51.   Towne first introduced the bill after a raging public debate in Vermont over the possible health effects of a bovine growth hormone that increases milk production.

52.   A Russian goat farmer hopes to use experience from his Maine counterparts to boost milk production in his homeland, where children rely on powdered milk from Germany.

53.   At the time, the government wanted to encourage milk production in areas of scarcity.

54.   Brucellosis bacteria cause pregnant livestock to abort, make calves sick, cut milk production and interrupt breeding cycles.

55.   Brucellosis causes cows to abort and become sterile, reduces milk production and makes calves sick.

56.   Less stress means greater milk production, Tripplehorn said.

57.   Milk production was down on farms in Wisconsin and New Hampshire because of the stress put on cows by the heat.

58.   Researchers have said that cloning offers the cattle industry a possibility for increased reproduction from prized bulls, increased milk production and greater resistance to disease.

59.   The decrease comes as a result of the increase in milk production across the board and because skimmed milk is the least in demand.

60.   The fines mostly hit dairies in northern Italy, the center of Italian milk production.