CHURCHVILLE, VA—My wife is complaining about our increased costs at the supermarket. I remind her that every pound of meat, milk, and butter we buy requires several pounds of corn to produce—and biofuel mandates have shoved the corn price up from about $ 2 per bushel to $3.60. Many hog producers, dairymen, and egg farms [...]
CHURCHVILLE, VA—Meat production has always been somewhat awkward, both for the farmer and the consumer as it always involves the death of the meat animals. Milk and eggs have meant “protective custody” for the dairy cows and laying hens.
As a farm kid, I learned early that the cute little piglets of the spring would [...]
CHURCHVILLE, VA—The global warming trade war has started—quietly, but just as surely as we knew it would. The Obama Administration is now subsidizing U.S. milk and cheese exports in a way that will punish New Zealand—which depends on its efficient grass-fed dairy exports for close to one-third of its total income. The reason? U.S. corn [...]
Alex Avery
Recently in his Animal and Dairy Sciences blog, Terry Etherton commented on the growing problem related to the pricing of dairy products marketed as “rbST-free” or “organic”. His own observations, he stated, were backed up by recent American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Surveys which showed that conventional dairy products are sold at much [...]
This segment, hosted by Morley Safer of 60 Minutes, illustrates the safety of milk produced by rbST-supplemented cows and its benefits to farmers. Featuring interviews with dairy farmers, Cornell University’s Dale Bauman and Ruth Kava from the American Council on Science and Health, this video has great educational value.
American Farm Review Video Segment on the [...]
