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We'll feature our favourites each week in the Weekly Bulletin as well as here in our honour roll.

Here is some expert analysis and advice on stocks and commodities to go with this week's blog. It is right up there with the insight of the balloon man.
What the ... are the editorial staff smoking this week. But stick with it, this is the cow population's response to the article on human breast milk from cows and Dave's view on same.
Here is a clip of a US dairy farmer explaining to a processor what they need to do to get an increase in milk production. See Dr Hauser's blog for further elements of the script (and the postscript)
Here is a video of NSW, Qld and WA farmers pursuing an export cheese strategy. Note the apathetic farmers and processors being taken away on stretchers. You can also see that in the uphill battle somebody eventually makes it.
Milk price war truthsApparently there were complaints about the oddspot last week. "It was like ... a real downer man". Here's the other end of the spectrum for our upbeat American cousins who are holding up their end in global milk production growth ... mind you, as I recall this film doesn't end so well.
Apropos of almost nothing that is related to dairy, here's a tribute to global insanity (we do admit "No milk today" is a better homily for the state of the dairy world).
Just so the rest of the world can share the joke in Neil's blog this week, here is the Australian cultural reference ... well actually this is not the original ad but it does have a vague reference to dairy ... if you listen carefully.
In the spirit of Dr Hauser's blog this week here is Donald Rumsfeld original piece of insight on known knowns (but we still think the balloon man offers the best comment on the global dairy industry).