Sunday Times & milk production

[KJL]

Anyone read this piece in today's times by AA Gill?

 

[a.n. other]

Any read this piece in today's times by AA Gill?


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Isn't this libellous?

 

[Clay52]

Average 22lt? Someone give those Holsteins some extra feed.

"The milk itself is low in fat...." We can't win, when it suits them people say milk is too high in fat, in this example it's too low in fat.

Love the last comment. "The overwealming driver is cost." Welcome to the real world.

 

[newholland]

Surely its very politically incorrect saying cowboys.....what about cow girls? # women in dairy

 

[buffalo_soldier]

He is lucky he isnt paid on quality.

 

[buffalo_soldier]

Average 22lt? Someone give those Holsteins some extra feed.

That could be a daily lifetime average, but it's very unlikely he would have a clue what that is.

 

[J B]

Although I didn't fully read the article, it was basically about a guy with a herd of Monty's (still looked like a lot of B&W's in there too) who was selling raw unpasteurised milk and it cured all the world's problems well, you know, that sort of article .... cows eat grass outside, so were therefore all happy and the milk tasted better.
The quoted bit in the OP was a sort of contradiction to the rest of the article, but maybe it was trying to say 'this guy's milk is great, all the rest if poison'!!

 

[Clay52]

Raw milk is "great" until kids die from drinking it.

 

[Bruce Almighty]

I read it yesterday, all that was good about it was undone with other comments.
The bloke hasn't got a clue

 

[Sid]

Raw milk is "great" until kids die from drinking it.

Its the fashion now. Some farmers in Cornwall trying to get support on faceache....in a tb hotspot selling raw milk. They must be off their rockers!

 

[Cowabunga]

My neighbouring dairy farm, who milk double the cows we do, has started bottling and retailing some raw milk off the farm. They can't wholesale it apparently, but can sell and deliver direct to the end user.
Some of my own milk goes to a multi-award winning artisan raw-milk cheese producer. I have supplied them for a few years now exclusively.

TB failure/breakdown would put a stop to this immediately of course. It is a big risk. More to me than the cheese producer or his customers. My customer can always find an alternative source of milk.

 

[Headless chicken]

My neighbouring dairy farm, who milk double the cows we do, has started bottling and retailing some raw milk off the farm. They can't wholesale it apparently, but can sell and deliver direct to the end user.
Some of my own milk goes to a multi-award winning artisan raw-milk cheese producer. I have supplied them for a few years now exclusively.

TB failure/breakdown would put a stop to this immediately of course. It is a big risk. More to me than the cheese producer or his customers. My customer can always find an alternative source of milk.

Gorwel? Or is there more of these people selling than I thought?

 

[jockthethistle]

Confirmed today Mueller putting non certified milk with co-op certified milk in same tanker in north east Scotland ... is this normal practice .. ??? Do the head honchos know that it happens at CO-OP and Mueller .. It's not quite a horse meat scandal but I do think its scandalous ... I'm Internet illiterate so could some one pass this on to a forum or site for discussion. jtt ...

 

[Cowabunga]

Gorwel? Or is there more of these people selling than I thought?

Penlanymor. They had a stand at the local seafood festival last weekend. So did my milk as it happens, in the multi-award winning cheese made from it. Teifi Cheese. They also had their gin and whisky on show and sale.

 

[Cowabunga]

Confirmed today Mueller putting non certified milk with co-op certified milk in same tanker in north east Scotland ... is this normal practice .. ??? Do the head honchos know that it happens at CO-OP and Mueller .. It's not quite a horse meat scandal but I do think its scandalous ... I'm Internet illiterate so could some one pass this on to a forum or site for discussion. jtt ...

What is "non certified milk"? Is it 'non farm assured' or is it milk from unlicensed producers, or what?

 

[Courier]

Confirmed today Mueller putting non certified milk with co-op certified milk in same tanker in north east Scotland ... is this normal practice .. ??? Do the head honchos know that it happens at CO-OP and Mueller .. It's not quite a horse meat scandal but I do think its scandalous ... I'm Internet illiterate so could some one pass this on to a forum or site for discussion. jtt ...

Nothing to get concerned about, when it gets to the dairy they have a clever device which separates it again

 

[bigw]

What is "non certified milk"? Is it 'non farm assured' or is it milk from unlicensed producers, or what?

It will be aligned producers milk being mixed with non aligned I would imagine.

 

[Cowabunga]

It will be aligned producers milk being mixed with non aligned I would imagine.

So what, for the benefit of those of us that aren't 'aligned' with anything as far as I know, is 'aligned milk'? Is it green? Is it low fat? Is it aligned with the Sirius constellation of stars? What?

 

[jockthethistle]

It's conning co-op customers into thinking supplies with co-op label on is paid for fairly. ... on farms with higher standards.... it's clearly not always the case ... All the rest of the supermarkets may not be involved in this dodgy r practice but you just don't know do you ... jtt

 

[Cowabunga]

Its not conning customers as much as conning the majority of producers into accepting a lower price.