FDA Approves Elanco’s New, First-in-Class Methane-Reducing Feed Ingredient
Elanco Animal Health Incorporated recently announced that the FDA has completed its comprehensive, multi-year review of Bovaer® (3-NOP), a first-in-class methane-reducing feed ingredient, and determined the product meets safety and efficacy requirements for use in lactating dairy cattle. According to the company, Bovaer works by suppressing the enzyme in the cow’s rumen that forms methane. Feeding…
NewMoo Creates Casein in Plants for Crafting Moo-Free Cheese
Food-tech start-up NewMoo, Ltd. makes its debut in the “happy cow” space by using plant molecular farming (PMF) to produce casein proteins for making cheese. Caseins comprise about 80% of the proteins in dairy milk. The resulting product allows cheesemakers to deliver the same genuine cheese experience as traditional dairy cheese via a cost-effective, animal-free,…
European dairy farmers wheel plaster cows through Brussels to demand ‘fair’ milk prices
European dairy farmers took to the streets of Brussels with their tractors on Monday calling for better income for their produce. Farmers demonstrated under the slogan “Fair income for farmers now.” In contrast to previous demonstrations of angry farmers, the protests remained peaceful. https://www.yahoo.com/news/european-dairy-farmers-wheel-plaster-145231230.html? The protests took place as EU agriculture ministers met in the…
US dairy cows are tip of the iceberg as bird flu spreads in mammals globally, says ecologist
Health authorities are working to gather information on the spread of the H5N1 virus, or bird flu, in U.S. dairy cows—the first confirmation of the virus in cattle. “We have moved into new territory,” says Thomas Gillespie, professor and chair of Emory University’s Department of Environmental Sciences. The dairy cow infections are simply the latest…
Gen Z leads the trend in dairy consumption
Gen Z consumers, or those born between 1995 and 2009, are leading the trend in dairy product consumption in China, and those young consumers care about the functions and qualities of dairy products, a new report found. They have been paying particular attention to the nutritional content, source areas and environmentally friendly packaging of dairy…
Global dairy outlook is positive, says Rabobank :Searching for Equilibrium
The global dairy market may experience a slower price recovery than previously anticipated, particularly as China shows a reduced need for dairy imports, Rabobank says in recently-released sector research. But, despite this, the overall market outlook remains positive, the global specialist agribusiness bank says in its Q2 Global Dairy Quarterly, titled Searching for Equilibrium. The report…
Indonesia’s free school lunch and milk policy a ‘significant’ opportunity for Australian farmers
Australia’s dairy industry is licking its lips at the prospect of increased demand from Indonesia. One of the key policies for Indonesia’s president-elect, Prabowo Subianto, is to provide free lunches and milk to Indonesian school students. The program is set to begin next year at an estimated initial cost of over $11 billion (120 trillion…
Bird Flu (H5N1) Explained: Study Suggests Drinking Infected Milk Could Spread Disease
Here’s the latest news about a global outbreak of H5N1 bird flu that started in 2020, and recently spread among cattle in U.S. states and marine mammals across the world, which has health officials closely monitoring it and experts concerned the virus could mutate and eventually spread to humans, where it has proven rare but…
Dairy Milk, Oreo maker Mondelez slapped with $366mn antitrust fine
Mondelez, the maker of Oreo, Cadbury Dairy Milk chocolate and Toblerone, has been slapped with a fine of €337.5 million ($366 million) by the European Union on Thursday (May 23), its ninth-largest antitrust fine. This development comes at a time when food costs are a major concern for European households. The fine has been imposed…
Second human case of bird flu linked to dairy cows found in Michigan
A second person in the U.S. has been infected with bird flu linked to dairy cows, the Michigan Department of Health and Human Services reported Wednesday. The person, a farmworker who had regular exposure to infected livestock, had mild symptoms and has recovered, the health department said. “The current health risk to the general public remains low,” Dr. Natasha…