milk production in cows

• Pa. Bans Hormone-Free Milk Labels

HARRISBURG, Pa. - Pennsylvania is stopping dairies from stamping milk containers with hormone-free labels in a precedent-setting decision being closely watched by the industry. Synthetic hormones have been used to improve milk production in cows for more than a decade. The chemical has not been detected in milk, so there is no way to test for its use, but a growing number of retailers have been selling and promoting hormone-free products in response to consumer demand.

• Charleston Gazette
• November 14, 2007

• Hormone-Free Claims Banned From Milk ; Strickland Rules That Labels Can't Make Unverified Statements About Rbst.

Gov. Ted Strickland on Thursday issued an emergency rule banning unverified milk labels that claim the milk comes from cows that were not given an artificial hormone. Monsanto sells recombinant bovine somatotropin to farmers, who use it to boost milk production in cows. A 2007 U.S. Department of Agriculture survey found 15 percent of U.S. dairy farms use the hormone, also called rbST.

• Dayton Daily News
• February 15, 2008

• Udder Nonsense About Milk

Milk occupies a special place in our lives and language. It has been dubbed "Nature's most perfect food," and we speak sentimentally of the "land of milk and honey" and the "milk of human kindness." Dairy products represent important nutrient sources in much of the world, containing calcium and high-quality protein. Fourteen years ago, after a lengthy review, the Food and Drug Administration approved a protein called recombinant bovine somatotropin (rbST), or bovine growth hormone, that stimulates milk production in dairy cows. ("Recombinant" indicates that the protein is made with gene-splicing techniques.) A cow's pituitary gland normally produces bST, one of a group of natural protein hormones that control milk production. (The gene-spliced and natural versions are functionally indis...

• The Washington Times
• September 03, 2008

• Milky cows, red tomatoes and human pigs.

The advances in genetic technology were responsible for increasing milk production in cows, lengthening the storage life of tomato and the development of pig organs that are similar to that of humans. However, despite these astounding discoveries, scientists and researchers still face the legal, moral and ethical implications of the research. Legislators should create more laws that will keep pace with these advances to protect human lives from possible catastrophes.

• State Legislatures
• Vol. 20 Nbr. 8, August 1994

• Technology Is New Helper Down On the Farm

AUGUSTA - Farmers and producers at the 70th annual Maine Agricultural Trades Show this week said technology has changed how farming is done in Maine. From computer microchips inside cows' collars that alert the farmer if milk production slacks off to global positioning systems that enable potato farmers to use less pesticides, technology is making Maine farms more efficient and saving precious profits.

• Bangor Daily News
• January 13, 2011

• Briefly

Kroger will switchto rBST-free milk ATLANTA - The Kroger Co. announced it will stop selling milk from dairy producers who use rBST, a hormone that boosts milk production in cows, by February.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• September 09, 2007

• 21 CFR 558.295 - Iodinated casein.

...(2) Dairy cows?(i) Amount per pound. 1/2 to 11/2 grams per 100 lb...(ii) Indications for use. For increased milk production in dairy cows. (iii) Limitations. This ...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs

• Augusta Facility Unfazed by Probe

Monsanto Co. said it is still on track to get its Augusta Posilac facility fully functional by 2005, despite quality-control problems that have arisen at its European plant. The company discovered that nine batches of the genetically engineered hormone, which boosts milk production in dairy cows, were contaminated during the manufacturing process at Sardoz Inc., the Austrian company Monsanto hires to produce the drug.

• Augusta Chronicle, The
• February 19, 2004

• U.S. Census Bureau Daily Feature for Feb. 18: A Flying Cow

WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 /U.S. Newswire/ -- Following is the daily "Profile America" feature for Feb. 18 from the U.S. Census Bureau: Profile America - Saturday, February 18th. One of the stranger firsts in aviation history occurred on this day in 1930, as part of the Saint Louis International Air Exposition. A dairy cow, named "Elm Farm Ollie," became the first bovine passenger to fly in an airplane. In fact, she was milked during the flight, and the milk was parachuted to the ground in paper containers. The event is celebrated each year by the Wisconsin Dairy Industry, second in the nation in terms of milk production, topped only by California. There are just over 9-million milk cows in the U.S. - most of them permanently grounded. Together, they produce more than 170-billion pounds ...

• U.S. Newswire
• February 17, 2006

• 21 CFR 558.355 - Monensin.

...: Reduced voluntary feed intake in dairy cows fed monensin. This reduction increases with higher...Reduced milk fat percentage in dairy cows fed monensin. This re...For increased milk production efficiency (production of marketable solids-correc...

• Code of Federal Regulations - Title 21: Food and Drugs