Congratulations to Aaron Palmer, a new hire at Accelerated Genetics. Palmer will be a Sire Analyst, responsible for evaluating, creating and procuring the highest genomic quality young sires in Iowa, California and other Midwest and western states. He will also be representing Accelerated Genetics at major breed activities and industry functions in the U.S. and abroad. Palmer was most recently … Read More
Stuffed Cheesy Bread a Hit
Have you tried Domino’s Pizza® Stuffed Cheesy Bread yet? The new menu item contains as much cheese as a medium pizza, and sales of it are exceeding the chain’s initial expectations. The success of Stuffed Cheesy Bread, which launched in late November, builds on a partnership between the dairy checkoff and the chain to help grow category sales. Many consumers … Read More
New Trade Center to Debut at 2012 Show
Word Dairy Expo will unveil a new Trade Center at the 2012 show. The Trade Center will provide dairy farmers additional indoor exhibits to discover the latest innovations, technologies and services for their home operation. The new space will offer 130 booths to accommodate the ever-growing demand for exhibit space from existing exhibitors and new companies currently unable to get … Read More
Alfalfa Evaluation Tool to Debut at Upcoming Expo
The Nebraska Alfalfa Marketing Association (NAMA) will launch an online alfalfa evaluation tool at the upcoming Mid-America Alfalfa Expo & Conference, to be held at the Buffalo County Fairgrounds in Kearney, Nebraska, February 7 and 8. “The evaluation tool allows users to calculate a sound value of their alfalfa based on a nutrient comparable basis or a market comparable basis,” … Read More
Wild Weather Big Story in 2011
Wild weather was the winner for the biggest ag story of 2011 according to our latest ZimmPoll. We asked the question, “What do you think is biggest ag story of 2011?” Wild weather got 40% or the response followed by Record farm land value – 17%; New free trade agreements – 16%; High commodity prices – 16%; Super committee “no”- … Read More
Strangstalien Promoted at Accelerated Genetics
Congratulations to Jill Strangstalien for her promotion at Accelerated Genetics to Animal Health Products and Distribution Manager. Strangstalien has been with Accelerated Genetics for over 24 years, most recently serving as the Farm Products Coordinator for 15 years. In her now role, she will be responsible for providing an animal health product line that enables Accelerated Genetics customers to get … Read More
Dairies in New Zealand Flooded
Dairy farms in the eastern Bay of Plenty in New Zealand have been cut off from milk pickup due to flooding. The Bay of Plenty has been inundated with up to 300 millimetres of rain since Thursday. Fonterra is using alternative routes and extra trucks to collect milk from the farms but says it was unable to collect milk from … Read More