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Reducing emissions from dairy cows
5+ hour, 38+ min ago (265+ words) Livestock production contributes between 11% and 19% of global greenhouse emissions. The largest source of these emissions is enteric methane, the gas produced during digestion as the feed ferments in the animal's stomach and is released mainly through burping. There are other…...
Food Friday 1/9/26: Cheese with Shaleena Bridgham, Mary Rizzo and John Fischer
5+ day, 16+ hour ago (177+ words) It's cheese time again! We welcome Shaleena Bridgham of Four Fat Fowl, retired CIA prof John Fischer and Mary Rizzo of The Cheese Traveler to answer your questions. Ray Graf hosts. Call at 2pm and talk cheese with us. 800-348-2551. Email: [email protected]....
Congress passes bill to get whole milk back in schools
4+ week, 1+ day ago (248+ words) On Monday, Congress passed a bill that would allow whole milk to once again be offered in public schools across the country, and the legislation has been a rare spot for bipartisan agreement. In 2010, Congress passed a law limiting the…...
Livestock and methane emissions
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (313+ words) The world's largest meat and dairy companies are responsible for emitting more methane than all the countries in the EU and the UK combined. The biggest meat company in the world, the Brazilian company JBS, accounts for nearly a quarter…...
What's the deal with electrolyte drinks — do you need them to stay hydrated?
5+ mon, 1+ week ago (954+ words) A classic 20-ounce bottle of lemon-lime Gatorade contains nearly one-eighth teaspoons of salt and 80 milligrams of potassium " electrolytes "to help replace what you sweat out," the product's ads say. Powerade, another top sports drink brand with flavors like Peach Pucker…...
Bill to limit the number of cows on New York dairy farms panned
7+ mon, 4+ day ago (588+ words) Upstate legislators and agricultural advocates are decrying a proposal in the New York State Legislature that would limit the size of dairy herds to 700 cows. The proposal would prohibit the Department of Environmental Conservation from "issuing or authorizing any permits…...
Proposed cap to NY farm expansions spark concerns from dairy industry
7+ mon, 1+ week ago (423+ words) A proposed bill in the New York State Senate would place a cap on herd numbers for farmers looking to make expansions. The proposal is already striking concerns for the state's largest agriculture sector. Dairy makes up nearly half of…...
Opportunity and unease as dairy farmers expand to supply fairlife, other new business
8+ mon, 3+ week ago (1422+ words) Farmers are investing millions in new facilities with the promise of growing markets. But tariffs and an immigration clamp down could stand in the way. Dairy farmers across Upstate New York are investing millions " building barns, adding cows, installing new,…...