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Blaithin

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Livestock Farmer
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Alberta
Whats the fascination with raw milk ? Its a time bomb waiting to go off if you ask me, pasteurisation was invented for good reason no ? few deaths from Salmonella and or TB will end raw milk thing.
Recent study in America shows raw milk issues have decreased by quite a bit. I think especially in states where it’s legal. They figure better knowledge has helped. Both by producers and consumers.

Still more likely to get ill from lettuce.
 

yin ewe

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Livestock Farmer
Location
Co Antrim
Whats the fascination with raw milk ? Its a time bomb waiting to go off if you ask me, pasteurisation was invented for good reason no ? few deaths from Salmonella and or TB will end raw milk thing.

We started using our own milk about 3 years ago when I happened to see a grocery bill and saw that the missus was spending over a fiver a week on white water and I was getting about 18p a litre for it. Our youngest has got it from she was 6 months old, much to the horror of the health visitor, thankfully none of us have died yet.
You also have to remember that on farm cooling is now better than it was years ago. Our milk goes through a plate cooler and hits the tank at about 9/10c.
 

roscoe erf

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Livestock Farmer
Recent study in America shows raw milk issues have decreased by quite a bit. I think especially in states where it’s legal. They figure better knowledge has helped. Both by producers and consumers.

Still more likely to get ill from lettuce.
bloody lettuces are dangerous i mean they sank the titanic
 

puppet

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
Cooling will not kill off salmonella campylobacter and e coli. Illegal in scotland to sell raw milk since a massive salmonella outbreak in Keith in the 80's killed some and left others with long-term arthritis. No cases since the ban. Any claims for a health benefit is simply rubbish.
Young children die or are left with kidney failure from e coli infections. Hygiene helps but not failsafe.
 

Hilly

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Cooling will not kill off salmonella campylobacter and e coli. Illegal in scotland to sell raw milk since a massive salmonella outbreak in Keith in the 80's killed some and left others with long-term arthritis. No cases since the ban. Any claims for a health benefit is simply rubbish.
Young children die or are left with kidney failure from e coli infections. Hygiene helps but not failsafe.
I think this raw milk craze will end in tears and id bet its children that end up suffering most.
 

puppet

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Livestock Farmer
Location
sw scotland
Back on topic please. An article from the local paper. The farm has been organic for some years. The ice cream business and visitor centre is very busy so the milk gets lots of added value. The tenancy must be very long-term going by the amount of buildings in the past 20 years so not sure why the bank is not doing the cash flow cover.
 

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coomoo

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Back on topic please. An article from the local paper. The farm has been organic for some years. The ice cream business and visitor centre is very busy so the milk gets lots of added value. The tenancy must be very long-term going by the amount of buildings in the past 20 years so not sure why the bank is not doing the cash flow cover.
This tenancy farm thing has me perplexed. In all my years traveling this is the first I’ve ever heard different from them owning it, and knowing the area so well can’t even think who it’s tenanted from. Not wanting to say it’s wrong but...... odd
 
This tenancy farm thing has me perplexed. In all my years traveling this is the first I’ve ever heard different from them owning it, and knowing the area so well can’t even think who it’s tenanted from. Not wanting to say it’s wrong but...... odd
A company that is in a separate name for when it all goes tits up?
 
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