Congratulations to the Michigan 4-H team for winning the National 4-H Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo. 31 teams from around the country competed in the dairy cattle evaluation contest judging 10 classes, and giving oral reasons on five classes. Team members Megan Filhart, Hayleigh Geurink, Megan Bush and Savannah Katulski led the team to the top in … Read More
Penn State Captures Dairy Judging Title
Congratulations to the Penn State dairy judging team – the 2012 winners of the Intercollegiate Dairy Cattle Judging Contest at World Dairy Expo. Complete results here. Overall Top 10 Teams 1. Penn State; 2539; coached by Dale Olver 2. UW-Madison; 2526; coached by Wethal and Kelroy 3. Iowa State University; 2460; coached by Dr. Lee Kilmer 4. University of Minnesota; … Read More
Apply for Fred Stout Award by Feb. 1
Applications are being sought for the 2013 Fred Stout Experience awards. The awards are open to youth with a strong desire to pursue a career in managing and/or marketing Registered Jersey™ cattle. The awards are presented annually in memory of Fred J. Stout Sr., Mt. Carmel, Ill., a lifelong Jersey breeder and member of the Jersey Marketing Service staff from … Read More
VanderMark New VP at Accelerated
Congratulations to Amy VanderMark, the new Vice President Domestic Sales for Accelerated Genetics. In her position, VanderMark will be responsible for providing leadership, guidance, and strategic planning for the domestic sales team. She will be based out of the Administrative Headquarters in Baraboo, Wis. VanderMark joins Accelerated Genetics with a vast knowledge base of the agricultural industry, and especially the … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 10 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell 4.246 million pounds (1,926 metric tons) of Cheddar cheese, and 200,621 pounds (91 metric tons) of butter, to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North … Read More
New Holland Does it Big at World Dairy Expo
One of the big “new” things at the 2012 World Dairy Expo is New Holland! New Holland has made a major commitment to support the Expo for several years. Here’s Abe Hughes, VP, North America, for New Holland, with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack, during his visit to Expo this morning. New Holland has sponsored a 26,000 square foot … Read More
Listen to Secretary of Ag Vilsack at World Dairy Expo
We had a great town hall meeting today with U.S. Secretary of Agriculture, Tom Vilsack. He spent an hour and a half taking questions after making some opening remarks. I’ve uploaded the whole session for your listening pleasure. He really hammered Congress for not passing a farm/food/jobs bill and addressed a number of other topics as the audience asked questions. … Read More
Dairy Co-ops Top Income in 2011
October is National Cooperative Month and 2012 is the the United Nations International Year of Cooperatives, so it is extra special to celebrate record farm cooperative income in 2011 and dairy co-ops did very well indeed. USDA released the latest statistics today, showing that farmer, rancher and fishery cooperatives posted record sales of $213 billion and $5.4 billion in net … Read More
Sec. of Ag Vilsack Visit
World Dairy Expo has a special visitor today. U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack is holding an open town hall meeting. Here he is being welcomed by Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture, Ben Brancel. I’ll post audio from the session here on World Dairy Diary as soon as I can after the meeting is over. It is an hour and a … Read More
Nuns Make Heavenly Cheese
The Gouda produced by the nuns at Our Lady of the Angels Monastery in Virginia has been referred to as ‘heavenly.’ The 13 nuns support themselves by making the Dutch-style Gouda, which they produce in a cheese barn just down the hill from the monastery. It’s an enterprise they inherited from the farm’s previous owner. It is very much … Read More