Kelby Stadt Member Services Representative All West/Select Sires Everson, Washington

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) praised the Senate Finance Committee’s bipartisan leadership for urging Canada to allow more trade in agricultural products, including dairy, as an outcome of the negotiations over the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP).

The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) thanked a bipartisan group of 22 senators for urging the Obama administration to increase market access for U.S. dairy products into Canada and Japan as part of any final Pacific Rim trade agreement.

The nation's beef cow herd has started down the path of the largest expansion in 25 years. The last major expansion was from 1990 to 1995 when the herd grew by 10 percent.

The American Angus Association (AAA) is relying upon an executive search firm to find its next chief executive officer in the wake of Bryce Schumann’s departure from the association.

The Kentucky Dairy Development Council (KDDC) Young Dairy Producers Tour was planned with diversity and progress in mind. From nutrition to ventilation, to supplies to designing and building facilities for cow comfort, Tennessee’s Ag Central Co-op and other sponsors provided hospitality and innovative insights throughout the three-day tour.

In this video, Dr. Michelle Windle, Vita Plus forage products and dairy technical service specialist, details strategies to keep inoculant bacteria alive.

In this video, Jon Urness, Vita Plus national forage specialist, explains the simple steps of cleaning and maintaining your inoculant applicator.

Lori Bocher, agricultural information specialist with the U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center, announced the dairy forage seminar schedule for World Dairy Expo 2015 in Madison, Wisconsin.