It seems like we’re seeing more partnering of agricultural groups than ever before. I think this is a good thing and long overdue in most cases. This week the National Milk Producers Federation and the American Veal Association officially joined each other.
Build A Dairy In The City Limits?
How often have you seen a city interested in locating a dairy inside the city limits? I don’t know of any. In fact, the most recently built dairies that I know of personally have had to almost take a stealth approach to locating in the outlying county they wanted to locate in. However, in Claremont, MN the city council members are studying the possibility of annexing land to have a modern dairy built within the city limits.
Top Producer is Former Dairyman
A former dairyman was selected as the top producer in the annual Top Producer magazine award.
Producers Can Participate In Beef Board Meeting Online
When the Cattlemen’s Beef Board was looking into ways to better communicate with producers about the activities of the next week’s Cattle Industry Convention, especially their committee meetings, they turned to blogging and asked us to create and manage the site.
Accelerated Genetics Announces YP Committee Members
Accelerated Genetics announces some results of their 2005 Young Producer Fall Conference. Elections were held for the Young Producer Committee and re-elected producers were Brian Castleberg, Mondovi, WI and Jeff and Tammy Styczynski, Pulaski, WI. Newly elected to serve on the committee was David & Kelly Oberreich, Plymouth, WI.
WDPA Donation To PDPW
The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association has made several donations with the net proceeds of its 2005 World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest and Auction.
Hispanic "Drink Milk" TV Ads
I think Adrants describes these spots right with the word “quirky.” They’re the hispanic targeted Got Milk TV ads. You can see a couple of them here: Amazing Hair Goddesses and Contortionist.
Hope You Like What You're Reading
As we’ve been developing World Dairy Diary the news and story ideas are rolling in. In fact, I’ve got a number more to post but running out of time this evening. I hope you like the news and information we’re bringing you. We’re always interested in feedback so don’t hesitate to post comments or offer suggestions.
2005 Wisconsin Dairy Statistics Record High
According to an announcement from the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, looking at the latest information from the Wisconsin Agricultural Statistics Service, last year was a good year for the dairy industry.
New CFO At Alto Dairy
Alto Dairy announces a new CFO. His name is Greg Pollesch and this is his first week on the job.