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Progressive Dairy Editor Kimmi Devaney sat down with Jerry Bowman, the new executive director of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA), during the recent ADSA annual meeting in Kansas City, Missouri, to discuss his goals related to the new three-year strategic plan, benefits of attending the annual meeting and how the organization is focusing on students and international members.
Over a decade ago, Diamond V introduced a unique, systematic approach to
measuring the operational efficiency of a dairy’s feeding operation. Recently, Sara Sievert, ruminant species marketing manager with Diamond V, had the pleasure to sit down and discuss with Dr. Tom Oelberg, as well as Matt Sattler, another ruminant field tech specialist, about where we’ve come, where we’re at and where we’re going in our journey to feed cows better.
Organic Valley is America’s largest cooperative of organic farmers, with nearly 1,800 farmers in 34 U.S. states, Canada, Australia and the United Kingdom.
In February, Laura Herschleb was named the next World Dairy Expo general manager. Progressive Dairy Editor Audrey Schmitz recently spoke with her about her new role, goals she would like to accomplish and what she is looking forward to most about this year’s upcoming World Dairy Expo.
Ben Loewith farms in partnership with his father (Carl) and uncle (Dave) just outside Hamilton, Ontario. They farm 850 acres, with the help of custom operators, and milk 450 cows, averaging 99 to 101 pounds of milk per cow per day.
Progressive DairyEditor-in-Chief Walt Cooley reached out to activity monitoring industry veteran Ray Nebel with a few questions as he announced his retirement from full-time industry work with Select Sires at the beginning of this year. Nebel discusses where he sees activity monitoring technology going in the future.
Two years ago, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Marie-Claude Bibeau announced $1.75 billion would be provided to compensate Canadian dairy farmers for the market access concessions made under the Canada-European Union Comprehensive Economic and Trade Agreement (CETA) and the Comprehensive and Progressive Agreement for Trans-Pacific Partnership (CPTPP), but it left out a large segment of the dairy supply chain.
In September, Dr. Gordon Atkins was awarded the “Mentor of the Year” award by Merck Animal Health and the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP). The award is given to individuals working in bovine medicine who have shown a continued commitment towards aiding and educating those interested in pursuing a career in bovine veterinary medicine.
Jennifer Walker is a former dairy veterinarian who is now the director of quality and care for Danone North America. She oversees Danone's milk quality and animal welfare programs for the 700 U.S. dairy farms that supply the company’s milk. In short, she says her job is to "make sure the cows are happy, and the milk is awesome."
‘I had COVID-19’: A hoof trimmer’s personal experience with coronavirusWilliam (Willie) Coyne is a hoof trimmer who travels throughout west-central Minnesota with his business, On the Money Hoof Care. He’s young. He’s active. He’s healthy. And in May, he contracted the coronavirus.
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