A bronze sculpture of a Jersey heifer created by Carol M. Herden and donated to the Maurice E. Core Jersey Youth Fund by the Iowa Jersey Cattle Club, raised $5,430 for the youth fund. Sold at the 50th National Heifer Sale, held June 30 at the fairgrounds in Rock Rapids, Iowa, the donation wil be used to support national Jersey … Read More
Ralphs Supermarket Takes Home Gold
A Kroger Company supermarket, Ralphs, has swept the first place honors at the Los Angeles County Fair in the manufactured dairy products categories. The southern California supermarket took home 96 Gold medals for excellence. Each of the company’s gold medal winning products was rated best in its category for texture, flavor and packaging quality. In addition to the 96 Gold … Read More
Teams Gear Up for Judging Competion
Next week, dairy cattle judging teams from across the country will travel to Wisconsin to compete in the Accelerated Genetics Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest. The 14th annual contest helps college students to apply and sharpen their dairy cattle judging skills. Teams participated in the event in 2006 from all across the nation including students from the following schools: Iowa … Read More
Storage Time and Feeding Value
Timing is no more important than when it comes to feeding silage after harvest. Dr. Bill Mahanna, Pioneer Global Nutritional Sciences Manager, offers background and details on this subject in the latest Forage Forum segment. He also answers the question, does silage ever completely stabilize? Listen in for his answer as well as information on inoculants helping to conserve sugars … Read More
Lawsuit Against Government Filed
The American Civil Liberties Union, the nation’s largest federation of labor unions, filed a lawsuit against the federal government on Wednesday. The suit seeks to stop the planned enforcement of new rules that could have a large affect on the country’s immigrant labor. The new rules, set to take effect Sept. 14, will violate workers’ rights and impose burdensome obligations … Read More
International Women Have New Site
The 3rd International Forum for Women in Dairying (IFWD) is excited to introduce its new website. Designed to reflect the forum’s new look and feel, the site features event information, registration details and sponsorship opportunities. “Our mission is to enrich the lives of dairy women by encouraging them to share challenges and contributions to the industry, and by providing a … Read More
Milk and Music
A few weeks ago, I told you about the new Hayden Panettiere got milk ad? Today, I found out that teens can visit this website to not only see behind the scenes photos and videos of the shoot, but to also download free music! Kids enter a UPC code from any milk packaging to download a free track. Heroes star, … Read More