Why does Pioneer have so many different silage inoculants? Pioneer microbiologists have focused on bacterial strains unique to each crop. Bacteria have special niches that they fill. Like humans in a room, some like it a little colder or warmer – bacteria works much the same way, designed for a specific environment. Dr. Bill Mahanna, coordinator of global nutritional services … Read More
Dairy Producer Vice Chairs Beef Board
The Cattlemen’s Beef Board unanimously elected dairywoman Lucinda Williams to serve as vice chairman of the Board for 2008. Williams is a 12th-generation dairy producer and farmer from Hatfield, Mass., who was appointed to the Beef Board by the Secretary of Agriculture in 2004. Find out more about Lucinda by listening to this “Milking Parlor” podcast: [audio:http://www.podtrac.com/pts/redirect.mp3?http://zimmcomm.biz/wdd/milking-parlor-29.mp3] To subscribe to … Read More
Helping Keep Technology Alternatives on the Farm
At this year’s World Ag Expo Dairyline’s Bill Baker interviewed Liz Dornick and Carol Campbell, dairy producers who were at one of the Dairy Profit Seminars. They talked about AFACT, American Farmers for the Advancement and Conservation of Technology. Liz is in Wisconsin and Carol is from Kansas. They’re both frustrated with the misinformation that consumers find on labels and … Read More
Outstanding Dairy Industry Edcucator/Researcher
One of the awards given by Western Dairy Business Magazine at World Ag Expo is the Outstanding Dairy Industry Edcucator/Researcher. This year that honor was presented to Dr. John Smith, Kansas State University. Dr. Smith was interviewed by Dairyline’s Bill Baker. He’s humbled by the award. He’s one of the presenters at the Dairy Profit Seminars that were held at … Read More
What's Happening at World Ag Expo
Out at World Ag Expo I’ve got another report from Bill Baker, Dairyline. He spoke with Carolina Evangelo, Western Dairy Business Magazine, about the seminars she’s worked on coordinating for dairy producers who are attending. Carolina provides a comprehensive overview of all the awards and sessions they’ve got like one today on Milk Marketing Tools. You can listen to Bill’s … Read More
What CWT is Doing at World Ag Expo
Out at the World Ag Expo, Bill Baker, Dairyline, is hard at work. Bill has been supplying us with a weekly dairy markets wrapup. He sent along an interview with Jim Tillison, National Milk Producers Federation, about their Cooperatives Working Together program. Jim’s in the picture second from the left. Jim says that dairy producers are wondering if CWT has … Read More
Dairy Beef Is Consistent and Grades Higher
One of the speakers at the Dairy Producers Forum at the Cattle Industry Convention was Bridget Baird. She’s the Associate Director, Product Enhancement, in NCBA’s Research and Knowledge Management group. Her responsibilities include project management and research dissemination. I spoke to her just prior to her presentation and she says she would focus on the work that her group has … Read More
Dairy Producers Forum at Cattle Industry Convention
Beef and dairy producers were once again able to get together at the Cattle Industry Convention by attending the annual Dairy Producers Forum. This year it was chaired by Jenny Senn, South Carolina. Jenny says that she gives all the credit for this great event to Gary Sharp who got it started. She says that originally it was an early … Read More
Meeting Secretary of Agriculture Ed Schafer
Our Secretary of Agriculture, Ed Schafer, made his first major public policy speech today at the Cattle Industry Convention. Thanks to Andy Vance, Buckeye Ag Network, for snapping a picture for me. It was a pleasure for the ag media to get to meet Schafer. For many of us, it’s our first opportunity and I’m sure not our last. I … Read More
Beef and Dairy Getting Along
Once again I’m attending the Cattle Industry Convention which is taking place in Reno, NV and reporting on it for the Beef Board on their Beef Board Meeting.com website. One of the people I spoke with on the CBB Administration Subcommittee is Jerry King from Missouri. He’s pictured on the left during this evening’s meeting. By the way, if you … Read More