Get your camera ready – Semex is seeking entries for its Annual Photo Contest! Entries due Sept. 1, 2013. Semex is looking for new, exciting photos featuring Semex-sired progeny to use in Semex promotions such as calendars, posters, brochures, website and much more. Preference will be given to photographs that include Semex cows and attire and will be judged on … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted seven requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America and Maryland & Virginia Milk Producers Cooperative Association to sell 833,347 pounds (378 metric tons) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese and 992,080 pounds (450 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, the Middle East and Central America. The product will … Read More
Lindevig Joins Vet Plus
Congratulations to Dave Lindevig who has joined the Vets Plus, Inc. (VPI) sales team as National Account Manager. In addition to his sales role, Lindevig will collaborate with the VPI Research & Development team to create nutritional supplements for beef and dairy cattle. Lindevig brings over twenty years of experience as a nutritionist for beef and dairy cattle to his … Read More
Bids Sought for Greek Yogurt in Schools
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is seeking bidders to supply Greek yogurt for the National School Lunch Program in New York and three other states as a pilot program for the 2013-14 school year. Schools in Arizona, Idaho and Tennessee will also participate in the experiment, which is open to Greek yogurt suppliers anywhere in the country. U.S. Sen. Charles … Read More
Tour Pa. Farm
The Center for Dairy Excellence will host its second “Open House and Dairy Tour” at Meadow Spring Farm LLC in Lititz, Pa. on Tuesday, July 16, from 10 a.m. – 1:30 p.m. Owned in partnership by Tom and Sue Bollinger, their son Andy, and his wife Andrea, Meadow Spring Farm consists of 360 Holstein milking cows and 330 replacement heifers. … Read More
Enter Online for World Dairy Expo
World Dairy Expo’s online dairy cattle entry system is now available to exhibitors wishing to make entries to this year’s show. The system allows exhibitors to enter their animals, purchase a tent and/or booth space and show season passes. Stalling requests, youth showmanship and fitting contest entries, Futurity entries and judge nominations can all be submitted using the online entry … Read More
Select Sires Holds Training Conference
More than 35 professional Select Reproductive Solutions™ (SRS™) specialists from Select Sires’ member organizations, Select Sires Canada and Reproductores SR, Select Sires’ distributor in Argentina, recently gathered for the annual SRS Conference in Columbus, Ohio. The SRS conference featured sessions on Select Detect™ troubleshooting, herd management software updates, managing heifer inventories, economics of reproduction, heat abatement strategies, feed management tips, … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 16 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell 2.361 million pounds (1,071 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 665,796 pounds (302 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered … Read More
Wegmans, Cornell Partner in Artisan Cheese
Wegmans Food Markets and Cornell University have partnered to put N.Y. on the map for artisanal and specialty cheesemaking. Products from five artisan cheesemakers have debuted at Wegmans’ Pittsford, N.Y. store. As part of the partnership, Wegmans is providing $360,000 in funding for a three-year pilot program at Cornell that includes the hire of an artisan cheese extension associate position … Read More
Greatest Threat to Farming
Before we get to our new Zimmpoll let’s look at the results of our latest one which asked the question, “Do you listen to satellite radio?” The results would suggest that not everyone has hopped on the satellite radio bandwagon. However, we did see a quick spike in the “No, never will” answer which seems suspicious. What do you think … Read More