Do #meat and #dairy #subsidies make them much cheaper?

According to Hannah Ritchie, not really.

"Across the #EU #US, and global modelling, removing direct subsidies would likely raise retail meat prices by well under 5%, and often closer to 1% or 2%. This drop would not be enough to change the economics relative to meat substitutes."

Important to make the difference between direct and indirect subsidies. The post is below

https://substack.com/home/post/p-187361400

Do #meat and #dairy #subsidies make them much cheaper?

According to Hannah Ritchie, not really.

"Across the #EU #US, and global modelling, removing direct subsidies would likely raise retail meat prices by well under 5%, and often closer to 1% or 2%. This drop would not be enough to change the economics relative to meat substitutes."

Important to make the difference between direct and indirect subsidies. The post is below

https://substack.com/home/post/p-187361400

#America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.
Guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance programs and #schoollunches.Significant focus on #meat and whole-fat #dairy. Both can be high in #saturatedfat, which can increase risk of #cardiovasculardisease—leading cause of death in #US.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1130905/americas-diet-guidelines-ignore-scientific-research-red-meat-beef-tallow/
https://archive.ph/4jGJJ

#America’s new dietary guidelines ignore decades of scientific research
An emphasis on fruit, vegetables, and whole foods is welcome—but it’s wrong to suggest steak and beef tallow should be prominent.
Guidelines are a big deal—they influence food assistance programs and #schoollunches.Significant focus on #meat and whole-fat #dairy. Both can be high in #saturatedfat, which can increase risk of #cardiovasculardisease—leading cause of death in #US.
https://www.technologyreview.com/2026/01/08/1130905/americas-diet-guidelines-ignore-scientific-research-red-meat-beef-tallow/
https://archive.ph/4jGJJ

The Bakewell Bakery recalls Shallow Brandy Mince Pies because of undeclared milk

For full details go to https://www.food.gov.uk/news-alerts/alert/fsa-aa-85-2025

#recall #FoodStandardsUK #FSA #TheBakewellBakery #milk #dairy

I’m trying to give up #dairy in my #coffee and the non-dairy substitutes don’t really do it for me. But I stumbled on something I like that’s cheap, good, and actually good for the body: a tablespoon of flax oil. The earthy flavor is very compatible with coffee and it gives the cup a wonderful silky mouthfeel. I’ve learned to ignore the oil slick at the top of the cup. It goes down gradually with the rest of the coffee even though they don’t really mix in the cup.

Interesting thing of the day was getting some insight from the business owner of the farm I work at how the various bits of the business hang together - 2 dairies, calf breeding for beef, holstein, and wagyu, cropping, rotational grazing and crops chosen, how many calves per year, how long they spend on each property and what for, milk solids yield on a seasonal basis and quality thereof, pregnancy success from AI (the good kind, not the dumb computer kind) program, sale rates, semen and bloodline import sources, water rights and licenses and percentage usage of that water to ensure compliance, plus water and dairy solid waste reuse.

Thing I was most fascinated by was the aggregation and normalisation of data from two sources (dairy management software and breeding management software) and seeing deep data dance in PowerBI.

Don't anyone ever think that a successful agricultural business isn't complex and that farming is hicks chewing on a grass stalk.

I've made it clear (I hope) to the owner that I'd jump at the chance to spend a little time working in different parts of the business to get better insight into how everything moves.

#dairy #DairyFarming #agriculture #agribusiness

Interesting thing of the day was getting some insight from the business owner of the farm I work at how the various bits of the business hang together - 2 dairies, calf breeding for beef, holstein, and wagyu, cropping, rotational grazing and crops chosen, how many calves per year, how long they spend on each property and what for, milk solids yield on a seasonal basis and quality thereof, pregnancy success from AI (the good kind, not the dumb computer kind) program, sale rates, semen and bloodline import sources, water rights and licenses and percentage usage of that water to ensure compliance, plus water and dairy solid waste reuse.

Thing I was most fascinated by was the aggregation and normalisation of data from two sources (dairy management software and breeding management software) and seeing deep data dance in PowerBI.

Don't anyone ever think that a successful agricultural business isn't complex and that farming is hicks chewing on a grass stalk.

I've made it clear (I hope) to the owner that I'd jump at the chance to spend a little time working in different parts of the business to get better insight into how everything moves.

#dairy #DairyFarming #agriculture #agribusiness

The climate crisis demands accountability from Big Ag, just as it does from Big Oil.

Let's #StopBigAg:

https://www.greenpeace.org/international/act/stop-big-meat-and-dairy/

#RoastingThePlanet #AgroecologyNow #BigAg #meat #dairy #food

As someone who works in the dairy industry, I’m telling you: don’t drink raw milk unless you’re keen on getting sick.

There’s nothing specifically wrong or bad about raw milk, but unless your gut has been conditioned to the biota in it over a long period, you probably won’t handle it. At best you’ll get a nasty case of the runs, at worst, a bacterial infection that will put you in the hospital.

There’s a reason processors pasteurised milk.

#dairy #milk
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/raw-milk-trend-worries-experts/105636166?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

As someone who works in the dairy industry, I’m telling you: don’t drink raw milk unless you’re keen on getting sick.

There’s nothing specifically wrong or bad about raw milk, but unless your gut has been conditioned to the biota in it over a long period, you probably won’t handle it. At best you’ll get a nasty case of the runs, at worst, a bacterial infection that will put you in the hospital.

There’s a reason processors pasteurised milk.

#dairy #milk
https://www.abc.net.au/news/2025-10-19/raw-milk-trend-worries-experts/105636166?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=other

Everything old is new again. Tilba milk in refillable 1l bottles at the co-op in Bega. 😊

#food #dairy