You can help crown the winner of the 2013 Show Your Pride dairy farmer photo contest sponsored by Dairy Management Inc. The goal of the contest was to have dairy producers show their enthusiasm for the checkoff-led Fuel Up to Play 60 program and their partnership with the National Football League. The contest winner receives a visit to their dairy … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 14 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Land O’Lakes, Michigan Milk Producers Association and Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) to sell 1.036 million pounds (470 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 716,502 pounds (325 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, the Middle East and … Read More
Youth Fitting Winner Announced
Congratulations to Adrian Franken, Ontario, Canada, who was named the winner of the 4th annual World Dairy Expo Fitting Contest. Each contestant was responsible to bring an unclipped animal to the contest and their own equipment and supplies. They clipped and fit the hair to enhance each animal’s strengths and weaknesses within the time limit. These eager youth clipped and … Read More
Happy With Current Smartphones
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Planning to buy new iPhone or upgrade?” Our poll results: · Happy with my current iPhone 25% · Still using a dumb phone 25% · Not an iPhone fan 17% · Upgrading to 5S 17% · Buying 1st iPhone – either one 8% · Other 8% · Upgrading to 5C 0% It looks like … Read More
New DFA Plant in Michigan
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) has broke ground on an ingredient processing facility in Cass City, Mich. The $40 million plant will serve a region where milk production is steadily outpacing local plant capacity. At completion next fall, the 33,000-square-foot plant will process up to 3 million pounds of fresh milk each day, which will be supplied by DFA member … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Foremost Farms, and Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold) to sell 4.041 million pounds (1,833 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese and 992,080 pounds (450 metric tons) of butter to customers in Asia, Europe, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will … Read More
N.J. Company to Work with African Dairy Farmers
PortaScience, Inc., a New Jersey company, was recently awarded a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation to commercialize a milk quality test for small farms in Africa. Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation is a program funded by U.S. Agency for International Development (USAID) and implemented by Fintrac, Inc. The program is focused on finding and commercializing agricultural … Read More
DeLaval Sells 10,000th System
DeLaval recently sold its 10,000th Voluntary Milking System VMS™ (or milking robot) to Glenirvine Farms in Fergus, Ontario. As a pioneer of automated milking systems, DeLaval obtained its first voluntary milking patent in 1982, and through a subsidiary company installed on-farm milking robots in Holland in the early 1990s. The first generation DeLaval VMS units were sold in 1998. Dairy … Read More
Tackle Breakfast Contest
Did you know that September is National Breakfast Month? Dairy foods are a perfect addition to any healthy breakfast. Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association is giving away a game day experience with former Philadelphia Eagle, Ike Reese. Enter now – the contest ends on September 30! Here’s How to Enter: Like us on Dairyspot on Facebook and upload a photo of you … Read More
Cold Milk Separation Facility to Open in N.Y.
Craigs Station Ventures has formed a partnership with Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) to build and supply a new cold milk separation facility in western New York. The $12 million venture, dubbed Western New York Enterprises LLC, will open next fall alongside a new methane digester and large-scale milking operation at Noblehurst Farms in York. A 14,000 square-foot facility, powered … Read More