Contact: Andy Beckel, president/owner of Golden Calf Company www.goldencalfcompany.com Developed in Denmark, ColoQuick is making its debut across the ocean this year through its North American distributor Golden Calf Company LLC. It will be on display in the Coliseum, Arena Level, at booth AL 172. Q. What does your company specialize in? BECKEL: We provide farmers with an effective colostrum feeding and management system. Using our system, producers can expect to reduce calf mortality and increase milk production in the first lactation alone up to 2,400 pounds of milk.

This year's World Dairy Expo, themed "Crowning Achievements - Golden Opportunities," will be held September 28 through October 2, 2010, in Madison, Wisconsin. In addition to highlighting some of the nation's finest dairy cattle through shows and sales, World Dairy Expo offers free educational seminars and an opportunity for companies to display new products. Click on the links below to learn more about what's happening at the 2010 World Dairy Expo. [Added September 21] Skid steer attachments put to work on show grounds Grilled cheese by the numbers See World Dairy Expo live from your home or office

Unpredictable weather is the biggest enemy to herd health for Wes Fraze of Portales, New Mexico, especially for his two dairies’ transition and fresh cow management programs. However, he’s worked with his current veterinarian, Dr. Stevie Smith, to develop protocols that keep his fresh pens – normal weather permitting – “virtually trouble-free.” “From February through May, the wind may blow 30 mph here each day. Or we might get 7 inches of rain in one night,” Fraze says. “Not all of our dairy’s few cow problems are weather-related, but many are.” (Click image at right to open in new window and view at full size.)

Have you always wanted to see what happens at World Dairy Expo? Or are you a regular attendee that just can’t make the trip this year? Thanks to today’s technology, you don’t have to miss out. For the third year in a row, the sights and sounds of this annual dairy exposition will be streamed live via the Internet. A production crew of 14 to 16 people from Token Creek Mobile Television spend 12 hours a day filming, editing and broadcasting the show.