The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), with support from Dairy Management, Inc. (DMI), formally launched the National Dairy FARM Program: Farmers Assuring Responsible Management at a news conference during the 2009 World Dairy Expo, unveiling key components of the voluntary, nationwide program designed to bring consistency and uniformity to animal care through education, on-farm evaluations and objective third-party verification. “Dairy … Read More
Pfizer Adds Fort Dodge Products with Wyeth Aquisition
A new Pfizer Animal Health was unveiled last week as Pfizer’s acquisition of Wyeth, including its subsidiary Fort Dodge Animal Health, was completed. The acquisition of many of Fort Dodge’s U.S. products allows Pfizer Animal Health to greatly diversify its U.S. portfolio, as well as broaden its offering in all animal health segments. Pfizer Animal Health now offers an enhanced … Read More
Alpharma Helps Producers Protect Investment
2009 World Dairy Expo coverage sponsored by: World Dairy Expo Photo Album With today’s economic situation in the dairy industry, it is very wise for producers to do all they can to protect the investment they have made in their animals. At World Dairy Expo, I talked with Lance Fox of Alpharma about maximizing disease protection in the first critical … Read More
Walking Fermenters Need To Be Healthy
Going back to basics and taking care of the “walking fermenter” was the subject of Juan Tricarico’s presentation at the Global Dairy 500 Conference. I just love that term and Juan explains it in my interview with him. Looking into the future for the dairy farmer Juan says dairy farmers need to be efficient with nutrient use. He believes there … Read More
Tips For Making Feed Choices More Efficient
To tell dairy farmers attending the Global Dairy 500 Conference what to “leave in and what to take out” was Mike Hutjens, University of Illinois. Mike is very passionate about the diary business and so enthusiastic that our translators had to get him to slow down so they could translate for our international audience. Hutjens addressed feed questions and says … Read More
More Efficiency In Dairy Production
Providing the first remarks on the program for the Global Dairy 500 Conference was Dr. Pearse Lyons, founder and President, Alltech. The theme of his opening remarks was to answer the question, “Is there a future for dairy in these turbulent times?” Dr. Lyons addressed the real challenges in the dairy business internationally. The Conference has attendees from all over … Read More
Pro-Act Biotech Introduces SandSmart
Do you use sand as bedding material on your dairy farm? If you are reusing the sand, then Pro-Act Biotech has a product just for you! SandSmart™ is a biological product that allows dairy farmers to reuse their sand bedding after a quick, convenient and effective cleaning. The quality and quantity of recycled sand are important factors to consider. SandSmart™ … Read More
Practical Aspects of Feeding Grass to Dairy Cows
Another interesting article by Charlotte Johnston with TheCattleSite. Titled, “Practical Aspects of Feeding Grass to Dairy Cows,” this article details the use of grass based systems in a low cost feeding method for dairy producers. Check it out below… Research that has been carried out by Teagasc at Moorepark Farm, Ireland have shown that fresh grass is one of most … Read More
Pioneer Lab Tests More Reliably Than Others
After all the classroom presentations today we got to tour the Pioneer Livestock Nutrition Center. We couldn’t take photos inside but afterward I interviewed our tour guide, Scott Dennis, Pioneer Technical Services Manager, Forage Additives. Cindy took the photo of me interviewing Scott who is pictured on the left. Scott says the facility was originally built in 1993 to measure … Read More
Pioneer Keeps Animal Welfare Top of Mind
The man who got us started here at the Pioneer Hi-Bred Forage Media Day is Robin Newell. Cindy spoke to him about the “long look.” He says the Pioneer long look has four components that include: “We strive to create the best products;” “We deal honestly and fairly with our constituents;” “We represent our products vigorously;” “We help our customers … Read More