The IDF World Dairy Summit 2011 will be highlighting the importance of dairy nutrition through three different sessions. New to the programme this year, a conference exploring “Sustainable Public Health and Dairy Nutrition Economics” on October 19 is set to prove extremely valuable. With the important contribution of dairy products to human nutrition and health, the concept of Nutrition Economics … Read More
New Merck Survey Reveals Improvements
A new survey released by Merck Animal Health reveals that the dairy industry has made significant progress since 2007 in the implementation and improvement of dairy-calf respiratory-management practices. The study reveals advances in diagnostic testing, colostrum management and calf nutrition. The survey represents the management of more than 775,000 dairy calves and heifers across 23 states. The last survey to … Read More
Grant to Support Dairy Farm Stewardship Toolkit
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack has announced a $1.1 million Conservation Innovation Grant (CIG) to the Dairy Research Institute™ (formerly known as Dairy Science Institute, Inc.), an affiliate of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy®. The funding will support the development of a Dairy Farm Stewardship Toolkit for dairy producers to evaluate their production techniques and identify potential improvements in management … Read More
New Report Identifies Ag Priorities
A new report from the National Center for Foreign Animal and Zoonotic Disease Defense at Texas A&M University identifies several major priorities for developing the next generation of disease screening tools for livestock, milk and other products. The report is based on a recent collaboration between U.S. agricultural industry leaders and top scientists specializing in contagious animal disease, and is … Read More
Chocolate Milk Improves Exercise Performance
Drinking low-fat chocolate milk after a tough workout provides the right mix of carbohydrates and high-quality protein, U.S. researchers found. Lead researcher John L. Ivy of the University of Texas at Austin says researchers in three related studies compared the recovery benefits of drinking low-fat chocolate milk after exercise to a carbohydrate beverage with the same calories — similar to … Read More
Study to Advance Precision Dairy Farming
Dairy cows on a University of Kentucky research farm have been accessorized with tags to measure everything from health to behavior in a new study to advance precision dairy farming. A research and extension team led by dairy systems management extension specialist Jeffrey Bewley, University of Kentucky College of Agriculture Department of Animal and Food Sciences, is embarking on the … Read More
New Study Explores Heart Attack Risk
A new study suggests that dairy products do not cause in increase in the risk of heart attack despite the relatively high amount of saturated fat in foods such as milk, cheese, yogurt and butter. Researchers from Brown University analyzed data from 3,630 Costa Rican men and women and found that their dairy consumption had no statistical relevance to their … Read More
Project to Study Renewable Energy Production on Dairies
The dairy industry is working on a new national research project designed to “to advance the science and best management practices of renewable energy, environmental stewardship and life cycle analysis of dairy systems and processes.” The joint project between the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy™, the Dairy Research Institute™ and Idaho’s Center for Advanced Energy Studies (CAES) hopes to develop … Read More
Dairy Research Institute Research
The Dairy Research Institute (DRI) has focused research on the connection between dairy consumption and healthy weight, including among children and adolescents. DRI, formed in 2010 under the leadership of dairy producers through Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI), strengthens U.S. dairy’s access to and investment in technical research to drive innovation and grow sales in the United States and around the … Read More
Consumer Connections Effective
Think that opening your farm to visitors; or speaking to consumers about your on-farm practices might not be effective? On the contrary, new research shows these types of activities are very effective. But just how much good do events on the farm do in building goodwill with consumers? I mean, can opening the doors to a dairy once a year … Read More