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Happy 4th of July! Why not try making this patriotic pie from “The Secret Life of a Chef’s Wife“? The Eas­i­est Fourth of July Pie I’ve Ever Seen Ingre­di­ents 1 pre-baked 9-inch pie crust Pas­try cream: 2 1/2 cups 1/2 & 1/2, or whole milk 1 tea­spoon vanilla bean paste 1/4 tea­spoon salt 2 eggs + 1 egg yolk 2/3 … Read More

A few weeks ago, we posted about young dairy farmers from Sussex who parodied the hit song “I’m Sexy and I know It.” This week, three brothers from a Kansas beef farm posted their version of the song, “I’m Farming and I Grow It.” Their singing and dancing has gone viral, and Fox and Friends interviewed the young men today. … Read More

Researchers have found new evidence that points to the likelihood that prehistoric people had ‘dairy farms,’ as long as 7,000 years ago. By analyzing pottery fragments, study researcher Julie Dunne, a doctoral student at the University of Bristol and her colleagues have now shown that these early herders were not only milking their livestock, but also processing that milk into … Read More

Select Sires Inc. welcomes six interns into their summer internship program. Maggie Dean, Kelly Fortney, Megan Swaney, Lindsey Grimes, Nicole Hoff and Caitlin Patrick will be interning with North America’s largest A.I. organization this summer. Maggie Dean of Marion, Ohio is interning in the semen processing lab at Select Sires Inc. Dean is a sophomore in Animal Science at the … Read More

GROWMARK employees have created a cookbook to help a group focused on feeding the world. In celebration of the International Year of Cooperatives, GROWMARK has announced that proceeds from sales of a new cookbook will go to Farmers Feeding the World, an industry-wide campaign to rally North American agriculture in the war against hunger. GROWMARK System employees and friends submitted … Read More

Yogurt-maker Dannon Co. has announced an agreement with McCarty Dairy of Kansas to have the dairy farm be the only supplier of milk to the Dannon yogurt factory in Fort Worth, Tx. The McCarty family milks nearly 7,200 cows daily. A processing plant pasteurizes the milk and strips out water. The dried milk will be used by Dannon for its … Read More

The National Mastitis Council (NMC) has launched a Facebook page for researchers and dairy farmers to share information on milk quality and industry insights. The NMC pages provide a variety of useful information to followers including management tips and industry updates that correspond with NMC’s goal of improved milk quality. Posts and discussions include management information on proper milking protocols … Read More

$8 a month for milk may not seem like a lot of money, but for some of the peers to 10-year-old Haley Dellaneva in Fargo, N.D. it was too much. They were going without milk, and Haley didn’t like that. So, on June 10, Haley hosted the first “Haley’s Milk Run” to raise money so her school mates could drink … Read More

Raj Lall, president and CEO of Vets Plus, Inc. (VPI) in Knapp, Wisc.; and John Vrieze, owner of Emerald/Baldwin Dairies (Emerald, Wisc.; Baldwin, Wis.); announce a partnership between the two businesses. The agreement, which has the option to renew annually, will allow VPI to conduct field trials at Emerald Dairy, as well as utilize their on-site classroom and facilities for … Read More

The Los Angeles Kings’ hockey team defeated the New Jersey Devils on Monday night to claim the Stanley Cup trophy. The first player to receive the trophy for a day was team captain, Dustin Brown. All of the other Kings players and some staff members will get to have the trophy for a day over the summer, during which they … Read More