“Issues. Analysis. Solutions.” is the theme for the 34th Western Canadian Dairy Seminar to be held March 8-11 at the Sheraton Red Deer in Red Deer, Alberta. From the seminar sessions to the trade show to the pre-conference events, there will be multiple opportunities to address the many issues facing Canada’s dairy industry.

While supply management has survived the two major trade deals negotiated in recent years, there is little doubt that these agreements and the growing challenge of dealing with the structural surplus of milk protein will change the industry in some basic and permanent ways.

In December, I was able to go to Las Vegas and experience the spectacle that is the National Finals Rodeo for the first time. My purpose was to attend the PRCA meetings and hopefully gain something that would help me, as a member of our county fair and rodeo board, assist in putting on a better production every August for the locals in south-central Idaho.

Though I live only a short drive from Lambeau Field, home of the Green Bay Packers, my most recent visit there wasn’t to cheer on Aaron Rodgers. It was for the Alltech Dairy School.

Lincoln Hill FarmEagle Bridge, New York Adam Austin of Lincoln Hill Farm in Eagle Bridge, New York, was featured in a Nov. 30 Washington Post article for his purchase of Curr-Vale Delicacy P-Red Delicacy. He made the purchase based on the heifer’s GTPI.

United Dairymen of Idaho focus on education, collaboration and innovation “Tell your story or someone else will tell it for you.”

“Farming is a way of life.” “I love the animals.” “I can’t imagine doing anything else but being a farmer.” “We are stewards of the land.”