Take a C for Comfort, an O for Oxidative Balance, a W for Well-being and an S for Sustainability, add them together and you have C.O.W.S., a new program from Novus International to help dairy producers have happier and more productive animals. “The COWS program is our effort to benchmark and understand cow comfort and lameness and lying time and … Read More
Milking Parlor: Dairy Man Becomes VP of NCBA
Beef operations are a big part of any dairy farm, so it’s only fitting that a dairy man has risen to one of the top leadership positions at the National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA). During the recent Cattle Industry Convention in Denver, Scott George, a family dairy farmer from Cody, Wyoming, was elected as the new vice president for NCBA, … Read More
Merial Launches 'Best in Class' Site
Merial has launched a new website as part of their “Best in Class” initiative, a campaign focused on providing dairies access to valuable information and educational tools. “Through ‘Best in Class,’ we hope to be able to partner with dairies – small to large – to promote the importance and value of education and how it can significantly impact productivity, … Read More
Milking Parlor: Novus Builds on Sustainability
Dairy farmers are moving to more sustainable operations, and Novus International, sponsor of this program, has opened a research farm that tests its products and ways to be sustainable. In this edition of the Milking Parlor, we take a look at Green Acres, Novus’ research farm that uses several sustainable features, including collecting the wastewater and composting and a soon-to-be-operational … Read More
Busy Year for Novus in Beef and Dairy
At the National Association of Farm Broadcasting (NAFB) annual meeting last month, Novus International was talking with reporters about this year’s acquisitions that have strengthened the company’s presence in the beef and dairy cattle market. Novus’ Beef Sales Manager Marty Andersen says when they acquired the Albion animal nutrition group in February it helped them expand their portfolio of chelated … Read More
DFA Working On Dairy Industry Challenges
During the recent National Association of Farm Broadcasters convention the Dairy Farmers of America exhibited during their Trade Talk session. This provides farm broadcasters with an opportunity to interview representatives and learn about what’s new with their company or organization. I spoke with Jackie Klippenstein, VP, Industry and Legislative Affairs. Jackie says that priorities for DFA include making sure new … Read More
Milking Parlor: Communicating the Good News of Dairy
Dairy farmers are looking for more ways to get their story out to the public … and some of that is starting with school kids. The dairy industry has a good story to tell … one of hard-working farmers and their families, who are producing quality, nutritious products that build strong bodies and strong minds. In this episode of the … Read More
Every Dairy Can Be Best in Class
Because Merial believes that every dairy can be a “Best in Class” dairy, the company has started a new initiative to help dairy producers be all they can be. Dr. Frank Hurtig says the “Best in Class” initiative is a way to help producers improve milk quality. “Because this is such an important part of the dairy business,” he said … Read More
Write Down What You Wish To Achieve
Proving once again that he’s following in the foot steps of that “other” Dr. Lyons, Dr. Mark Lyons made concluding remarks in grand fashion at the Alltech Global 500. After providing an overview of Alltech innovations with Dr. Karl Dawson during the final session of the conference Mark encouraged the participants to “Think it, Ink it.” He said they should … Read More
Communicating Positives In A Crisis
Dairy farmers need to know about crisis communications just as much as any other business. Those attending the Alltech Global 500 Peter Kerr, KerrComm, address this topic and provide meaningful ideas for how to cope with it. Peter is a communications consultant and he presented a very positive message about turning a negative situation into an opportunity. He discussed how … Read More