'Cybertongue' could prevent 70 million tonnes of milk waste every year
By Peter Lusted

About a sixth of the world's milk is wasted, over 150 million tonnes every year, but a Canberra company has come up with new technology that could drastically reduce that.

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-06-07/act-technology-prevent-70-million-tonnes-of-milk-waste-annually/106767584

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Horses and cream wagon
Western Bay District Council via DigitalNZ

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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 […]

Next two Wednesdays I’m in a Dairy Australia mastitis management course. AMA 😂

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The problem with stupidly early starts on the farm is that I’m about to go to bed as I’ve been up 19 hours and am utterly toasted; I will now sleep a decent 7-1/2ish ours, meaning I will be awake around 5.

I start work again on Sunday, having only just got myself to the point of waking at about 6am. The cycle will start over.

My body clock is perpetually fucked.

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The Last Days of Butter Ridge

https://fed.brid.gy/r/https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/03/us/dairy-farm-butter-ridge-pennsylvania.html