The 2010 All-American Dairy Show will welcome nine judges to place classes in 14 youth and open shows Sept. 18-23 at the Pennsylvania Farm Show Complex & Expo Center in Harrisburg. The judges are: Curtis Day of Burnsville, Minn., will judge the Premier National Junior Ayrshire and Red & White shows on Monday, Sept. 20, and the All-American Brown Swiss … Read More
Schwarzenegger Declares "Real California Milk Month"
Across the country today, celebrations of June Dairy Month began. In California, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger proclaimed June 2010 as “Real California Milk Month.” The proclamation honors the efforts of California’s more than 1,750 dairy families and the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) to keep the state’s dairy industry healthy and strong. California is the leading milk producer in the United … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted one bid from Foremost Farms and two bids from Darigold for a total of 191.2 metric tons (421,524 pounds) of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East and Asia. The product will be delivered in June and July 2010. Since CWT reactivated the Export Assistance program on March 18, 2010, it has assisted members in making … Read More
Dairy Makes Big Impact on Wisconsin During Dairy Month
Since it’s Dairy Month I got on the phone bright and early to find some good resources to point you to. I called up Matt Joyce, Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board, and we talked about Dairy Month. The WMMB has a lot of online resources for consumers and anyone who wants to know more about dairy and the role it plays … Read More
Welcome To Dairy Month
We’re leaving beef month behind to enter into dairy month. Midwest Dairy Association invites you to celebrate and learn how dairy can make sense for you. Check out their blog. June Dairy Month started out as a promotion to help distribute extra milk when cows started on pasture in the warm summer months. Today, its rich history continues, with communities, … Read More
Alice in Dairyland Pumps Ethanol
Alice in Dairyland (aka Cheryl O’Brien), Wisconsin’s official agricultural ambassador, helped to promote ethanol last week during a Minnesota-Wisconsin “Border Battle” between two fuel retailers on opposite sides of the St. Croix River. The promotional event on Thursday featured a rush-hour special where both stations sold E85 (85 percent ethanol fuel) at an 85 cents per gallon discount from 4-6 … Read More