that, if it bears the recycled label, means it was made out of recycled plastic milk jugs.
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2006-06-16
Artists sought for Milk memorial
Bay Area Reporter, CA - 21 hours ago a call for artists to apply for a commission to design and fabricate a commemorative sculpture representing former Supervisor Harvey Milk for placement in City
The application deadline for artists is August 1. The competition is open to artists nationally. Three finalists will be selected by a panel established for the project and each will be awarded a design fee of $2,500 to produce an original proposal for the commemorate sculpture. Those designs, called maquettes, will then be displayed in City Hall for public viewing and comment, hopefully by the end of 2007.

2006-06-15
Sample preparation for analysis of calcium in milk
Processing Talk, UK - 1 hour ago Metrohm offers a unique inline sample preparation technique for the analysis of Calcium in milk using ion chromatography. Calcium
Calcium is an essential mineral in the human diet and is essential for strong bones and teeth as well as blood clotting, the transmission of nerve impulses and regulation of the heart's rhythm. Ninety nine percent of calcium in the human body is stored in blood and teeth with the remaining one percent found in blood and other tissues.

2006-06-14
Tanker Overturns, Spilling Milk Onto Highway
NBC 4.com, DC - 11 hours ago LANDOVER, Md. -- A tanker truck overturned Tuesday afternoon near FedEx Field, spilling gallons of milk onto the roadway. The crash
Fire spokesman Mark Brady said the milk spilled onto the roadway and into storm drains. Brady said officials from the Maryland Department of the Environment were on scene monitoring the cleanup.

2006-06-13
Grazing at center of organic milk debate
Wilkes Barre Times-Leader, PA - 22 hours ago SEATTLE � Anyone reading the label of an organic milk, butter or cheese container might get the impression the cows behind those products spend much of their
But there’s no telling how often the organic dairy cow leaves the milking shed, because current federal regulations are vague on the issue. A battle is raging in the industry over regulations that would specify how much time cows spend in pastures and how much of their food comes from grazing rather than feedlots.

1. Alert: can you really lose weight by drinking milk?
Yep, says the dairy industry whose ads promise a "trimmer tummy" by drinking milk. Other ads on Dr. Phil, Will & Grace and in People and ...

2. The Milk-Eyed Mender
The Milk-Eyed Mender, by Joanna Newsom (Drag City Records). New folk. Joanna Newsom''s sound has no reference point in singer-songwriter folk; she plays a Celtic harp and her songs shine with psyc

3. Q: what''s the difference between condensed milk and evaporated milk?
Q: What''s the Difference Between Condensed Milk and Evaporated Milk? A: Condensed milk is a sweet mixture that''s created when milk has half of its ...

4. Milk production expected to be up 3-5% in 2005
Milk production expected to be up 3-5% in 2005.

5. Study concludes milk consumption may lead to increased weight in teens
Study concludes milk consumption may lead to increased weight in teens.