Congratulations to Kim Wilson, Neosho, Mo., and Ivy M. Roberts, Mount Berry, Ga., for being selected as the 2010 recipients of the Fred Stout Experience Awards by the American Jersey Cattle Association. The award fund was created in 2000 in memory of Fred J. Stout Jr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service … Read More
Space Available at WDE
Attention dairy companies – are you interested in exhibiting at World Dairy Expo? You may be in luck. Due to high demand for additional display space for equipment, World Dairy Expo has expanded its Outdoor Trade Mall for 2010. An additional 19,000 square feet of prime booth space, the equivalent of adding another Arena Building, has been added to the … Read More
Employees Oriented at Select Sires
Select Sires’ recently held an employee orientation for fifteen professional technicians, Select Mating Service™ (SMS™) evaluators, Select Reproductive Solutions™ (SRS™) specialists, and sales and marketing staff. Employees from five member cooperatives, Select Sires Inc., and World Wide Sires Ltd. were present for the three-day event where they received advanced education in serving Select Sires’ customer-owners. “Our employee orientation is a … Read More
Mona Named 2009 Star of Breed
Congratulations to Siemers Holstein Farms, Inc. of Newton, Wis., for owning the Holstein Association USA’s 2009 Star of the Breed. The newest star, Eskdale Dundee Marcia Mona was awarded the title because she is a Holstein cow that excels in both the showring and milking barn. Siemers Holstein Farms is a family operation, consisting of Sherry Siemers-Peterman and daughter Crystal, … Read More
Princess Kay Finalists Announced
Congratulations to the twelve young ladies named as finalists in the 57th Princess Kay of the Milky Way! Good luck to each of you! The contestants’ names were announced at the conclusion of a statewide workshop for about 90 young women who live or work on dairy farms and serve as county dairy princesses. Seventy-three of them completed judging for … Read More
SD State University Breaks Ground on New Dairy Facility
South Dakota State University, its dairy industry partners and private donors held a ceremonial groundbreaking May 7 for the dairy plant renovation project at SDSU. The planned remodeling and additions will turn the 50-year-old plant into a modernized dairy processing research and education plant laboratory. Construction is expected to start in June and the project should be completed during the … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted one bid from Foremost Farms and seven bids from Dairy Farmers of America for export assistance for a total of 4,316 metric tons (9.5 million pounds) of Cheddar, Monterey Jack, and Gouda cheese to the Middle East and Asia. The product will be delivered June through November 2010. Since CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program … Read More
Hay Expo is the Place to Be
Are you a dairy producer interested in hay and forages? Then the Hay Expo in Strawberry Point, Iowa, on June 16 and 17 is for you! Known as the nation’s largest two-day hay event, the Hay Expo is designed to give alfalfa and forage producers an intensive, one-stop learning and shopping opportunity. The host farm for the 2010 expo is … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Block and barrel cheese inched higher the second week of May, with the blocks ending the week 8 1/4-cents higher, at $1.4625 per pound, 33 cents above that week a year ago. Barrel closed Friday at $1.4175, up 4 1/2-cents on the week and 33 3/4-cents above a year ago. Six cars of block traded hands on the week and … Read More
Sign-up Today to Visit Wis. Dairies
Dairy farmer have the opportunity to see two dairy robotic milkers, if they attend the Wis. tour hosted by the Minnesota Milk Producers Association and University of Minnesota Extension. Held June 15th though the 17th, attendees will visit Dugan Valley Dairy, along with several other dairies in Wis. The tour will feature two farms that utilize robotic milkers. Dugan Valley … Read More