David A. Lawstuen, a dairy science instructor at Northeast Iowa Community College, recently was named Iowa Professor of the Year by the Council for Advancement and Support of Education and The Carnegie Foundation for the Advancement of Teaching.

The Wisconsin Farm Bureau Federation held its 92nd Annual Meeting in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin, earlier this month. A number of dairy producers were presented awards or elected to serve the organization.

BouMatic, global dairy equipment and chemical manufacturer, announces major renovations and improvements at its U.S. and European offices to support the company’s manufacturing expansion and global training programs.

Drought conditions in regions throughout North America have placed a great deal of pressure on cattle ranchers, particularly in regards to the cost and availability of hay this winter. In many areas they are faced with a pressing choice: either stretch existing supplies of hay or supplement with additional hay purchased on the open market at inflated prices due to the shortages.

Fed cattle prices have taken a noticeable tumble in the last couple of weeks. Two weeks ago, the five-area weighted average live price worked out to $124.88. Last week, it came in at $118.89. Not surprisingly, as prices have declined cattle feeders appear to have become less enthusiastic sellers.

Land O’Lakes Animal Milk Products is excited to announce the creation of its ‘We Care for Calves’ Facebook page, a resource for everything from information on the latest calf feed technologies to a forum to share and connect with fellow calf raisers and dairy producers.

The dairy checkoff’s partnership with McDonald’s has been internationally recognized as the top generic marketing campaign by The International Milk Promotion (IMP) Group, a task force within the International Dairy Federation (IDF). The IMP Group sponsors the worldwide competition to showcase the best generic campaign globally to dairy industry delegates attending the recent IDF World Dairy Summit in Parma, Italy.

The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pulmotil, an innovative Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) treatment for groups of cattle in the early stages of a BRD outbreak that provides 14 days of sustained in-feed therapy, a practice that reduces stress associated with cattle handling. Pulmotil is approved for the control of BRD associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni in groups of beef and non-lactating dairy cattle, where active BRD has been diagnosed in at least 10 percent of the animals in the group.

Dairy.com announced it has earned a ranking on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.