Dairy

New Mexico dairies are objecting to the proposed groundwater protection requirements. The industry contends the proposals are so costly up to half of the state’s dairies would go out of business or move. …

The Department of Agriculture today announced that the permit for Pasture Maid Creamery in New Castle, Lawrence County, to sell raw milk for human consumption was suspended April 5 after testing found Campylobacter in its raw milk samples. Raw milk is milk that has not been pasteurized. …

Lifeway Foods, makers of the nutritious probiotic beverage Kefir, has been called the “best dairy-based smoothie” in a blind taste-test performed by the May 2010 issue of Consumer Reports, a large monthly magazine that publishes reviews and comparisons of consumer products and services. …

Crystal Dairy products are in most refrigerators in western Nevada County,
but few people know the owners of the distribution center in Grass Valley’s
Whispering Pines business park make their products available in quantity to
consumers. The following is an interview with owners Rob Angell and Chuck
Callahan. …

Saratoga Cheese Corp., the start-up company planning a $41 million
cheese manufacturing plant at the industrial park in Aurelius, NY has made a 10
percent down payment and is moving forward with development plans, Stephen
Lynch, director of the Cayuga County Department of Planning and Economic
Development told county legislators Tuesday. …