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More students from more collegiate dairy programs participated in the 2013 National Dairy Challenge, expanded by the first-ever Dairy Challenge Academy.
The event was held April 4-6 in Fort Wayne, Indiana, and hosted by Purdue University, Michigan State University and The Ohio State University.
In total, the 2013 event attracted 223 college students from 37 dairy programs across the United States and Canada.
The Millennials – sometimes referred to as Generation Y – are those bornbetween 1980 and 2000. There are approximately 80 million of them in the U.S.,a little over one-fourth of the population.
I recently met an acquaintance at Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nevada, last month. (Click here to see our recap of the event).
Near the end of our conversation, he thanked me for the thoughts expressed on this page each issue. He said, “I know it’s not easy to come up with something that is meaningful to say every issue. But your comments are thought-provoking.”
After a long winter, 1,300 people from 26 states and six countries arrived ready to “Recharge” at the PDPW Business Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, March 12-13.
Thought-provoking seminars and stimulating networking by dairy producers and industry leaders gave attendees the energy boost they needed to advance their dairy businesses in the year to come.
New Zealand is a fascinating country. It has about 4.6 million dairy cows, which is more cows than people.
New Zealand annual milk production of about 42 billion lbs is only 20 percent of the U.S. milk production, but the 42 billion lbs is produced in a country that is about the same size as the state of Colorado.
When you think of all the contractors involved in building your house, which trade do you think was the most important? I know a guy who says it’s the insulation guy. Take a guess at what he does.
Joe Dairyman has a dilemma. Joe has to decide whether he will build another 200-cow freestall barn or purchase and install five large feed bins. He does not have enough money to make both investments.
As the first quarter of 2013 comes to a close, the outlook for dairy producers remains extremely hopeful for the balance of the year into early 2014 as forward margin projections are very strong.
