Congratulations to Jessica Tekippe, 20, of Manchester, Iowa on being named the 2007 Iowa Dairy Princess. Jessica won her title on August 8th at the Iowa State Fairgrounds in Des Moines. She represented the Ayrshire breed in the contest, and is the daughter of Dan and Mary Tekippe. Megan Kregel, 18, daughter of Gary and Darlene Kregel of Guttenberg, was … Read More
New Princess Kay to be Named Next Week
The excitement is building in Minnesota – the new Princess Kay of the Milky Way will be named next Wednesday evening, August 22. This year’s winner will be the 54th Princess Kay of the Milky Way, taking over the duties of teh reigning Princess Kay Audrey Mohr of New Ulm. More than 60 county dairy princesses participated in judging in … Read More
Pfizer Animal Health Dairy Research
Last week I got to attend a media event at Pfizer Animal Health. They brought in a group of agricultural journalists for a behind the scenes look at their veterinary medicine research and development facility/farm in Michigan. One of the people I met was Bill Loveland. Bill manages their research dairy. Pfizer has a state of the art dairy facility … Read More
Dairyline Markets in Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Cash block cheese started the week slipping a penny, reversed gears on Tuesday jumping 4 1/4-cents, then gave up a penny and a half Thursday, but ended Friday at $1.94 per pound, up 3 3/4-cents on the week, and 74 cents above that week a year ago. Barrel closed at $1.90, also up 3 3/4-cents … Read More
Leelanau Cheese Takes Home the Prize
Congrats to Leelanau Cheese Company for taking the Best in Show award at the 2007 American Cheese Society competition last week in Burlington, Vt. with their Aged Raclette. The entry beat out 1,200 cheeses to claim the prize. It was the largest field in U.S. history, representing a 27% increase in entries over last year. Leelanau Cheese Co. owners Anne … Read More
Montana Fire Kills 200 cows
Our thoughts and prayers go out to the Bostana Dairy in eastern Montana. A large fire this week killed about 200 cows and caused at least $2.5 million in damage. Firefighters were called to Bostana Dairy, the dairy’s milking parlor, mechanical room, sick bay and vet clinic area were destroyed. Three loafing sheds and some outbuildings were spared. The fire … Read More
Addition to Wisc. Dairy Facility
The University of Wisconsin-Madison broke ground last week on an addition to the Integrated Dairy Research facility. The new $5.1 million dollar modern facility will replace the Arlington Blaine Unit which was built in 1972. The new facility will be equipped with cutting edge technology allowing it to provide investigations and applied research studies on a diverse number of issues, … Read More
WDPA Announces Contest Sponsors
The Wisconsin Dairy Products Association (WDPA) is proud to announce that Dairy Field magazine and Cheese Market News have finalized an agreement with WDPA to become the exclusive sponsors of the Grand Champion Awards for the World Dairy Expo Championship Dairy Product Contest. Cheese Market News will be the annual sponsor of the Grand Champion Award for Cheese and Butter, … Read More
Kernel Texture
Just what exactly is kernel texture? Dr. Bill Mahanna, Pioneer Global Nutritional Sciences Manager, explores this question while comparing hard starch vs. soft starch. He also explains the link to digestibility and touches upon current Ohio State University research on corn grain and corn silage – what are the influences on feedability and what is the role of fermentation? Bill … Read More
Minerals and Dairy Products Symposium
Been wanting to take a romantic trip to France this fall? Now you can combine work with pleasure! The first “IDF/INRA International Symposium on MINERALS AND DAIRY PRODUCTS” is scheduled on October 1-3, 2008 in Saint-Malo, France. Meet and network with the leading international experts from academia and the industry. It is organized by the French institute INRA (UMR Science … Read More