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Want to attend the 2014 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit? If you are a student between the ages of 17 – 25, apply to receive financial assistance, made available by the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association and the Center for Dairy Excellence. Considered the premier dairy event in Pennsylvania, the summit is moving to a new venue in 2014, offering four distinct program tracks … Read More

The International Dairy Foods Association has opened submissions for the IDFA Dairy Innovations Awards. At the 2013 International Dairy Show, IDFA will award winners in the following award categories: Food Safety Ingredient/Flavoring/Seasoning/Additive Packaging Processing Sustainability Attendee/Readers Choice Award Entries should offer one or more of the following qualities: Substantial achievement in price/performance Significant advancement in a technology or its application … Read More

Congratulations to Taylor Anne Holterman, the recipient of the 2013 Dairy Calf & Heifer Association Scholarship! Taylor is a sophomore studying Life Sciences Communication at University of Wisconsin-Madison. Besides maintaining her studies and working part-time, Holterman manages social media efforts for her family’s dairy operation, Rosy-Lane Holsteins in Watertown, Wisc. She is the daughter of DCHA members Lloyd and Daphne … Read More

Applications are now available for the Arthur W. Nesbitt All-American Dairy Foundation Award, which seeks to recognize an individual who has exhibited cattle or participated in youth activities at the All-American Dairy Show. The award is named for Arthur Nesbitt, honorary chairman of the All-American Dairy Foundation. Nesbitt is the former NASCO Chief Operating Officer and past secretary of the … Read More

The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy is announcing the winners of the second annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards on April 23 at a special ceremony in Washington, D.C. The program recognizes dairy farms and businesses of all sizes for practices that advance the industry’s commitment to healthy products, healthy communities and a healthy planet. The winners were selected based on … Read More

Congratulations to Mike Hutjens for being awarded the Outstanding Service Award from the National Dairy Herd Information Association! Hutjens is professor emeritus with the University of Illinois department of animal sciences. Hutjens was raised on a 70-cow grade Holstein farm near Green Bay and earned his bachelor’s, master’s and doctorate degrees at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. From 1971 to 1979, … Read More

Congratulations to Doug Temme, Nebraska’s 2013 Philip H. Cole Distinguished Dairyman winner! Temme and his wife, Mary, started their dairy career with Temme’s father in 1980, expanding the herd of 100 to its present size over the course of 33 years. The couple’s son, John, joined the business four years ago. Temme was recognized for a variety of leadership roles … Read More

Congratulations to Johan Osorio, a Ph.D. candidate in Animal Science at the University of Illinois, for being named a Young Dairy Scholar by the Midwest Branch of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA). Osorio gave a 30-minute presentation on his dissertation topic “Peripartal immunometabolic indices and hepatic transcriptomics in transition dairy cows in response to methionine supplementation” and was recognized … Read More