Featured speakers for the 2012 Annual Meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association and National All-Jersey Inc. will be Dana H. Coale, Deputy Administrator for AMS Dairy Programs, USDA, and Roger A. Cady, Ph.D., Senior Technical Advisor and Sustainability Lead on the Elanco Food Industry & Consumer Affairs team. The meetings will be held at the North Conway Grand Hotel … Read More
Holstein True Type Update
Catch-up on the third installment from Bonnie Mohr, as she re-creates the True Type Holstein Cow and Bull images, commissioned by Holstein Association USA. Bonnie’s Blog #3: Slow and Steady Wins the Race Doing these colossal paintings is sort of like getting in the car in New York City and driving to San Francisco, without a road map. You have … Read More
NMC to Hold Regional Meeting
The National Mastitis Council invites dairy enthusiasts to attend its Regional Meeting celebrating another year of dedication to reducing mastitis and enhancing milk quality. The meeting is open to dairy farmers and their employees, veterinarians, university researchers and extension specialists, milk quality specialists, dairy advisors and students. It will take place on August 15-16, 2012 at the Holiday Inn City … Read More
New Holland MegaCutter Offers More
New Holland is the leader in hay and forage tools and their latest offering, the MegaCutter™, provides professional users with 16% more cutting capacity up front. We already heard about this new mounted triple disc mower-conditioner when it debuted at the National Farm Machinery Show in February, but we got another look last week in more detail with the help … Read More
Growing Corn and Raw Milk
No, these don’t go together except that they are the subjects of our last and new weekly polls. Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “With all of the discussion on projected corn acres this year, how many acres of corn do you expect to plant this year?” A full third of respondents said More than 2,000 acres. That was followed … Read More
Duncan-Goldsmith Wins Service Award
Congratulations to Diane Duncan-Goldsmith, who was awarded the Midwest Dairy Council Service Award by the Iowa Dairy Nutrition Advisory Committee. The Dairy Council Service Award is given annually to a person who is committed to dairy nutrition education. Duncan-Goldsmith has been the director of food service for the Iowa City Community School District since 1987, and has been an advocate … Read More
WMMB Announces 2013 Budget
The Board of Directors for the Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB) today approved the $30,316,000 promotional program plan and budget covering the 2013 Fiscal Year (FY) which begins July 1 and runs through June 30, 2013. The FY2013 plan covers in-state and national cheese and dairy product promotion; retail, food processing and foodservice marketing and education programs; national communications activities … Read More