At the 65th annual meeting of the National Dairy Shrine, Freed Hendricks, Sunshower Acres, Bucyrus, Ohio, was elected president of the organization. Meanwhile, David Pierson, Sapa Ska Holsteins of Lake City, Minnesota, was chosen as president-elect.

World Dairy Expo attendees who visited the Progressive Dairyman booth in the Arena Building had the opportunity to be featured on the cover of our publication. Visitors stood in front of a green screen, and then graphic designer Ray Merritt photoshopped them onto a cover image. Check out our full album to see the more than 200 cover shots taken during the show! View the slideshow:

Derek Moore Northwest Sales Manager Advanced Animal Diagnostics Middleton, Idaho

Tillage in cover crops, high-speed planting, corn chopping and silage bale-wrapping were among the equipment demonstrations at the Canada Outdoor Farm Show in Woodstock, Ontario. Attendance grew to more than 42,000 at this year’s show, and equipment demonstrations were a popular attraction. Check out this video highlighting tillage equipment, a high-speed planter, corn chopping and a silage bale wrapper.  FG

Farmers interested in planting cover crops to improve soil health now have two resources available to utilize. The two items are an expanded and updated second edition of the Midwest Cover Crops Field Guide and also the Midwest Cover Crops Council (MCCC) cover crops selector tool.

Sexing Technologies’ sex-sorted semen has achieved a comparable conception rate to conventional semen for the first time since becoming commercially available about a decade ago, the company’s head researcher said on Sept. 26.

Today’s increased investment cost for replacement animals has producers examining their heifer inventories and replacement needs. There are several key metrics that are used to determine each of these heifer-related needs and are the basis for the Penn State Extension Dairy Team’s newly released app, PSU Herd Metrics.

U.S. Ag Secretary Tom Vilsack says the inability of a working group to find ways to reform the Beef Checkoff program could lead the USDA to start a second checkoff program for research and marketing.

AgSource Laboratories, located in Jerome, Idaho, has changed ownership. The transition of ownership began July 1 and was complete on Oct. 1. The laboratory is now officially conducting business under the name of Northwest Labs LLC.

Hubbard Feeds Inc., a provider of researched-based, animal nutrition solutions, is pleased to announce the upcoming launch of its new vitamin and trace mineral nutritional supplement for seedstock cattle, termed “platinum” fortification.