Daily Freeman - Local milk finds market. Home:News:News:Business Business Local milk finds market By Patricia Doxsey 04/01/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Milk from farms in Columbia and Dutchess counties has made its way to Manhattan being sold under the Hudson Valley Fresh label. Home:News:News:Business Business Local milk finds market By Patricia Doxsey 04/01/2007 Email to a friendPost a CommentPrinter-friendly Milk from farms in Columbia and Dutchess counties has...

Thanks for the reply to my commentary - my point in adding the ethanol comment was to highlight the potential impact of supply and demand on animal feed sources - my understanding is that recent increases in costs of corn based cattle feed in the US are a result of increased use of corn in ethanol production. Thanks for the reply to my commentary - my point in adding the ethanol comment was to highlight the potential impact of supply and demand on animal feed sources - my understanding is...

Powell buys four gallons of milk every week for her four children, and even with milk prices expected to rise, she says she has no plans to cut back. Dairy economists predict the retail price of milk could rise as much as 30 cents a gallon a 9% jump by fall. Department of Agriculture forecast also predicts an increase in the price that processors pay farmers for raw milk. USDA nutritional guidelines recommend that most Americans drink 3 cups of skim or low-fat milk a day, or eat the...

Dairies may not call their milk "hormone-free," according to the FDA, because all cows milk contains natural hormones. Food and Drug Administration in 1993, rBST is a synthetic version of a hormone cows make naturally, and is used to boost milk production. However, the dairy began promoting itself as rBST-free only within the past year in response to consumer interest, she said. According to the FDA, it is "virtually identical" to somatotropin, a natural hormone that stimulates milk production.

Most American families need gasoline to drive their cars, and almost everyone has a gallon of milk somewhere in the refrigerator. But these two staples of American life, milk and gasoline, are getting more and more expensive with time. All this focus on fuel is costing more at the grocery store as well - That's right it's getting more and more expensive to buy a gallon of milk. Gas Prices, after a very short lived break, are once again on the rise nearing two dollars and seventy cents a...