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Features & investigative reporter at Sentient Media. Based in Chicago. | melina@sentientmedia.org | she/her
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Heat Stress Hits Dairy Quality as Well as Quantity, Study Finds

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By Melina Walling Verified
| Sentient Media Verified
Dairy farmer Megan McAllister knows what it looks like when her cows start getting toasty. They clump together in groups. Their four-chambered stomachs working on digestion create what she calls their own little “onboard furnace.” And she can measure a drop in how much milk they produce. “If the girls aren’t comfortable, they aren’t going to be as productive,” McAllister tells Sentient.
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Looksmaxxers. University researchers. Celebrities. They all want colostrum.

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By Melina Walling Verified
| The Forest Blade Verified
Egor Knyazev was a 16-year-old in southern Ukraine who wanted to improve his looks, his height, and his health. And he wanted to become famous on the internet, famous enough to make money. Those desires soon led him to another quest: Ccolostrum. Inspired by popular “healthmaxxing” and “looksmaxxing” social media influencers, many American and some European, Knyazev befriended a local farmer on Facebook Marketplace who lives about 50 miles (80 kilometers) outside Odessa.
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Looksmaxxers. University researchers. Celebrities. They all want colostrum.

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By Melina Walling Verified
| Benton County Enterprise Verified
Posted 7/16/26 Sentient reports on the rising demand for colostrum, a nutrient-rich "liquid gold," driven by influencers, celebrities, and health trends, causing shortages and ethical concerns. This item is available in full to subscribers. E-mail Password Print and web subscribers If you're a print and web subscriber, but do not yet have an online account, click here to create one. Non-subscribers Click here to see your options for becoming a subscriber.
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