Reader letter questions safety of dairy cows injected with growth hormone
Wisconsin readers debate consumer acceptance or rejection of milk from cows given bovine growth hormone BGH. Critics warn BGH raises milk output but stressed cows suffer liver and metabolic disorders, lameness and infections, increasing antibiotic residues and food safety risks. They compare to toxins in breast milk and call for caution amid a milk glut.
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Wisconsin
University of Wisconsin
Reader dispute over Colby cheese branding labels
A reader writes to the editor supporting the Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association and James Eggebrecht in the cheese labeling controversy. They argue big firms use advertising to mislead consumers into preferring branded products, while praising Welcome Dairy and warning that large companies may undermine Colby’s reputation by associating it with their brands.
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Eggebrecht
Colby
Faith in co-ops is stone cold dead for a dairy farmer
A milk buyout dispute leaves a co-op member furious at lack of support from local regional and national directors. He urges a united co-op action to pressure the secretary of agriculture as dairy farmers continue to lose millions each month while he laments his faith in co-ops.
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United States
Secretary of Agriculture
SSI Expands Permanent Special Benefits For Workers
Eau Claire reports a permanent expansion of Special SSI Benefits also known as 1619 a Benefits. The change removes the substantial gainful activity hurdle and allows continued payments and medical assistance for disabled workers earning over $300 monthly, with benefits continuing indefinitely if medical recovery is not reached.
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Wisconsin Cheesemakers Association
James Eggebrecht
Welcome Dairy
SSI
Eau Claire
Congress
Raw
Ene Hydro
Side Hill Hydro
Curtis Brothers & Co
HAY & Fora Gehl
GEHL
Al'mac
Broyhill
Swing Tuna
Nei ‘Eds
Oliver
Lawn & Garden
Bm Bahls Motor & Implement , Inc
ITI
10Th & Vermillion Streets
Hastings
Minnesota
Watertown
National Dairy Cattle
Hales Corners
Travis Calf Milk, Inc
Christie
Neillsville
Travis-4
Travis
Lawrence Anibas
Alma Center
Richard Baskin
Eau Galle
Jack Cutter
Conrath Elmdale Cheese Factory, Inc
Greenwood
Dennis Glocke
Manawa
Allan Hazuga
Stanley Lorn Ketter
Campbellsport
Tom Klinger
Medford
Kevin Ladsten
Blair James Ruggles
Withee
Loyal
Sharon Stencil
Athens
Lloyd Stankel
Hawkins Dean Swanson
New Auburn
Brian Weis
Roberts
H.p
HAY
Sharp Badger International, Inc
West Stewart Ave
Wausau
Paulson
Nice
Ford
Universal Innes Universal
Rotary Mower
Abbotsford
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