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December 2012 graduate, Ohio State University GENESIS intern with Genex Based in Shawano, Wisconsin
Background Q. What is your dairy or agricultural background? I grew up raising livestock through 4-H and FFA and worked on two Ohio dairies during college.
Q. In what area did you obtain a degree? I graduated with a bachelor’s degree of science in agriculture – my major being animal sciences with a meat science minor.
Senior, State University of New York at Cobleskill GENESIS Intern with Genex Based in Shawano, Wisconsin
Background Q. What is your dairy or agricultural background? I grew up on a small family farm in New Hampshire. We always had an array of animals on the farm, and as I grew, so did my love and passion for animals. I showed in 4-H for 10 years and I still occasionally show in open shows.
Barbara Jackson of Tucson, Arizona, has been elected the 62nd president of the American National CattleWomen, Inc. (ANCW) during the organization's 2013 annual meeting in Tampa, Florida. ANCW is a voice for women who support and promote the beef industry.
Jackson grew up in the beef industry and is following in the footsteps of her mother, Pat Stevenson, who was ANCW president in 1970. Her roots as a CattleWoman run deep.
This video was shown during the Progressive Dairyman World Ag Expo Seminars in Tulare, California, on February 14, 2013. Brian talks about how their dairy has developed into a vertically integrated business.
From growing their own crops to utilizing technology in their feeding routines, Medeiros and Son Dairy works on the little things to make sure that their dairy is as successful as possible in Hanford, California. PD
Click here to read the feature about Brian Medeiros and Medeiros and Son Dairy, published in the Jan. 21, 2013 issue of Progressive Dairyman.
Click here to visit Progressive Dairyman's YouTube channel for more videos.
Celebrating their 38th year, the American Salers Association had several days full of events at the 2013 National Western Stock Show in Denver, Colorado, January 20-22.
The incoming board of directors for 2013 was introduced at the annual banquet held at the Holiday Inn Denver East Stapleton on Sunday evening, January 20.
Progressive Dairyman editors Walt Cooley and Dario Martinez attended World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, Feb. 12-14, 2013.
In addition to hosting video farm tours and seminars, the duo walked about the show looking for interesting ideas that might useful to dairy producers and industry news. Below are their thoughts and comments about what they saw. Click here or on the image at right to view this panaromic view of World Ag Expo seminars in a new window.
U.S. beef and pork exports set new value records in 2012, topping highs set in 2011, according to end-of-year statistics released by USDA and compiled by the U.S. Meat Export Federation.
The achievement was more significant in light of challenging export conditions that included non-science-based trade barriers in several key markets and an anemic economy in certain regions.
Western New York dairy farmers are concerned about a proposal by the Canadian government to further restrict milk imports.
The 400 farmer-members who send their milk to the O-AT-KA Milk Products Cooperative in Batavia, New York, are especially worried.
The Iowa Supreme Court says farmers who host educational tours are not shielded from personal injury lawsuits under Iowa's recreational use law.
The court ruled 5-2 last week that the owners of a dairy farm can be sued by a chaperone injured when she fell through a hole in a hayloft during a kindergarten class field trip.
A year ago the center set out with the help of its partners to better understand what Pennsylvania’s dairy industry will look like in 2020. The results from the analysis are telling.
Dairy is clearly not immune to the cultural and market-based shifts affecting nearly every industry and every business around the country. PD
Click here to read the full column at the Center for Dairy Excellence website.
