I ran cross country in high school and it’s the only sport I lettered in. I lived in Florida. If I had grown up in Wisconsin I’m pretty sure I wouldn’t have been on the cross country ski team. Hopefully these kids will do well and learn to drink their milk and ski harder.
DFA's Hallon On Marketing Order Amendment
I thought I’d share a little DFA Radio Talk on the “. . . controversial hearing regarding amendments to the Pacific Northwest and Arizona-Las Vegas milk marketing orders spanned four months and three cities in late 2003 and early 2004 – but it’s finally resulted in USDA’s announcement of a final decision.
Butter Kicks Off PA Farm Show
A little butter makes things better. In this case The Farm Show got kicked off in Pennsylvania with a sculpture crafted from 800 pounds of butter that was donated by the Land O’Lakes plant in Carlisle, PA.
Bravo! Inks Deal With Jasper Products
Bravo! Foods International Corp., a brand development and marketing company that manufactures, promotes and distributes vitamin-fortified, flavored milks, announced today that it has signed a multi-year distribution agreement with Jasper Products, L.L.C. of Joplin, Missouri, one of only three dairy processors in the United States that has approval of the United States Food and Drug Administration to produce aseptic shelf-stable milk in bottles.
USDA National Hearing On Federal Milk Orders
USDA will be holding a “national” public hearing on a proposal to seek changes to the “Class III and Class IV milk price formula manufacturing allowances for all Federal milk marketing orders. USDA will take evidence at the hearing to determine whether emergency marketing conditions exist that would warrant omission of a recommended decision.”
Go Online For Dairy Certificate
The University of Illinois is offering an online series of training modules as part of their Dairy Certificate Program. The next one kicks off at the end of this month. You can find out more here.
7th Annual Missouri Dairy Forum
If you’re in Missouri later this month you might want to attend the seventh annual Missouri Dairy Forum.
DFA Announces New Management Structure
With new leadership sometimes comes some staff changes. That’s the case at DFA.
New FDA Approvals For Rumensin
Elanco Animal Health announced some new FDA approvals for it’s Rumensin products.
IDFA Dairy Forum Coming Up
It’s not too late to register and attend IDFA’s Dairy Forum 2006. It’s coming up January 15 – 18 at the La Quinta Resort & Spa in La Quinta, CA. You can register online here.