Students in Australia have graduated from the first industry-endorsed dairy manufacturers course. The National Centre for Dairy Education – Australia (NCDEA) and Dairy Food Safety Victoria (DFSV) joined forces to offer the course which is held at a dairy manufacturer through two four-hour sessions. Since its inception, 44 trainees from around Victoria have completed the Fundamentals of Food Safety and … Read More
USDA Seeks Producer Comments
The U.S. Department of Agriculture today announced that dairy producers and the public have until Dec. 26, 2007, to comment on a proposed rule concerning the new Dairy Disaster Assistance Program III (DDAP-III). USDA published the proposed rule in the Federal Register today. The proposal sets forth rules governing how this program will be administered. Comments may be made on … Read More
Kids Influence New Flavors
The folks at Shamrock Farms are tapping into their local community to taste test new flavors of milk and other dairy products. “Roxie’s Taste Buds” is made up of 15 children aged 6 to 12 years and is in its second year of taste testing. Sounds like a good gig to me! The 6-to-12-year-olds have an impact on the new … Read More
Documentary Premiers on Movement Founder
This past Monday, HBO premiered a documentary on Ingrid Newkirk, the founder of PETA. Farmers should take the opportunity to gain insight into the organization that would like to see the end of animal production. I Am an Animal: The Story of Ingrid Newkirk and PETA offers a candid and introspective look at the beliefs and motives of the British-born … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review Talk about Happy Thanksgiving….Cash block cheese this week matched the record $2.20 per pound set in April 2004 and closed the holiday-shortened week a nickel higher than the previous week and 81 3/4-cents above that week a year ago. Barrel closed Wednesday at $2.08, also up a nickel on the week and 65 1/4-cenet above … Read More
Happy Turkey Day!
I wish you and your family a happy, blessing-filled Thanksgiving day. At this time of thanks, I would like to thank all of our World Dairy Diary readers for their continued visits and comments – we appreciate it! I can’t wait to eat lots of turkey, stuffing, sweet potatos and pie – I hope you enjoy yours too! Happy Thanksgiving!
Speak Up!
Here’s a chance for you as a dairy farmer to make sure your opinion is heard. Terry Etherton, dairy and animal science department head at Penn State University, is encouraging producers to make sure their governor and state leaders know how they feel about false or misleading milk labels. Pennsylvania’s effort to rid milk labels of false or misleading claims … Read More
A Quick Checkoff Update
At last week’s annual meeting of the National Milk Producers Federation/Dairy Management Inc. dairy farmers and industry professionals met to discuss a variety of issues. Several interesting highlights were reported by Dairy Herd Management: Per-capita milk sales may decline Per-capita fluid milk sales could decline again this year. Sales have declined every year since 1970, with 2006 being the one … Read More
Value of Starch in Corn Silage
Along with higher corn prices, the value of corn silage has tracked notably higher. The industry used to reference corn silage values at “a penny a pound” or $20 per ton. However, the higher corn market and costs related to silage harvest have boost corn silage values in upwards of $50 per ton, says Dr. Bill Mahanna, coordinator of global … Read More
Dairy Center Re-Named
The World Ag Expo has announced it will rename the Tulare Dairy Center to the Farm Credit Dairy Center. The 80,000 square foot dairy pavilion houses hundreds of dairy exhibits during the annual Expo every February. It is the most highly-trafficked area of the grounds by show attendees and well suited for involvement from Farm Credit. Don’t forget – this … Read More