It’s time to highlight another World Dairy Expo award winner. We would like to send a special congratulations to a fellow member of the media for being named the 2015 World Dairy Expo Industry Person of the Year. Jim Dickrell has more than 35 years of dairy publication experience, has served as the editor of Dairy Today magazine since 1989 … Read More
Ceva Focuses on Vaccine Development
The Ceva Animal Health Scientific Services Investigative Unit (SSIU) could be called the CSI of the animal health world because they operate the same way – scientifically solving mysteries and getting the bad guys. “We are a connection between our R&D group and our customer and through that connection we solve problems for our customer,” said Ceva Scientific Services Director … Read More
New Holland 1st Cut Winner – Tyler Egeland
Here’s a first in a series of interviews with the winners of the New Holland 1st Cut Competition. I spoke by phone with Tyler Egeland of Iowa who submitted a very creative photo into the contest. Tyler proposes to his girl friend by cutting the words, “Lauren, will you marry me?” into an alfalfa field using a New Holland Speedrower. … Read More
Acres and Avenues Connects Consumers To Dairy
Dairy Management Inc.(DMI) has launched “Acres + Avenues,” an initiative to protect and grow public trust in dairy, to advance the conversation and help people reconnect with dairy farmers who producers. Acres and Avenues is a three episode web series, featuring seven and a half minute videos, and works to reveal the shared values and parallels in the lives of … Read More
Help Celebrate 50 Years of World Dairy Expo
The 2015 World Dairy Expo was kickoff to a year of celebration. Next year will mark the 50th anniversary of the international event and one way to reflect on those successful years is in a commemorative book. “We Need a Show” co-editors Steve Larson and Corey Geiger took time to chat with me about their vision and collaborative efforts to … Read More
Dairy Goat Producers Represented at WDE
The Wisconsin branch of the American Dairy Goat Association(ADGA) made a presence among the cattlemen at the 2015 World Dairy Expo. Representatives were busy discussing the industry’s upcoming events, including the ADGA Annual Convention held in Boise, ID later this month, and the annual fall conference for the Wisconsin Dairy Goat Association(WDGA), held this week in Arlington, WI at the … Read More
Dairy Last Deal Made in TPP
The last piece of the Trans Pacific Partnership puzzle to fall into place early Monday morning was dairy, with the holdout coming from demands for increased market access by Australia and New Zealand. “The extraordinary thing about dairy products…is that New Zealand has only two and a half percent of world dairy production and roughly one third of world trade,” … Read More
Ceva Continues Facility Expansion
The root of Ceva Animal Health USA lies in Biomune, the vaccine manufacturing company in Lenexa, Kansas it acquired in 2005. “When we originally purchased Ceva Biomune we had a vision for where this (company) could go,” said Daryl Pint, Ceva Biomune CEO, during a tour of the facilities for swine industry media. “Ceva has purchased 27 companies over the … Read More
Vetericyn Pinkeye Spray Requires No Withdrawal
Results from a study on Vetericyn Plus™ Pinkeye Spray recently completed by Auburn University College of Veterinary Medicine shows a significant reduction in both pain scores and lesion size, and finds no need to require a withdrawal period from the product for lactating cows. The Auburn University study found that dairy calves treated with Vetericyn Plus™ Pinkeye Spray had an … Read More
Ceva Animal Health is Growing
Ceva Animal Health is set on becoming a major player in the swine industry within the next five years. The global company was just created in 2000 in France, and the North American operations started in only 2005, but already Ceva has experienced a five fold growth increase. Craig Wallace, Ceva CEO and North American Zone Director, says growth in … Read More