Attendance was at an all-time high at the 4-State Dairy Nutrition & Management Conference in Dubuque, Iowa, June 12-13, where more than 500 nutritionists and dairy industry professionals gathered to learn about the latest research. The program planning committee consisted of dairy extension faculty from Iowa, Illinois, Minnesota and Wisconsin, and the intention of the conference was to provide timely research information for dairy industry professionals.

Minnesota state health and agriculture officials reported yesterday that routine disease surveillance has detected at least six illnesses linked to consumption of raw dairy products from the Dennis Jaloszyski dairy farm, near Cambridge, Minnesota.

Gail Street Newark, Delaware VP of Marketing Communications Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association

DuPont Pioneer and DuPont Crop Protection recently welcomed the community to their 6,600-square-foot-office at 510 Cope Way in Saskatoon during an official open house.
           

Susan Hintz, 17-year-old daughter of Bob and Debbie Hintz, was crowned North Dakota’s 67th State Dairy Princess on June 10 in Bismarck. She hails from Flasher. The runner-up was Moriah Karey, 19, of Manning. She is the daughter of Tom and Marietta Karey.

Pinkeye has long been a costly nuisance to cattle producers. Eye infections sometimes lead to partial or complete blindness in one or both eyes.

All good stockmen are aware that heat stress can be a problem in livestock as the summer heats up, but not all are aware that other factors can enter the equation besides the thermometer reading. These same factors can be dangerous to the people that handle the livestock as well, but we can do things that help to compensate for the danger.

Cattle and beef markets are still struggling to get on the same page. Fed cattle markets are groping for a summer bottom amidst seasonally large slaughter and beef production. Meanwhile feeder markets appear to have found a bottom after being on the defensive since February. Of course, part of the reason is that fed and feeder markets are looking at different factors at different points in time.