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Continuing its commitment to the future of farming in Texas, Houston-based Mahindra USA is proud to announce its corporate sponsorship of the Texas FFA. In return for a cash donation, the tractor leader will receive promotional consideration on Texas FFA materials, newsletters and website along with representation at the association’s various conferences and conventions.
“The FFA is a dynamic student-led leadership development organization for students of agricultural education and for that reason this sponsorship is a natural fit for us,” said Mahindra USA’s Marketing Communications Manager, Martin Cisneros. “We are committed to our farming community and happy to sponsor the FFA, an organization that changes lives and prepares students for premier leadership, personal growth and career success.”
Alltech has once again successfully defended its technology and innovation. The United States Patent and Trademark Office confirmed the validity of U.S. Patent No. 6,045,834 C1, which pertains to Alltech's unique composition for binding and inactivating mycotoxins in animal feed, as well as the process for forming the main ingredient. The patent will remain in place through April 16, 2019.
What is standing hay worth, and what is a fair price? The price of standing hay is what the market determines it is, not necessarily what we think it should be.
Here are some of the new products or updates to previous products that have been announced as of August 1, 2011. Return to this section of the Progressive Dairyman website periodically to find out what new products will be impacting the dairy industry.
The Foundation for the Future (FFTF) plan proposed by the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) took another step towards becoming the nation’s next avenue for dairy policy reform.
On July 13, House Agriculture Committee’s Ranking Member Collin Peterson (D-Minnesota) released draft legislation incorporating the key elements of the plan into his legislative proposal.
At the same time, NMPF staff members hit the road on a six-week cross-country tour to reach out to dairy producers about the benefits of the reforms contained in FFTF.
Alltech has partnered with global online network iHigh for the creation of a web portal and streaming video channel specifically devoted to agriculture. The Alltech Ag Network will provide a platform for agriculture’s stories to be told, specifically through the live online broadcast of agriculture events.
As Kubota Corporation, Osaka, Japan, begins to celebrate 40 years in the U.S., the global equipment manufacturer hits another milestone as its U.S. distributor Kubota Tractor Corporation, Torrance, California, announces it has retailed 1.5 million Kubota units in America.
Adding DNA information to the American Angus Association National Cattle Evaluation helps improve the dependability of expected progeny differences (EPD), which is reflected in increased accuracy values. But the question is, how much? And what’s this improvement worth?
The AJCC Research Foundation has issued a request for research proposals to be funded in 2012 addressing significant issues for the Jersey breed and Jersey milk producers.
The World Dairy Expo Executive Committee is pleased to announce that Jim Crowley, Jr. has accepted the position of dairy cattle show superintendent, effective at the March Annual Board of Directors meeting in 2012. Crowley brings a substantial amount of experience to the position, having followed in his father’s footsteps by becoming an integral part of the World Dairy Expo cattle shows at a young age. Most recently, Crowley has served as the Brown Swiss superintendent, meeting the needs of Brown Swiss exhibitors from throughout the U.S. and Canada.
