Attention Jersey youth: June 1 is the deadline to enter the seventh national Jersey youth presentation competition, TalkJersey. All AJCA junior or lifetime members, ages 7 through 20 as of January 1, 2012, are eligible to enter one of two divisions: the live public speaking contest or the recorded presentation division. Cash awards sponsored by ABS Global Inc., DeForest, Wis., … Read More
Crave Brothers Win Cheese Award
Crave Brothers Farmstead Classics Marinated Fresh Mozzarella—Ciliegine has been awarded Second Place in the Flavored Soft Cheeses Category in the 2012 World Championship Cheese Contest. Cheese maker George Crave’s Marinated Fresh Mozzarella—Ciliegine earned a score of 99.65 from the panel of 40 experts from 17 countries and 10 U.S. states who were judging the event. More than 2,500 entries competed … Read More
Pa. Dairy Scholarships Available
Pennsylvania students, the Pa. Center of Dairy Excellence has five $1,000 scholarships available. Applications are due June 1, 2012. The scholarships are offered to provide recognition, encouragement and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled in academic programs that support the dairy industry. Consideration for this scholarship will be given to Pennsylvania residents who are full-time undergraduate students planning to enroll … Read More
Cooperative Network Supports Dairy 30×20
Cooperative Network recognizes the need to supply Wisconsin’s dairy processors with the milk they need, and supports the Dairy 30×20 Initiative announced today by Governor Scott Walker in Madison. The initiative will improve the long-term viability of the state’s dairy industry through services designed to achieve an annual milk production of 30 billion pounds by 2020. In 2011, the state’s … Read More
New BOD Members Appointed to Expo
World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors approved five new members at their annual meeting. The board is composed of a variety of dairy business professionals from the United States and Canada. The new directors include: Buster Goff, Callum McKinven, Paula Bovre, Jim Crowley, Jr. and Kate VandenBosch. Buster Goff, representing Dairy Farmers of America, milks approximately 5,000 Holsteins and 2,600 … Read More
Kemps Acquires Cass-Clay
Kemps has purchased the Cass-Clay brand and plant in Fargo, N.D. The previous owner AMPI announced the agreement. In the agreement AMPI will remain the exclusive milk suppliers for all Cass-Clay products. So what does this mean for the Cass-Clay milk, yogurt, and sour cream you buy? Kemps Representative Rachel Kyllo says Kemps new ownership will change nothing about the … Read More
Lammers Named Neb. Dairy Princess
Congratulations to Emma Lammers, who was crowned the 2012 Nebraska Dairy Princess! Lammers is the daughter of Joe and Kathy Lammers of Lammers Enterprise Dairy. She is a junior studying agricultural education at the University of Nebraska – Lincoln. Her title includes a $750 scholarship award. Lisa Temme (TEM ee), 20, daughter of Doug and Mary Temme of Wayne, was … Read More
The RFS and Farm Bill and Agriculture
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Is maintaining the Renewable Fuel Standard more important to agriculture than the farm bill?” The statement was made during a recent meeting I attended that the Renewable Fuel Standard was more important to agriculture than the Farm Bill. In a show of how important it is 38% each of respondents said Yes and Both … Read More
Western Dairy Challenge Results
Sixty students from six western universities and one Canadian university competed in the seventh annual Western Regional Dairy Challenge March 1-3, 2012 in Visalia, Calif. The Western Regional Dairy Challenge is an innovative dairy management analysis competition developed by industry and university professionals from across the U.S. A key objective of the dairy challenge is to present students with real-life … Read More
7th YDLI Class Graduates
The Holstein Foundation has graduated the 7th Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI) class, with forty-two young adults from the U.S., Canada, Mexico, and Italy, completing the three-phase leadership and communication skills development program. Featured speakers on the “All-Star Leadership” roster included: · Joan Horbiak and David Pelzer, who presented “Media Spring Training,” focused on mastering interviews with the media and … Read More