spent the weekend at the Spring Dairy Expo in Columbus, Ohio, and was treated to one of the best dairy cattle shows in the Midwest. Along with serving as a “celebrity” (no, really, they actually called me a celebrity – WOW!) omlette chef and as ring announcer for the Junior All Breeds Showmanship and Ayrshire breed shows, I interviewed some of the top experts in the Dairy business.
More Sires For Select Sires
You can order your Select Sires, February 2006 directory online now by visiting their website. You can view the lineup here. They just sent out announcements on 18 new sires entered into their various programs. It’s way too much information for us to post here so I would look around their website to see what’s new.
Get Your Omega 3-s
We’ve heard a lot about Omega 3-s and now there’s a milk line from Omega Farms with the healthy stuff. The information gets pretty complicated but you’ll get the point.
Patz Launches Truck Mounted Twin Screw Mixer
Patz employees celebrated another new product launch with a ribbon cutting ceremony on February 14th. The Model 2400 Truck Mounted Twin Screw Vertical Mixer was the first of its kind fully assembled at Patz.
Smith Dairy Adds 7 Novelty Treats
Smith Dairy Products announced this week that its novelty frozen treat line will expand by seven tasty concoctions.
CWT Doubles the Assessment to Battle Market Imbalance
The farmer-driven supply/demand self-help program Cooperatives Working Together is increasing its voluntary assessment rate to better combat a surge in milk production.
A New Way to Trade
If you use the Chicago Mercantile Exchange for any risk management of your Class III Milk, you can start trading 24 hours a day!
Dairy Prices Down Again Last Week
Prices for dairy products fell again last week, with average prices for Cheddar, Butter, Nonfat Dry Milk and Dry Whey all sliding.
What Are You Feeding Your Cows?
How well do you know your nutrition program? Are you squeezing every drop of potential production out of your milking string? I just read an article discussing how your profitability will suffer if you either over or under estimate forage requirements for your herd. With that in mind, you might consider making plans to join me in Fort Wayne later this Spring.
Roundup Ready Alfalfa – Coming to a Field Near You
I’ve been reading up on Alfalfa production. The last issue of Hoard’s Dairyman featured the final installment of the 55th Annual Roundtable, this session focusing on Alfalfa production. the four dairies who were represented in the disuccion had various perspectives on the different plants actually in their Alfalfa stands. Some sowed in other cover crops, some preferred a little addtional grasses, and all were curious about the introduction of Roundup Ready Alfalfa to the mix. Curiosity is probably going to be spreading considerably now that the product is available at market.