Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 A large corporation that controls many dairies in New Zealand has just bought into the Easi Yo yogurt making business. They are now requiring all their dairy members to convert to A2 milk. They must begin using only A2 bull semen with the next breeding cycle. Within a short time, 90% of the milk solids used in the Easi Yo yogurt kits will be for A2 cows. Read the story at: http://www.stuff.co.nz/timaruherald/4690836a6435.html Genebo Paradise Farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 15, 2008 Report Share Posted September 15, 2008 > > What is A2 milk? > > It's one of the two types of beta casein in the milk. The other type is A1. Beta caseins make up 28.4% of the protein in the milk. Just a few years ago, researchers implicated the A1 beta caseins as having a part in causing type 1 diabetes. Since then, A1 beta caseins have also been cited as a health risk for heart disease and autism. The milk with A2 beta caseins in it is the type that all caows once gave, a long time ago. Somehow, the A1 beta caseins crept in, mainly in commercial dairy cows. Today, up to 70% of our commercial dairy cattle produce A1 milk. Through DNA testing of the herds, some herds have eliminated their A1 cattle and now produce pure A2 milk. That's not enough, the A2 milk must be kept separate from being mixed with other milk. A complete system of collection, transportation and processing has to be in place in order to get A2 milk to the consumer. A2 milk is indistinguishable from A1 milk except through DNA testing. A cow who tests positive for A2 milk will produce A2 milk for her entire life, regardless of what bull she's bred to. A bull that is positive for the A2 milk genes will contribute an A2 gene to every calf bred by him. An A2 cow, bred by an A2 bull, will always produce an A2 calf. It doesn't take long, just a couple of generations, to convert a herd to A2. Commercial Dairy cows don't normally last beyond 6 to 8 years before being replaced by a younger, higher producing cow. By replacing with A2 cows, the dairy will soon be pure A2. A2 milk is readily available in the UK, Australia and New Zealand, but is only available in the midwest in the US. A single A2 dairy has been established in Firth, Nebraska. Genebo Paradise Farm Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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