Enen though I just ate breakfast (I had cheese on my eggs!), this still looks good to me. It looks easy and I’m sure it’s good. We’ll have to give it a try here at home.
Start your day with a Scrambled Egg and Mozzarella Breakfast Pizza and you’ll get a delicious serving of dairy, one serving of whole grains and 17 grams of lean protein in return!
This is from the latest National Dairy Council Update and you can find the full recipe on 3-A-Day.org.
Audrey Mohr is Princess Kay of the Milky Way
A new Princess Kay of the Milky Way was crowned this week. She’s Audrey Mohr, New Ulm, representing Brown County. Mohr will serve as the official goodwill ambassador for Minnesota’s dairy industry representing approximately 5,400 dairy farmers. Mohr is the daughter of Ron and Penny Mohr, and will attend the University of Wisconsin – Eau Claire, majoring in communications and public relations.
Twelve county dairy princesses competed for the Princess Kay of the Milky Way title. DiDi Christopherson, Worthington, representing Nobles County, and Amanda Thoe, Hayfield, representing Dodge County, were selected as runners-up. Thoe also was named Miss Congeniality.
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcements from Cooperatives Working Together:
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review
The cash dairy markets continued to strengthen the week of August 21. Block cheese closed Friday at the highest level since late January, $1.2950 per pound, up 5 1/2-cents on the week, but 17 1/2-cents below that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.29, up 4 3/4-cents on the week, but 19 cents below a year ago. 13 cars of block traded hands and 3 of barrel. The NASS U.S. average block price gained a penny, hitting $1.1717, while barrel averaged $1.1712, up 2.2 cents.
Butter closed at $1.3550, up 7 cents on the week, but 34 1/2-cents below a year ago. 61 cars were sold on the week. NASS butter averaged $1.2212, up 0.2 cent.
Provided courtesy of Dairyline.
A ‘Moo’-Cent
How does a cow from Georgia say ‘moo’? Well, if Lloyd Green is right, it’s with a southern accent! Green, from southwest England, is one of several farmers from Britian claiming their cows moo with an accent.
“I spend a lot of time with my Friesians and they definitely ‘moo’ with a Somerset drawl,” he said, referring to the breed of dairy cow he owns. Apparently the biggest influence on accents is peer groups — on children in the playground, for example,” he said. “Herds are quite tight-knit communities and don’t tend to leave the area.”
Here’s where you can find the rest of the story.
Cow Power
The folks in Vermont are showing their dedication to agriculture again with the country’s only renewable energy program called Cow Power. Offered by the state’s Public Service Corporation, residents and businesses can choose to switch a percentage of their energy costs to Cow Power, paying a premium of 4 cents per kilowatt hour, which goes to participating farm-producers, to purchase renewable energy credits when enough farm energy isn’t available, or to the CVPS Renewable Development Fund. The fund makes grants to farmers to develop on-farm generation. Farm-producers receive 95 percent of the market price for the energy sold.
The state’s largest electric utility created the program to help improve manure management while providing financial opportunities for the state’s dairy farmers.
Kentucky Dairyman becomes First Certified Organic in State
The state of Kentucky joins the rest of the country’s bandwagon for organic dairies. Marlin Sauder, Sharon Grove, became the first certified organic dairy farmer in state, and Organic Valley’s 600th organic dairy farmer.
According to Organic Valley, Sauder is part of “Generation Organic” or “Gen-O”, the term for the dairy producers who are meeting the country’s demand for organic products.
You can read more on this story here.
Cow Genes
We’re not talking denim here.
I’ve been tempted to watch the show “CSI” because one of my daughters finds it fascinating. So although I haven’t watched it, I do get to hear about it. Now, it looks like the dairy industry is getting closer to having the ability to track cow DNA even better than Gil Grissom can track a murder case. The Bovine Genome Sequencing Project, similar to the Human Genome Sequencing Project, is nearing completion after three years of work.
According to the press release: “The mapping of the bovine genome will make it possible to improve the health and disease management of cattle and enhance the nutritional value of beef and dairy products.”
You can find out more here.
The Milkman Cometh
The residents of Britian are going to keep their milkmen! Here across the pond, the milkman has become an image of a time gone by, but in the UK, the home delivery is still very much a reality.
Dairy Crest, which according to its website is the UK’s premier chilled dairy foods company, will take over rival, Arla’s Express Dairies, business.
The move sees Dairy Crest become the largest doorstep milk supplier in Britain, and some believe the deal may save the country’s remaining 9,500 milkmen from oblivion.
New Dairy Industry Orientation Meeting
The folks at the IDFA are offering a short course to new dairy industry employees October 12 in Chicago. Discussions include current dairy trends, goverment dairy policies and programs, and how dairy products flow to market and are priced.
For more information, visit IDFA’s website.