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The CME keeps adding products and now they have one of interest to the dairy and food industry. The Chicago Mercantile Exchange has announced that it will launch futures for a new dairy contract, CME Cash-Settled Butter™. The new contracts are scheduled to begin trading on Monday, September 19, 2005, and will be the exchange’s first dairy futures contract to … Read More

If you’re a dairy producer who was affected by last year’s hurricanes, the sign-up is underway and will continue until September 9 for the 2004 Dairy Disaster Assistance Payment (DDAP) Program, which provides up to $10 million to assist dairy producers who experienced losses due to the 2004 hurricanes. U. S. Secretary of Agriculture Mike Johanns says that “last year, … Read More

There are hundreds of commercial exhibitors at World Dairy Expo, not counting numerous sponsors and supporting organizations. The man who coordinates it all is sales manager John Rozum. In fact, it was John who called on ZimmComm, Marketing & Communications, to work in cooperation with Expo on this weblog! Now you can “meet” John (l) and listen to my interview … Read More

New members were appointed to the National Dairy Board today by U. S. Secretary of Ag, Mike Johanns, along with some reappointments.Newly appointed were: Ronald L. Koetsier, Visalia, Calif., (region 2); William R. D. Anglin, Bentonville, Ark., (region 4); Donna L. Sharp, Bath, S.D., (region 5); Carl F. VanDen Avond, Green Bay, Wis., (region 6); Bradford A. McCauley, Viola, Wis., … Read More

The 2005 World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl continues to expand. This year, the 22nd World’s Forage Analysis Superbowl offers growers from across the United States and Canada one more contest category for their high quality forages. New this year is the split of the Dairy Division Corn Silage into two categories: Standard Dairy Corn Silage and Dairy Corn Silage (BMR). “This … Read More

The Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium has awarded a grant to the World Dairy Expo and AgSource/CRI to advance animal identification efforts in Wisconsin. According to WLIC, ” An animal movement reporting pilot project, by AgSource/CRI and World Dairy Expo, will develop a system that will facilitate the recording and reporting of animals, from WI and other states, to World Dairy … Read More

In case you’ve never met Tom McKittrick, the man who manages the World Dairy Expo, now you can hear him! Chuck interviewed Tom recently at the World Dairy Expo headquarters. Tom talks about what the mission and purpose of Expo and it’s structure. You can hear my interview with Tom here

I don’t know how many trips like the one being organized by Cornell University Cooperative Extension of St. Lawrence County there are but they sure sound like fun. If you are in the St. Lawrence County area you can find details on their trip here: World Dairy Expo Bus Trip (pdf file) Anyone else organizing a trip to World Dairy … Read More

Here’s the kind of story about the dairy industry you want to see more of. In the Herald-Mail Online, they recently ran a story about Hannah Smith, Sharpsburg, MD, who hopes to win big at World Dairy Expo someday. You can see the full story here: Heral-Mail Story Hannah is one of the most motivated high school students I’ve read … Read More

We’d like to welcome our newest supporter to the offical weblog of the World Dairy Expo. The Holstein Association is one of growing list of companies and organizations who are helping make this online diary of information about the Expo possible. The Holstein Association just completed it’s annual meeting in Portland, Maine. You can learn all about it on their … Read More