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2007-06-26 | permalink
U.S. dairies to require farmers to quit rbST
Lebanon County dairy farmer Daniel Brandt had a shock June 13 when the milk inspector stopped by with some news. According to Brandt, the inspector told him that beginning Oct. 1, Swiss Premium Dairy (formerly Wengert’s) will be requiring all its producers to supply 100 percent of its milk without using rbST. Brandt, of Annville, had already heard that Rutter’s Dairy in York had notified its farmers of similar news. But Brandt said the announcement from Swiss Premium came ”out of the blue.” At a meeting last December, he said, the Dean Foods-owned company told farmers it wouldn’t require them to give up the production-boosting hormone.
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2007-06-26 | permalink
U.S. dairies to require farmers to quit rbST
Lebanon County dairy farmer Daniel Brandt had a shock June 13 when the milk inspector stopped by with some news. According to Brandt, the inspector told him that beginning Oct. 1, Swiss Premium Dairy (formerly Wengert’s) will be requiring all its producers to supply 100 percent of its milk without using rbST. Brandt, of Annville, had already heard that Rutter’s Dairy in York had notified its farmers of similar news. But Brandt said the announcement from Swiss Premium came ”out of the blue.” At a meeting last December, he said, the Dean Foods-owned company told farmers it wouldn’t require them to give up the production-boosting hormone.
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