Stories Tagged as
Milk
Why a food scientist is trying to make powdered breast milk
by
Joy Díaz
Feb 20, 2017
Donated breast milk in liquid form can be expensive because it needs to be to be screened for disease and drugs, and then stored. One way to address this may be a technique called "spray-drying."
Dairy farmers see organic label as a way to pay the bills
Sep 27, 2016
The organic market's stable pricing is appealing to some dairy farmers.
Eggs are so cheap, the U.S. is stepping in to buy some
by
Annie Baxter
Sep 2, 2016
A 1935 program authorizes the U.S.D.A's purchase of excess commodities, like eggs.
As breast milk becomes a commodity, donations drop
Feb 9, 2015
Local non-profit milk banks say shortages are causing them to turn patients away.
What bottles of milk tell you about the farm bill
by
Queena Kim
Jan 9, 2014
As the negotiations in Congress continue on the massive farm bill, what impact does the government’s price controls of milk really have?
For public good, not for profit.
California cheese creates a problem for California dairies
Sep 24, 2013
California's pricing system for milk gives cheese makers the lowest price for milk -- a holdover from the Depression era, when making cheese was a way to use up surplus milk. But now cheese makers are dairies' biggest customers, and still get the low price.
Rising milk prices affect foods from pizza to nachos
by
Eve Troeh
Oct 10, 2012
Many dairy farmers culled their herds because of high feed prices caused by the drought, reducing the supply of milk. Price increases will flow through many food products beyond a carton of milk.
Milk consumption at lowest in decades
by
Amy Scott
Sep 6, 2012
Americans are drinking less milk as sports drinks, water and other beverages pour it on.