Cris and Doris Rocha, Tillamook, Ore., have donated a fancy junior calf to sell for the benefit of the Charlene Nardone National Jersey Queen Fund at The 59th All American Jersey Sale on November 6, 2011 in Louisville, Ky. Rocha Blackstone Francesca, sired by Lencrest Blackstone-ET, GJPI 97, is out of the Excellent-91% Rocha Iatola Francesca, with 2-11 305 16,070 … Read More
Sign-Up for Webinar on Anaerobic Digesters
The use of anaerobic digesters for livestock operations in the Southwest is the focus of the Renewable Energy Education Field Day planned for Wednesday, Oct. 26, 2011. This webinar will examine technical, environmental and financial factors to consider when installing an anaerobic digester on a livestock operation. Specific attention will be given to the use of digesters with dry manure … Read More
Designer Dairy Beverages
Looking for innovation in the dairy industry? How about “designer” dairy beverages? That’s what dairy farmer, Michael McCloskey, and Steve Jones, former chief marketing officer of Coca-Cola Co. and former president of Minute Maid, are counting on. Jones has teamed up with McCloskey, a dairy farmer near Rennselaer, Ind., with the intent of reinventing the $31-billion U.S. milk industry by … Read More
World Dairy Expo Sets New Records
According to World Dairy Expo officials, the 2011 World Dairy will go down in history as a record-setting success. This year a record 2,587 head of dairy cattle were exhibited at the Dairy Cattle Show by 1,130 exhibitors from 37 states and seven Canadian provinces. The trade show set new participation levels with 810 companies from 28 countries, including 130 … Read More
Pioneer Takes Specialized Approach to Inoculants
When it comes to forage inoculants, Pioneer believes that one size does NOT fit all. “Just like we have right product, right acre with corn, soybeans and alfalfa, we have right bacteria, right crop,” says Alan Patterson, Dairy Specialist with Pioneer in Wisconsin. “Like our 11H50, we found specific lactic acid strains of bacteria that will drive that pH done … Read More
Getting Social with the Dairy Checkoff
The Dairy Checkoff has been promoting the advantages of getting social to dairy producers for a couple of years now and one of the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board members found out just how important that is recently. I talked to Brad Scott, a fourth generation family dairy farmer from Southern California, during the Talk Session at World Dairy … Read More
The Accelerated Genetics Team Effort
Membership services at Accelerated Genetics is a job that Jim Iverson has held for 35 years. That means he has worked for the organization for half of its existence since Accelerated is celebrating 70 years this year. Quite an achievement and that really says something about what has contributed to their success, the team. Jim says they “have a passion … Read More
Expo's 2012 Theme: Market Fresh
World Dairy Expo may be over for another year, but to get us through the next few weeks is the release of the 2012 theme! Want to see themes from the past? Click here.
DFA Tops Dairy Cooperative List
Hoard’s Dairyman has published its annual list of the top 50 dairy cooperatives in the country. In 2010 just under 79 percent of the nation’s 192.8 billion pounds of milk was marketed through those 50 cooperatives, down from 79.6 percent in 2009 and the lowest market share those co-ops have had since 2007. Dairy Farmers of America continues to be … Read More
DFA Chairman Honored for Agriculture Achievement
Randy Mooney, chairman of Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.’s (DFA) Board of Directors, has been honored by Missouri Gov. Jay Nixon with the Governor’s Award for Agricultural Achievement, which honors outstanding farmers, growers and processors in a variety of agriculture commodities. During a visit to Mooney’s M&M Dairy in Rogersville, Mo., this week, Gov. Nixon toured the dairy and presented … Read More