American Angus Association announced today it has entered into an agreement to acquire the assets of Verified Beef, including its proprietary Reputation Feeder Cattle program.

Lintfield Farms was started by Ben and Annemieke Brinke when they moved to Canada in 1990. They purchased a 40-cow tiestall herd in Granton, Ontario, and began construction of a double-5 parlour and three-row freestall barn.

For back-to-back years, the world champion team in baseball has contributed its success in part to a “glue guy.” I submit that to become elite, your dairy needs to find one too. Perhaps you already have one and don’t even know it. 

Digest Highlights: Cheese consumption is a bright spot. NMPF continues dairy label enforcement fight. Dean challenges continue. Find a summary of these stories and updates on previous Progressive Dairyman news stories here.

Those hoping dairy exports would provide a springboard for milk prices received some disappointing news. Weak sales of nonfat dry milk/skim milk powder (NDM/SMP), particularly to Southeast Asia, depressed overall U.S. export totals in the third quarter, according to Alan Levitt, USDEC vice president of communications and market analysis.

Since January 1, CWT has assisted in selling the equivalent of 606.6 million pounds of milk on a milk-fat basis.This is equivalent to the annual milk production from 26,634 dairy cows.

As a principal in the Agri-Food Management Excellence program and owner of his own consulting business, Dr. Larry Martin has worked with a lot of farmers across Canada to analyze and improve their businesses.

For the editors and marketing teams of Progressive Dairyman, it’s always heartening to attend events like World Dairy Expo.