Correction: Cheese championships story

2010-03-20T11:15:22Z

<div id="subtitle">Correction: Cheese championships story</div><div><p>In a story March 18 about the World Championship Cheese Contest, The Associated Press, relying on information from the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, reported erroneously the winning cheesemaker's surname. His name is

Cheese Championships

2010-03-18T14:01:55Z

Judges Stan Dietsche, left, Bill Schlinsog, John Umhoefer, executive director of the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association, Robert Aschebrock and Tim Czmowski pose for a photograph after a Gruyere by Cedric Fragniere of ...

Winners in 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest

2010-03-18T12:15:29Z

<div id="subtitle">Winners in 2010 World Championship Cheese Contest</div><div><p>The 2010 World Cheese Championship Cheese Contest concluded Thursday with the crowning of the world champion in Madison, Wis. Here's a list of the top three finishers, along with the winning cheese producer in each of the 79 categories judged. The list includes the state or country of origin.</p><p>World Champi...

Travel Trip Driving the Americas

2010-03-15T10:18:51Z

In this photo taken Feb. 24, 2010, shown is the cheese market Nicolas Rapp visited in Cusco, Peru as drives through the country. (AP Photo/Nicolas Rapp)

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Dean Foods 4Q profit falls on higher expenses

2010-02-22T10:20:03Z

<div id="subtitle">Dean Foods shares tumble as costs drag down 4th-quarter profit, 1st-quarter comps challenging</div><div><p>Shares of Dean Foods Co. tumbled 14 percent Wednesday after the nation's biggest dairy company said higher operating costs dragged down its fourth-quarter profit and issued a weak forecast for the coming year.</p><p>Dean F...

China Tainted Milk

2010-02-03T22:45:18Z

FILE - In this Oct. 16, 2008 file photo, workers check for industrial chemical melamine in milk products in a lab of Yili Industrial Group Co., one of China's largest dairy producers, in Hohhot, north China's Inner Mongolia region. Three dairy plant managers and one milk powder deale...

Feds file antitrust suit against Dean Foods

2010-02-22T16:21:16Z

<div id="subtitle">Justice Dept. files antitrust suit against Dean Foods over milk sales to schools, stores</div><div><p>The Justice Department filed an antitrust lawsuit against the nation's largest dairy company Friday, alleging that Dean Foods Co. purchased a smaller dairy company in

Get the Classy Cheese Cloth- Fine Weave

2010-02-22T20:02:52Z

Home Cheese Making<br>Why make cheese at home?<br><br>For the person who enjoys canning, home brewing beer and wine, or pickling, home cheese making is a hobby that they should consider trying. Making cheese at home is surprisingly easy and most people don?t realize that they have everything they need right in their own home kitchens. For many people who have turned to making their own cheese at home, they have discovered that the process is no more d...

Get Rennet For Both Vegetarians & Non Vegetarians

2010-02-23T00:17:39Z

What is Rennet?<br>Rennet is a complex of natural enzymes which is used in the manufacturing of cheeses. It?s produced in the stomachs of mammals and its primary function is the digestion of mother?s milk. Rennet contains several enzymes, one of which is protease which coagulates the milk and then separates into curds and whey (solids and liquids respectively). Chymosin or Rennin is the active enzyme, but lipase and pepsin are other important enzymes also found in rennet. Additi...

ConAgra sues Dean Foods over Swiss Miss trademark

2010-02-23T07:35:19Z

<div><p>NEW YORK (Reuters) - ConAgra Foods Inc &lt;CAG.N&gt; has sued Dean Foods Co &lt;DF.N&gt;, saying the dairy processor's Swiss Premium teas infringe its trademark for 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 ...

Vermont AG seeks clues on dairy monopoly claims

2010-02-23T16:01:08Z

<div id="subtitle">Vermont's attorney general urges farmers to give proof of milk processors' antitrust practices</div><div><p>Vermont's attorney general said Monday he wants more information from dairy farmers who say they have been squeezed by milk processors, and that he will review whether to take action or ask federal authorities to investigate the alleged anticompetitive activity.</p><p>China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited (China Mengniu) is a Hong Kong based company engaged in the business of manufacturing dairy products. The company, through its subsidiaries manufactures and distributes quality dairy products in China...

China executes two over tainted milk scandal

2010-02-24T01:11:31Z

<div><p>China executed two men on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal last year that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said.</p><p>Zhang Yujun and Geng Jinping had been sentenced to death earlier this year by a court i...

China executes two over tainted milk scandal: state media

2010-02-24T01:22:53Z

<div><p>Two men were executed in China on Tuesday for their roles in a contaminated milk powder scandal that led to the deaths of at least six infants and sickened up to 300,000, state media said.</p><p>The men had been sentenced to death earlier this year by a court in the northern city of Shijiazhuang for producing and selling toxic ingredien...

Researchers use ice cream to combat cancer effects

2010-02-24T12:55:59Z

<div><p>WELLINGTON (Reuters Life!) - New Zealand scientists are developing an ice cream that is so good for you, it could come with a doctor's prescription.</p><p>Researchers at the University of Auckland are working with dairy giant Fonterra to cr...

Czech farmers protest low milk prices

2010-02-24T12:37:02Z

<div id="subtitle">Farmers spray milk onto fields across Czech Republic to protest low prices</div><div><p>Farmers sprayed milk onto fields across the Czech Republic on Thursday to protest low prices.</p><p>Agriculture authorities said farmers planned to dump up to 500,000 liters (132,000 gallons) of milk, or 7 percent of their daily production.</...

Study: Idaho dairy counties weathering recession

2010-02-24T13:41:17Z

<div id="subtitle">Industry-funded Idaho univ study: Recession in dairy counties not as bad as other rural areas</div><div><p>The communities found in the heart of the Idaho dairy industry are, amid falling milk prices, weathering the recession better than other rural regions of the state, a new industry-funded University of Idaho...

Milk prices in Pa. get a boost to help farmers

2010-02-24T15:37:27Z

<div id="subtitle">Pa. milk prices get a boost to help hurting farmers; a gallon of milk to rise by a few cents</div><div><p>The Pennsylvania Milk Marketing Board is temporarily boosting the minimum price of milk across the state by a few cents a gallon to soothe hurting dairy farmers.</p><p>The three-member board vo...

Dairy industry hits NY House candidate over slogan

2010-02-24T16:08:28Z

<div id="subtitle">Got slogan? Dairy industry lashes NY House candidate for using famous advertising phrase</div><div><p>Got trademark?</p><p>The dairy industry is criticizing the Democratic candidate in New York's 23rd Congressional District race for using the famous slogan "Got milk?" in a political ad.</p><p>The

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