Terry Etherton
Fix it.
That is what the dairy industry should do. The “stealing your milk money” ploy engineered by some in the cohort of dairy cooperatives, dairy processors and retailers to gouge consumers and cheat dairy producers by creating an organic-lite milk niche, rbST-free milk, continues. Read the rest of this entry »
Dale E Bauman
Liberty Hyde Bailey Professor
262 Morrison Hall
Department of Animal Science
Cornell University
Ithaca NY 14853-4801
Recently, there have been a number of comments on Dairy-L and occasionally a popular press article, which have proclaimed that Cornell University has developed a test for bST use in dairy cows; the articles have sometimes quoted Dr. R.C. Gorewit, the originator of the “test”, and referred to a 1997 patent he obtained for the test. These articles have led to a large amount of confusion: the following addresses some of the most frequently asked questions. Read the rest of this entry »
Chad Dechow
Assistant Professor of Dairy Cattle Genetics
Department of Dairy and Animal Science
The Pennsylvania State University
The evil “Big Oil” companies are under threat of legislation and Congressional investigation for profiteering because they dare to make an entire 9 to 10 pennies per gallon of gasoline. Imagine the fun Congress could have with the folks selling rbST-free milk. For a mere dollar or two extra, you can now buy a gallon of milk from cows not treated with rbST. Only don’t pretend you’re helping out the hard working farmers who milk non rbST-treated cows. They will receive little or none of that premium. Read the rest of this entry »
Terry Etherton
Anti-biotech activists continue their drum beat of: danger, danger, don’t drink milk because it has hormones, hormones….you will get cancer! The propaganda they have shoveled out linking milk insulin-like growth factor I (IGF-I - a naturally occurring protein hormone found in ALL milk) to an increased risk of cancer is an astonishing piece of nonsense. However, no problem - activist groups have never concerned themselves about basing their scare tactics on scientific facts. It saves time to just make it up! Read the rest of this entry »
