Food and Farms Immigration Workers

2010-03-15T00:30:33Z

In this photo taken March 9, 2010, Clement Gervais stands near dairy cows at the Gervais Family Farm in Bakersfield, Vt. The farm was among five dairy farm operations targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented foreign farm workers where Clement Gervais says he believed three of his workers cited as unemployable had proper documentation. (AP Photo/Alden Pellett)

Vermont dairy farmer who was among those targeted in a federal crackdown on undocumented workers says he thought three illegal workers had proper documentation.</p><p>Clement Gervais believes his family's farm has been cleared following the November inspection by immigration officials, bu...

Food and Frams Dairies to Vineyards

2010-03-03T09:34:19Z

Bare vines are seen at the Hopkins Vineyard in Warren, Conn., Thursday, Feb. 11, 2010. The land on which grapes are now grown, was once a dairy farm. (AP Photo/Jessica Hill)

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Cows to chardonnay: Can Conn. dairy farms change?

2010-03-03T02:15:25Z

<div id="subtitle">Cows to chardonnay: Can dwindling Conn. dairy farms convert to grape-growing and winemaking?</div><div><p>A winter breeze rustles through the brittle and dormant vines twisting along the hills of Bill Hopkins' vineyard, the latest transformation of a Connecticut farm that since 1786 has been keeping up with changing agriculture, markets and cons...

Denmark Climate Cow Power

2010-03-01T10:18:40Z

FILE - In this March 11, 2009 file photo, a line of Holstein dairy cows feed through a fence at a farm outside Jerome, Idaho. The United States is counting on cows to help reduce its carbon footprint. U.S. Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, in Copenhagen, announced a plan Tue...

Udderly awesome Holstein sets production record

2010-02-22T08:08:01Z

&lt;div id="subtitle"&gt;Udderly awesome Holstein sets milk production record with 8,400 gallons of milk in one year&lt;/div&gt;&lt;div&gt;&lt;p&gt;This Holstein is more than just another udder in the herd. The cow from the Ever-Green-View Farm in eastern Wisconsin has set a new national milk production record. A Holstein tagged number 1326 in Waldo has pumped out about 8,400 gallons...

Maine dairy farmers put new organic milk on market

2010-02-22T09:06:38Z

<div id="subtitle">10 struggling Maine dairy farmers unite to put new organic product, MOOMilk, in supermarkets</div><div><p>Maine dairy farmers hope their new organic milk, called MOOMilk, becomes as popular among natural-food buffs as Maine lobster is among seafood lovers.</p><p>Ten dairy farmers formed Maine's Own New Zealand</div><div><p>New Zealanders who for decades have endured jokes about being outnumbered 20-to-1 by sheep have a new farm animal majority to worry about: cows.</p><p>A record 5.8 million dairy cattle were counted in the year ended June 2009,

Tainted milk shows China's food safety challenges

2010-02-22T12:00:59Z

<div id="subtitle">Tainted milk resurfaces in China, pointing to perennial food safety challenges: experts</div><div><p>The resurfacing of tainted milk products in China highlights the challenges of policing the food supply in a country where close ties between local authorities and companies hamper regulation while producers are undertrained, experts said Thursday.</p><p&gt...

Hope returns after year of steep US dairy losses

2010-02-22T12:25:13Z

<div id="subtitle">Milk price for US dairy farmers nudges upward, boding well after devastating losses of 2009</div><div><p>Only months ago, dairy producers were slaughtering an average of 50,000 dairy cows a week because a milk glut made it impossible to sell their milk for what it cost to produce. Now, with prices improving, dairy farmers are reversing course, saying they'll produc...

A Guide to Dairy Property Purchase and Management

2010-02-22T14:09:30Z

Buying a dairy farm is one investment you would want to make. Considered an unorthodox form of real estate, it is one that can afford the owner sums of money in return. A well run dairy farm can be able to supply the owner with sustainable cash. If the owner decides to resell it, much profit awaits him. Given all these qualities of dairy investment, how does one buy and manage a dairy farm.<br><br>Unlike routine real estate properties, a dairy farm presents it sown...

Video inspires call for NY cow tail-docking ban

2010-02-22T14:29:55Z

<div id="subtitle">Video shot at central NY farm inspires call for ban on tail-docking for dairy cows</div><div><p>An animal-rights group released a video Tuesday showing an upstate New York farm worker lopping off a calf's tail and burning off its budding horns as the animal moans and struggles frantically to escape, prompting a state lawmaker to propose that Beijing Reclamation with their own advantages, clearly stated, "hold high the banner of agricultural character," to create improved varieties of livestock and poultry industries of China's first brand, the implementation of the "three docking" development strategy, Beijing Reclamation varieties of livestock and poultry industry has expanded rapidly and levels have been increasing rapidly, h...

Farm Scene Seeking Help

2009-12-28T00:15:59Z

In this photo taken Saturday, Dec. 12, 2009, dairy farmer Joe Tidd, center, and his son Ned work in the milking parlor at their farm in Owasco, N.Y. (AP Photo/Kevin Rivoli)

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Animal welfare victories prompt farmers' PR moves

2010-02-23T11:23:04Z

<div id="subtitle">Legislative successes by the Humane Society of the US prompt farmers to launch PR offensive</div><div><p>Consumers have been led for years to believe California cows are happy, which is why many were sickened when images surfaced of a washed-up milker, too weak to stagge...

Farm Scene Animal Rights

2009-12-25T08:51:21Z

FILE - In this Jan. 10, 2009 file photo, Holstein cows wait in the milking parlor 9 in Turlock, Calif. Consumers have been led for years to believe California cows are happy, which is why many were sickened when images surfaced of a washed-up milker, too weak to stagger to slaughter, rolled, pushed and run over by a forklift operator. The suffering cow covertly taped by the USDA outlines plan to make emergency payments to struggling dairy farmers</div><div><p>Giving a boost to struggling dairy producers, the Agriculture Department said Thursday it plans to dole out one-time payments to farmers.</p><p>The USDA's announcement of the new Dairy Economic Loss Assistance Payment ...

USDA to give dairy farmers special subsidy payment

2010-02-23T14:37:35Z

<div><p>WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Struggling U.S. dairy farmers, who have seen milk prices plunge 30 percent since 2008, will receive a one-time subsidy payment, the U.S. Agriculture Department said on Thursday.</p><p>Milk producer...

US counting on cows to reduce emissions

2010-02-23T15:43:44Z

<div id="subtitle">Cows to the rescue: US announces plan to reduce dairy methane emissions 25 percent by 2020</div><div><p>The United States is counting on cows to save the planet.</p><p>U.S. Secretary Tom Vilsack announced an agreement with the American dairy industry Tuesday to reduce the industry's g...

Dairy Farming

2010-02-23T16:46:25Z

Dairy farming is a class of agricultural, or an animal husbandry, enterprise, for long-term production of milk, usually from dairy cows but also from goats and sheep, which may be either processed on-site or transported to a dairy factory for processing and eventual retail sale.<br><br>Most dairy farms sell the male calves born by their cows, usually for veal production, or breeding depending on quality of the bull calf, rather than raising non-milk-producing stock...

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