Have a laugh this Monday night. From our friends at Buzzfeed: “19 Cows Who Don’t Quite Have This Cow Thing Down.” Source: Buzzfeed
StrataGEN® New Online Resource
The unique, sequential breeding system, StrataGEN®, now has an online resource available for the dairy industry to learn more about this exciting breeding program. StrataGEN development has been under construction for several years, with careful mating and sorting of sires specifically designed to fit the needs of the program. In April 2012 the program was released to combat the rising … Read More
Six Awarded Center Scholarships
Congratulations to the six recipients of the Student Leader Scholarships, awarded by the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania Board of Directors. The scholarships provide recognition, encouragement and financial assistance to outstanding students enrolled in academic programs that support the dairy industry. Funds for the scholarships are made possible through contributions to the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation’s scholarship … Read More
Cheese Brinds to De-Ice?
The city of Milwaukee has an interesting new take on making icy roads safe – cheese brines. The city’s Department of Public Works will go ahead this winter with a pilot program to determine whether cheese brine — a liquid waste product left over from cheesemaking — can be added to rock salt and applied directly to the street. There … Read More
New Checkoff Website
Head over to the new dairy checkoff website to learn more about the programs Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) manages. Dairy.org serves as DMI’s corporate website that presents an overview of the organization’s function, plus information about the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, National Dairy Council, Fuel Up to Play 60 and other checkoff priority areas. The site features information about … Read More
USDA Report Shows DMI Impacts Sales
Dairy checkoff partnerships formed by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) have a positive impact on sales, according to the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s annual Report to Congress. An analysis of DMI’s partnership with Domino’s Pizza from 2009 to 2011 shows the benefit-to-cost ratio (BCR) of $7.70 for every checkoff dollar invested. This compares to a BCR of 3.9 for the entire … Read More
Most Contact Lawmakers When Issues Matter
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “ Do you contact your members of Congress?” Our poll results: • When issues are important to me 41% • Never, what’s the point? 32% • Who is my member of Congress? 14% • Other 9% • Often call or write 5% • Visit offices and go to town hall meetings 0% Looks like … Read More
Powel-Smith Joins DuPont
Congratulations to Bill Powel-Smith, who has joined DuPont Pioneer as a dairy specialist in northern Wisconsin. In this role, Powel-Smith will work with the Pioneer sales force to help dairy producers reach maximum productivity in growing, harvesting, storing and feeding forage products along with sharing on-farm knowledge and nutritional best practices. Prior to joining Pioneer, Powel-Smith worked for Northstar Dairy … Read More
Impact Sires Print Available
Select Sires added four recent legends to their “Impact Sires of the Breed” artwork, 7HO6417 O-Bee MANfred Justice-ET (EX-94-GM), 7HO8081 Ensenada Taboo PLANET-ET (EX-90-GM), 7HO7872 KHW Kite ADVENT-RED-ET (EX-94) and 7HO7004 Erbacres DAMION (EX-96). These sires have made a far-reaching impact on not only Select Sires, but the Holstein breed around the world. The Select Sires “Impact Sires of the … Read More
Expo Honored by Trade Show Group
World Dairy Expo’s Trade Show continues to climb in Trade Show Executive magazine’s (TSE) prestigious Gold 100, now ranking #22. That is up from the previous #26 position for this national ranking of trade shows in all industry segments. In separate recent trade show ratings, EXPO Magazine has listed World Dairy Expo as eighth in their ranking of the Top … Read More