Volume 17, Number 2 308 Idaho forests. Organic, locally sourced food is becoming an important industry in the state, where morel mushrooms sell for up to $20 per pound (p. 44). Idaho consumers are increasingly demanding organic food that is locally sourced and supports area farmers, and these prized fungi are highly valued by restaurants and consumers. Idaho is known for its potatoes, but it tu...

In 1997, the American Dairy Science Association established a conference series designed for open communication among academic and industry professionals on important topics in animal agriculture. Past conferences have discussed the need to preserve animal germplasm and the relevance of antibiotics in food animal production. Several past Discover Conferences have been related to milk production...

Improved building designs come from a better understanding of the behavioral needs of the dairy cow. The costs to provide for these needs in the facility must be offset by improved milk production, health, and longevity. Research is still required to more fully understand the health implications of many building design considerations and their impact on disease. Perhaps the most important end r...

Testing for coliforms has a long history in the dairy industry and has helped to identify raw milk and dairy products that may have been exposed to unsanitary conditions. Coliform standards are included in a number of regulatory documents (e.g., the U.S. Food and Drug Administration's Grade "A" Pasteurized Milk Ordinance). As a consequence, detection above a threshold of members of this method-...

*Corresponding Author: Email: [email protected] Tel: +267-3650100; Fax: +267-3928753 The study was conducted to characterize the dairy value chain and to identify challenges and opportunities for development of the dairy industry in Dire Dawa, Eastern Ethiopia. A total of nineteen key informants were interviewed using a structured questionnaire. Moreover, secondary data were used to augmen...

The Victorian Dairy Industry has an annual turnover of $5,125 million and produces over two thirds of the nation’s fresh milk and cheese, but what do we know about the health of the dairy men and women who drive this industry, and how can health professionals and industry assist them to focus on the health of the people involved in the farm business? The Sustainable Dairy Farm Families (SDFF) p...

The worldwide production of sheep milk was 9,246,922 tonnes in 2009, whereas dairy cows produced 583,401,740 tonnes (FAOSTAT, at http://faostat.fao.org; accessed July 2011). The dairy sheep production is based on the utilization of local breeds of small or moderate effective and well adapted to local conditions in the different Mediterranean countries. This peculiarity contrasts with the "Holst...

7he T economics i off introducing ultrafiltration (UF) ) into the Ontario i dairy industry is analyzed. . First, t, a partial budget is developed to determine feasibility off UF on the farm. . The budget indicates that the great majority off Ontario dairy farms are not large enough to capture the economies off size inherent in the new technology. l y. Second, , a location-allocation ll ti model...

The involvement of the pathogenic Shiga-toxin-producing Escherichia coli (STEC; also called verocytotoxic-producing E. coli or VTEC) in sporadic cases and disease outbreaks is presently increasing. Infrequent cases are due to ingestion of milk and dairy products. As ruminants are healthy carriers of STEC and most dairy products may provide these bacteria with favourable conditions for their gro...