Beef and dairy producers supported returning veterans in a big way through purchases of Cydectin Pour-On this spring. Through the Cydectin Buck-a-Liter campaign, Boehringer Ingelheim Vetmedica, Inc. donated nearly $200,000 this summer to Wounded Warrior Project.

Babcock Hall Dairy Plant, Madison, Wisconsin, was selected as the Cheese and Butter Grand Champion and Gifford’s Dairy, Skowhegan, Maine, was selected as the Grade A & Ice Cream Grand Champion of the World Dairy Expo (WDE) Championship Dairy Product Contest. This year’s contest, sponsored by the Wisconsin Dairy Products Assn. (WDPA), received a record number of 705 entries for cheese, butter, fluid milk, yogurt, cottage cheese, ice cream, sour cream, sherbet, cultured milk, sour cream dips, whipping cream, dried whey and creative/innovative products from throughout the U.S.

BCF announced today that all new Easi-Scan 3 ultrasound purchases will have a Lifetime Warranty, existing new Easi-Scan 3 ultrasound machines can also be admitted into the Lifetime Warranty Program. BCF is built upon a standard of satisfying customer needs through innovative products and services. BCF stands behind the durability and technology of Easi-Scan and wants to give our customers peace of mind. We have chosen to offer a Lifetime Warranty Program to do just that. Strong, hardwearing and splash-proof on the outside with the latest animal ultrasound technology on the inside, Easi-Scan is designed to meet the demands of everyday wear and tear on the farm.

One of my favourite fall pastimes is baking. I could easily spend an entire day in my kitchen whipping up treats for my family. Part of the reason is because, come September, I miss my kitchen. It is no place to be in the summer, and therefore, I spend as little time in it as possible then and must make up for it in the months to come.

Penn State Extension Dairy Team is resuming its successful Friday Facilitator Forum webinar series for dairy advisory teams in September. “Staying on Course: Helping Your Team to Achieve its Goals” will be presented Sept. 16 by Dr. Lisa Holden, associate professor, Penn State Department of Dairy and Animal Science. This session in the series will offer strategies that dairy advisory teams can use to break long-term goals into manageable chunks that can be monitored and completed. In addition, new tactics for refocusing goals for long-term teams to revitalize and energize team members will be explored.

Fire, flood, feed contamination, foot-and-mouth disease. Farm and ranch disasters can come without warning. Is your crop, livestock or poultry operation secure? Is it biosecure? A team of Extension professionals from across the U.S. came together to develop an educational tool to assist farm and ranch managers become better prepared for any disaster. The tool is called ReadyAG – Disaster and Defense Preparedness for Production Agriculture.