At this week’s National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) annual meeting, a newly-released annual assessment derived from 8,000 second-party evaluations, found universal adoption of many of the best practices from the Farmers Assuring Responsible Management (FARM) program. “The thousands of data points this program collects on an ongoing basis show that dairy farmers aren’t just talking the talk about animal care … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 11 requests for export assistance from Bongards Creameries, Dairy Farmers of America, Foremost Farms USA and Tillamook County Creamery Association to sell 2.079 million pounds (943 metric tons) of Cheddar, Gouda and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in Asia, Central America, the Middle East and North Africa. The product will be delivered in November … Read More
Meet DairyUS – The REAL Seal of Approval
The animated Dairy REAL Seal Character finally has a name. After a nationwide vote, the cartoon character who is helping to build awareness of the advantages of real dairy foods has been named DairyUS. The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) made the announcement today during their annual meeting. The character was modeled after the iconic REAL Seal logo and will … Read More
Getting to Know Prince Agri Products
Prince Agri Products sponsored this morning’s Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop pre-conference symposium. To learn more about the company I spoke with Dave Calabotta (right), VP of Marketing and Business Development. Dave says that Prince Agri Products has been around for about 150 years and is part of Phibro Animal Health. Prince focuses on the marketing of minerals and … Read More
Penn State Dairy Nutrition Conference Underway
The pre-conference symposium of the Penn State Dairy Cow Nutrition Workshop is underway in Grantville, PA. We have four speakers here this morning and I’ll be interviewing them during and after this session. I’ll also be interviewing other workshop representatives and we’re going to learn a lot more about Prince Agri Products which is making my coverage here today possible. … Read More
Geiger Interview About Growing Middle East Market
Recently, Hoard Dairymen interviewed Nina Bakht Halal, the director of the U.S. Dairy Export Council’s Middle East/North Africa region, at the U.S. Dairy Conference held in Dubai, United Arab Emirates about exporting dairy foods to the Middle East. “All we need is a little more collaboration,” Halal told the U.S. delegation to the United States Dairy Export Council’s Middle East … Read More
Innovation Dairy Tour
GEA Farm Technologies recently hosted its 2013 Innovation Dairy Tour. Dairy producers from 12 states attended the two-day event to see industry-leading technologies in action on five innovative dairies, including an automatic teat dipping system, a robotic milking system and several other new industry innovations. “The goal of the Innovation Dairy Tour was to bring producers from across the country … Read More
Penn State Dairy Workshop Pre-Conf. Seminar
Next up on the AgriBlogging Highway for me is the pre-conference symposium at the Penn State Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop. The symposium is sponsored by Prince Agri Products and will focus on Mastitis Management and Transition Cow Health. Reducing the incidence of mastitis and enhancing transition cow health can have a significant impact on dairy cattle health, milk production and … Read More
Most Think Partisanship Biggest Obstacle to Farm Bill
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, ”What’s the biggest threat to getting the Farm Bill done?” Our poll results: · Lack of bipartisanship – 39% · Nutrition reform – 36% · Other – 18% · Animal ag issues – 7% The farm bill conference committee has still only met once, but there is some hope they will have a compromise … Read More
Orth and McNett Promoted at Expo
Congratulations to Susan Orth and Crystal McNett, both who have new responsibilities with World Dairy Expo. Susan Orth will be stepping into a newly created role, Sponsorship Manager. Crystal McNett has been named Trade Show Manager. As the new Sponsorship Manager, Susan Orth’s role reaches across all aspects of Expo, including the Dairy Cattle Show, Trade Show and other sponsored … Read More