At the recent National FFA Convention & Expo in Louisville, Ky., incoming USPOULTRY Foundation Chairman, Elton Maddox, Wayne Farms, Oakwood, Ga., announced an enhancement of the USPOULTRY Foundation’s support for the National FFA Poultry Evaluation Career Development Event (CDE). The Poultry Evaluation CDE is a competitive event that helps students develop their ability to think critically, communicate clearly, and perform … Read More
CWT Aids in Cheese, Butter & Whole Milk Powder Export Sales
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 18 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), Michigan Milk Producers Association and Tillamook County Creamery Association to sell 4.985 million pounds (2,261 metric tons) of Cheddar and Gouda cheese, 2.866 million pounds (1,300 metric tons) of butter (82% milkfat) and 17.730 million pounds (8,042 metric tons) of … Read More
CAO Participants Eligible for Elite Internship
Fair Oaks Pig Adventure, Belstra Milling announced a unique internship opportunity exclusively for participants in the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s College Aggies Online Scholarship Program (CAO). The Alliance’s CAO program helps college students, with an interest in agriculture, become confident, positive and proactive communicators for the entire industry. Since the CAO competition began on September 8, 2014 more than 1,043 college … Read More
Dairy Joins Fight Against Prostate Cancer
This is Movember, the month where men across the country grow their upper lip hair to draw attention to prostate cancer. Well, maybe we ought to add a milk mustache to the list. A group called MoDairy, an initiative committed to raising awareness of men’s health throughout Movember, is trying to raise awareness to men’s health issues, specifically prostate cancer, … Read More
MN Dairy Farmer Honored with Lyng Award
Minnesota dairy farmer Glen Schroeder has been honored as the 2014 recipient of the Richard E. Lyng Award for his extensive contributions and distinguished service to dairy promotion. The award was handed out at the Joint National Dairy Board/National Milk Producers Federation/United Dairy Industry Association (UDIA) Annual Meeting in Grapevine, Texas. “Glen Schroeder served as a founding farmer for dairy … Read More
AgChat Offers College Aggies Free Trip to Meeting
Some lucky, make that, hard-working, students are going to get their ways to AgChat Foundation’s (ACF) 2015 Collegiate Congress paid. This news release on the Animal Agriculture Alliance website says ACF will send the winners of the College Aggies Online (CAO) program all expenses paid to the event on January 17 & 18, 2015, in Indianapolis, Indiana. This year the … Read More
Food Safety Modernization Act Seminar Added to IPPE
Organizers of the International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) taking place Jan. 27-29, 2015 in Atlanta, Georgia, have added a one-day Food Safety Modernization Act (FMSA) seminar to the program. The Phase I “Food Safety Modernization Act – Building a Foundation for Compliance” course being held on Jan. 28 is designed to educate and update feed and pet food manufacturers … Read More
COOL Reform Coalition Asks Congress to Repeal Rule
The Country of Origin Labeling (COOL) Reform Coalition is asking Congress to repeal the existing U.S. Mandatory COOL rule for muscle cuts of meat. In a letter sent by the group’s 109 stakeholders, the signers say they are gravely concerned about the negative impact the rule will have on the U.S. economy. On October 20, 2014, a World Trade Organization … Read More
Dairy Group wants Japan's Import System Replaced
A group representing American dairy manufacturing and marketing industries and their suppliers says that Japan’s import system is a “potential Achilles heel” in trade negotiations. The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) sent a letter to U.S. Trade Representative Michael Froman and Secretary of Agriculture Tom Vilsack calling for the replacement of Japan’s current import administration program in the Trans-Pacific Partnership … Read More
Summit to Focus on Sustainability in Animal Ag
The next Animal Agriculture Sustainability Summit will ask the questions, “What is sustainability, and why do we need it?” This is the seventh annual edition of the summit that runs during the first day of the 2015 International Production & Processing Expo (IPPE) at the Georgia World Congress Center in Atlanta, Georgia, Jan. 27-29, 2015, bringing in industry and agriculture … Read More