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8500 BCE
Cattle’s Orgins
DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago. All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study. -
8500 BCE
Origins.
DNA traces cattle back to a small herd domesticated around 10,500 years ago. All cattle are descended from as few as 80 animals that were domesticated from wild ox in the Near East some 10,500 years ago, according to a new genetic study. -
Period: 8000 BCE to 6000 BCE
Domestication
People started domesticating aurochs between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago. -
7000 BCE
Domestication
People started domesticating aurochs between 8,000 and 10,000 years ago. -
4000 BCE
Milking
4000 BC - Early Evidence of Milking Cattle in Neolithic Britian. -
4000 BCE
First Milking.
4000 BC - Early Evidence of Milking Cattle in Neolithic Britian -
1493
Reaching the Western Hemisphere.
Cattle were first brought to the western hemisphere by Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1493 -
1493
Arriving West
Cattle were first brought to the western hemisphere by Columbus on his second voyage to the New World in 1493. -
1525
Arriving to mainland America
1525 - The First Cattle Brought to the Americas Arrive at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Making the first longhorn cow breed. -
1525
Setting in the New World.
1525 - The First Cattle Brought to the Americas Arrive at Vera Cruz, Mexico. Creating the first longhorn cow breed. -
Pasteurization appears
1822-1895 - The Process of Pasteurization is Developed by Louis Pasteur. Pasteur's research demonstrated that harmful microbes in milk and wine caused sickness, and he invented a process - now called "pasteurization" - whereby the liquids were rapidly heated and cooled to kill most of the organisms. -
Pasteurization.
1822-1895 - The Process of Pasteurization is Developed by Louis Pasteur. Pasteur's research demonstrated that harmful microbes in milk and wine caused sickness, and he invented a process - now called "pasteurization" - whereby the liquids were rapidly heated and cooled to kill most of the organisms. -
Milk Homogenizer Is Patented.
"In 1899 Auguste Gaulin obtained a patent on his homogenizer. The patent consisted of a 3 piston pump in which product was forced through one or more hair like tubes under pressure." -
Patenting the Homogenizer.
1899 - Milk Homogenizer Is Patented -
Strike.
Aug. 28, 1939 - Dairy Farmers Union Strike. Milk marketing orders came into existence as a result of the Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act of 1937... The rationale for the legislation was to reduce disorderly marketing conditions, improve price stability in fluid milk markets, and ensure a sufficient quantity of pure and wholesome milk. -
The Strike.
Aug. 28, 1939 - Dairy Farmers Union Strike -
rBST Free or not.
Aug. 21, 2007 - FTC Affirms the Legality of 'rBST Free' Labels on Milk In Feb. 2007, the Monsanto Corporation (producers of rBST) filed a complaint with the Federal Trade Commission alleging that a number of milk processors were engaging in "false and deceptive" advertising by labeling their products as being free of the artificial growth hormone rBST and thereby inferring that milk from cows injected with the growth hormone is inferior. -
rBST Free Or Not.
Aug. 21, 2007 - FTC Affirms the Legality of 'rBST Free' Labels on Milk -
Milking clones
Jan. 8, 2008 - FDA Approves Cloned Milk for Human Consumption. The United States Food and Drug Administration (FDA) released its 968 page report "Animal Cloning: A Risk Assessment,” and announced to the public that milk from cloned cows had been approved for human consumption. -
Clone Milk.
Jan. 8, 2008 - FDA Approves Cloned Milk for Human Consumption -
Pandemic Strikes.
Apr. 2020 - Dairy Farmers to Dump up to 3.7 Million Gallons of Milk per Day Due to COVID-19 Pandemic. -
Pandemic.
Apr. 2020 - Dairy Farmers to Dump up to 3.7 Million Gallons of Milk per Day Due to COVID-19 Pandemic.
