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The 3-State Beef Conference will be held Tuesday, Jan. 14 at Southwestern Community College in Creston. Chris Clark, beef program specialist with Iowa State University Extension and Outreach, said the conference agenda has information for cow-calf, stocker and feedlot operations.
The dairy checkoff’s strategy of working with partners grew category-wide, sustainable dairy sales in 2013. More than 12 billion additional pounds of dairy have been sold through checkoff partnerships over the past five years. Today, annual U.S. per capita consumption of total milk is an estimated 604 pounds (milkfat basis), compared to 541 in 1981, which was before the national checkoff program was created.
Historian and publisher Dan Green shares the history of the Denver Union Stockyards at the National Western Stock Show. For more information, visit the American Angus Association website.
State College, Pennsylvania, will host the annual Pennsylvania Dairy Summit Feb. 12-13 at the Penn Stater. The event has been held in the Lancaster area for several years. Progressive Dairyman caught up with several presenters of the 2014 event and asked them to share sneak peeks of their talks.
A Purdue University agricultural economist is producing a series of publications to help farmers, policymakers and taxpayers better understand changing U.S. agricultural policy and develop informed opinions about them.
The free publications under the series title of “APEX,” an acronym for Ag Policy Explained, will delve into public policy issues and how they affect the agricultural economy.
A primary goal at Dairy Farmers of Canada (DFC) is to promote the quality and the great nutritional value of Canadian dairy products. Through advertising, contests, partnerships, educational programs and media relations, DFC promotes Canadian milk products and encourages healthy eating habits.
January is a great time to snuggle with a cup of tea and a great book. It is also a time to reflect on the lessons of last year, and for me, that lesson a few years ago was learning to walk alongside friends who have become young widows.
World Ag Expo, held Feb. 11-13, is a time to see new products and meet industry leaders, but it also is a time for seminars that enlighten and instruct attendees on many topics that concern the forage industry. The World Ag Expo seminars, themed “High-quality Forage for Profitable Dairy Production," will be held Feb. 11 beginning with a 45-minute session led by Seth Hoyt about how weather conditions in 2013 will impact the western alfalfa hay market in 2014.
