One of our presenters at the Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech focused on the issue of sub-acute ruminal acidosis (SARA) in grazing dairy cows. Finbar Mulligan is from University College Dublin, Ireland. He was presenting some new research on this subject. He found that diet is important and that you shouldn’t assume that because grazing cows may be eating … Read More
Wisconsin Cheese Cupid For iPhone
Do you love cheese? Love wine? Want to know which ones go with which? There’s an iPhone app for that and it’s called Wisconsin Cheese Cupid. Get the app here. What cheese goes with your wine? What beer goes with your cheese? These questions can finally be answered with Wisconsin Cheese Cupid. With this handy dandy iPhone and iPod Touch … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
The June Federal order Class III milk price was announced Friday at $13.62 per hundredweight (cwt.), up 24 cents from May, $3.65 above June 2009, and $1.39 above California’s comparable 4b price. The 2010 Class III average now stands at $13.58, up from $10.19 at this time a year ago, but compares to $18.26 in 2008. Class III futures portend … Read More
Speak Up for Dairy Through Social Media
The farm community’s social media presence is gaining recognition. Have you told your dairy farm story today? There are many tools to help you become active on social media. When a video of dairy cows being punched and prodded with pitchforks was recently released by an animal rights group, it made the rounds on YouTube and generated the expected angry … Read More
Holstein Honors Three
Holstein Association USA recently recognized three distinguished individuals at the recent National Holstein Convention in Bloomington, Minn. To learn more about each individual, visit the Association’s website. Ida B. Ruby, Scio, Ore., was awarded Holstein Association USA’s 2010 Distinguished Leadership Award. This award recognizes an individual who has made a career of providing outstanding and unselfish leadership for the betterment … Read More
Summing Up Dairy Solutions Symposium
The Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech has come to an end. It has been two days packed with presentations on a very specific topic that is of growing importance to the industry, Rumen Health: A 360 Degree Analysis. I think we did look at the subject from just about every angle possible. I started my coverage of the conference … Read More
Rumen Adapts Well To Increased Feed Intake
Dr. Andre Bannink, Wageningen UR Livestock Research, conducted a presentation titled, “Variation in rumen fermentation and rumen wall during transition period” during the Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech. I spoke with him about his topic during our gala dinner reception. He is a “modeler” which means he develops mathematical models which predict how the animal responds on a diet. … Read More
Rumen Fermentation Key To Feed Efficiency
The final day of the Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech, was started by Dr. Ad van Vuuren, Wageningen UR Livestock Research. We sat together on the bus from our hotel this morning and I asked him about the session he would be moderating. His session focused on rumen adaptation and animal health. He says “rumen fermentation in dairy cows … Read More
Dairy Solutions Symposium Continues
The Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech, is not only technical presentations on rumen health but an opportunity to network with fellow dairy industry professionals and have some fun. Our gala dinner last night took place at the DierenPark Amersfoort, a very nice zoo. We ate very near the elephant exhibit in a facility called De Oliphant. I sat with … Read More
July is Ice Cream Month!
Did you know that July is National Ice Cream Month? What a great celebration! One scoop, two scoops, sundae or milkshake – enjoy ice cream in a variety of different ways all month long! In 1984, President Ronald Reagan designated July as National Ice Cream Month and the third Sunday of the month as National Ice Cream Day. He recognized … Read More