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  1. Postcards: Extreme heat threatens Italy’s Parmesan heartland

    SARA ROSSI and ORIANA BOSELLI, of Reuters, report on how heat is impacting the centuries-old Parmigiano Reggiano cheese…
    #Italy #Europe #Europa #EU #BankofParmigiano #dairyfarms #Emilia-Romagna #Extremeheat #Parma #ParmigianoReggiano #ParmigianoReggianoConsortium
    europesays.com/italy/32019/

  2. Daily Herald: Illinois grant helps preserve Elgin’s ‘Butter Capital’ legacy through digital archives. “The Gail Borden Public Library District recently announced that a vital piece of local heritage, The Elgin Dairy Reports (1892-1903), have become fully digitized and freely accessible. Following a year of meticulous preservation work funded by a state grant, this one-of-a-kind historical […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/06/04/daily-herald-illinois-grant-helps-preserve-elgins-butter-capital-legacy-through-digital-archives/
  3. Royal Irish Academy: The Butter Wrapper Collection. “The Butter Museum’s ‘butter wrapper’ collection showcases the array of wrappers that covered butter dairy produce, and date from the 1930s until around the 1980s. This collection highlights the evolution of butter packaging, featuring an array of vintage designs that reflect changing trends and cultural significance.”

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/04/05/royal-irish-academy-the-butter-wrapper-collection/
  4. Market Talk: Checkoff Launches Online Database To Help Farmers Find Grant Opportunities. “The dairy checkoff’s new online tool is designed to help dairy farmers and their advisors more easily identify grants and funding opportunities for conservation and on-farm improvements. The Funding Opportunities Database, available through the Dairy Conservation Navigator, organizes federal, state and […]

    https://rbfirehose.com/2026/03/19/market-talk-checkoff-launches-online-database-to-help-farmers-find-grant-opportunities/
  5. Night, all! 3am alarm for 4:15am milking. And what we call dry-off is tomorrow. It's the worst activity in the dairy every fortnight, as it measurably increases the amount of shit that has to be hosed away after milking, and involves both someone pregnancy-checking the animals - 40ish tomorrow - with the well-known hand up the cow's backside technique, and intra-udder application of preventive antibiotics for them (that will be my job).

    Dairy is *so* glamourous!

    #farming #dairyfarms

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