The 99th annual Dairylea Cooperative Inc. Annual Meeting on Tuesday, October 17, 2006 was a day fulled with awards. Dairylea Cooperative’s Milk Quality Management Award Program recognizes and rewards members who produce quality milk for 12 consecutive months. Members receiving recognition attributed their high quality results to placing importance on cleanliness, consistent milking procedures and cow comfort. Dairylea member-farms honored … Read More
CWT Export Assistance Bids
Here’s the latest announcement from Cooperatives Working Together: Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it accepted ten export assistance bids last week for the sale of cheese and anhydrous milkfat. Four bids are from Dairy Farmers of America of Kansas City, MO: one for the export of 48 metric tons (105,600 pounds) of anhydrous milkfat to Mexico; a second for … Read More
Merle Howard Outstanding Junior
Congratulations to Greta Koebel, the 2006 Merle Howard Outstanding Junior Award. A sophomore at Michigan State University, Koebel is studying agribusiness management. The award was presented to her at World Dairy Expo. Kobel is only the third person to receive the honor, which is awarded to young people with exemplary skills in fitting, showmanship and sportsmanship and an overall passion … Read More
Holstein Regional Meeting
The Holstein Association USA is getting ready to kick off its regional meetings. The first one coming up is:
New Dairy Promotion Leaders
A number of new officers and leaders have been elected or appointed to dairy promotion groups:
Taking Got Milk to the Movies
If you live in the golden state, the next time you take in the latest big budget thriller, you might get a look at the latest “Got Milk?” commercial. Beginning next month, the latest iteration of the long-running TV and print “Got Milk?” promotion will be seen on 600 cinema screens across California. The pre-movie commercial is a two-minute “mini-feature” … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese closed Friday at $1.3175 per pound, up 7 3/4-cents on the week, but 5 1/4-cents below that week a year ago. It climbed to a 2006 high of $1.37 on Thursday but gave back 5 1/4-cents on Friday. Barrel closed Friday at $1.3125, up 6 1/2-cents on the week, and just three … Read More
Ken Bailey Joines Downes-O'Neill
The Downes-ONeill brokerage firm and sister company eDairy have a new consultant. He’s economist Ken Bailey.
Dry Period Advantage
Heifer calves are only valuable to dairies when they are healthy. And one way to help maximize the survivability of a heifer calf is to vaccinate its dam at dry-off. That’s the message from Novartis Animal Health professional service veterinarian Doug Scholz, DVM. “This is a critical control point where producers can intervene on behalf of the cow to help … Read More
NMPF in Vegas
The National Milk Producers Federation held it’s 90th annual meeting in Las Vegas this week. NMPF Chairman Charles Beckendorf celebrated the organization’s good fortunes this year in his annual address, starting with the 2006 Dairy Producer Conclaves. This past winter, NMPF sponsored three farmer-only listening sessions, in California, Illinois and Virginia, to get input on our industry’s policy priorities for … Read More