Improving Milk Quality for Dairy Goat Farm Development

Microbiological Quality of Goat Milk Obtained

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Improving Health Care for Spanish-Speaking Rural Dairy Farm Workers.

BACKGROUND Dartmouth Geisel Migrant Health (DGMH) is a medical student group that provides on-site health services for Spanish-speaking dairy workers in rural Vermont and New Hampshire in conjunction with a federally qualified health center (FQHC). STUDY OBJECTIVE This project was undertaken to evaluate and improve the services provided by DGMH and the FQHC and to refine understanding of the ...

Evaluation of Chemical and Bacteriological Quality of Raw Milk from Neudamm Dairy Farm in Namibia

Retail Dairy Prices Fluctuate With the Farm Value of Milk

Farm milk prices tend to be volatile. Dairy farmers, industry pundits, and policymakers further tend to react to price volatility with alarm. One point of concern is the response of retail prices. This study investigates farm-to-retail price transmission in the 2000s for whole milk and cheddar cheese. Results show that price shocks at the farm gate are transmitted with delay and asymmetry to re...

On Farm Pasteurizer Management for Waste Milk Quality Control

Increased value of proteins for calf diets has caused many to consider the utilization of waste milk as a source of nutrition for the growing calf. Waste milk is comprised of transition milk from cows during the first three days after calving and that collected from cows treated with antibiotics or removed from the milking string due to other illness. Surveys from Wisconsin and results from fie...