World Dairy Diary:
Congratulations to all of the students involved in this very valuable educational program!More than 120 students from 11 northeast colleges and two Canadian universities participated in the seventh annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge in Glens Falls, New York. Host coordinator, Dayton Maxwell, and colleagues from the S (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
A joint press release from National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) addresses the need for the regulation of raw milk production facilities.Although unpasteurized, or raw, milk products pose a significant food safety hazard, facilities producing these products are not covere (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
America’s dairy farmers delivered a hot and cheesy “thank you” to veterans in five U.S. cities this past Veteran’s Day! Patients in Veterans Administration hospitals in Washington; Chicago; Dallas; San Antonio, Texas and Green Bay, Wis. all received special care packages of pizza and milk courtesy of America’s dairy farmer (Read More)
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Last spring, Yankee Magazine writer Linda Hedman Beyus, reported on Arethusa Farm, the well-known registered Holstein and Jersey dairy farm in Connecticut. For those who haven’t heard, Arethusa is owned by George Malkemus and Tony Yurgaitis, the co-owners of Manolo Blahnik USA (you know, those fabulous high-heeled shoes!) R (Read More)
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Congratulations to dairy producer, David Weitzer, Poolesville, Md., for being awarded the 2009 Richard E. Lyng Award by the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board (NDB). David was recognized for his dedication and service to dairy promotion, and was awarded a $2,500 donation in his name to a college of his choice. (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
Next week is the start of a national food fight – are you ready to join in? Beginning Nov. 16, dairy farmers and beef producers can join the Beef Checkoff’s five-day FOOD FIGHT by speaking up! Now more than ever, it’s vital that farmers help Americans realize what they have to be thankful for as [...]. (Read More)
One A Day:
from The Beef Daily Blog
Laura Nielson is a born and raised cowgirl. She grew up on her family’s farm near Hartford, S.D., where the Nielsons raise 450 dairy cows, 400 replacement heifers and 3,000 acres of crops. At a young age, Nielson always knew she wanted to be a farmer. She loved being outdoors with [...]. (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
Dairy producers wanting to increase their knowledge of commodity marketing tools and principles—and better manage risk—will have that opportunity during a seven-week Commodity Marketing Class sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW). Course topics include understanding agricultural commodity markets (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
Online games featuring farming are popular on social networks. Now, the Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program have introduced Operation Dairy, a new interactive online game that helps teach kids about modern dairy farming.The game was created by Philadelphia-based Singularity Design. Operat (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
The International Dairy Federation (IDF) is holding its annual World Dairy Summit (WDS) November 8-11, 2010 at the SKYCITY Convention Centre in Auckland, New Zealand. In preparation for the meeting IDF is calling for the submission of abstracts.IDF World Dairy Summits tackle issues that are ‘top of mind’ for the global dair (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
Even though they are facing their own tough times, Minnesota dairy farmers in Minnesota are still helping out those less fortunate. Governor Tim Pawlenty was joined at the state capitol by representatives from Minnesota Farmers Helping Families, a coalition of state agriculture commodity groups, who donated approximately 8 (Read More)
World Dairy Diary:
Wisconsin dairy producers can learn more about the latest calf-care techniques at the hand-on training offered by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. Choose from one of three one-day Calf Care Connection workshops: Dec. 8, Arlington, Wis.; Dec. 9, Chilton, Wis.; and Dec. 10, Eau Claire, Wis.Each one-day workshop (Read More)
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Carol Ryan Dumas recently wrote an article, Study weighs dairy industry’s social impact, published in the Capital Press. The reported study indicates the growth of the Hispanic workforce as a key part on the discussion. This has some interesting findings that are definitely worth reading. Check it out…Unprecedented growt (Read More)
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Here is an interesting look at automatic milking and its effectiveness. Charolotte Johnston with TheCattleSite evaluates the benefits of automatic milkers through four different interviews with producers Tim Gibson, Doug Heintz, John Wolf and Max Warren. This is an interesting look at dairy technology and equipment. (Read More)
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A featured article at the Dairy Site, Predicting Changes for Parasite and Vector Induced Animal Diseases, discusses climate change and the livestock industry. Eric Hoberg, an Agricultural Research Service (ARS) zoologist at the Agricultural Research Center in Beltsville, discusses how climate change could have a major infl (Read More)