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The U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) has approved Pulmotil, an innovative Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD) treatment for groups of cattle in the early stages of a BRD outbreak that provides 14 days of sustained in-feed therapy, a practice that reduces stress associated with cattle handling.
Pulmotil is approved for the control of BRD associated with Mannheimia haemolytica, Pasteurella multocida and Histophilus somni in groups of beef and non-lactating dairy cattle, where active BRD has been diagnosed in at least 10 percent of the animals in the group.
Dairy.com announced it has earned a ranking on Deloitte’s Technology Fast 500, a ranking of the 500 fastest growing technology, media, telecommunications, life sciences and clean technology companies in North America.
Each year the Dairy Business Association (DBA) honors those who have made significant contributions to the dairy industry by recognizing them with either the DBA Advocate or DBA Leadership awards at the Annual Business Conference held Nov. 29 and 30. This year DBA recognized Dr. Don Niles and Secretary Ben Brancel.
AMPLI-Calf Tanbark Challenge, the annual show ring sweepstakes sponsored by Land O’Lakes Purina Feed, has announced four winners from this years’ competitive group of calves. Those exhibiting AMPLI-Calf-fed spring calves at the 2011 All-American Dairy Show in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, or the North American International Livestock Exposition held in Louisville, Kentucky, were eligible to participate.
On November 15, the board of directors of the National Dairy Producers Organization, Inc. passed a resolution in support of H.R. 2813.
The bill, also referred to as the “Milk Import Tariff Equity Act,” was introduced by Rep. Peter Welch to the House of Representatives on Aug. 5, 2011.
State money awarded to a Nebraska farm coalition that was formed to fight an animal welfare group is drawing scrutiny from lawmakers, who question why Attorney General Jon Bruning awarded the money from a cash pool intended for environmental issues.
Bruning announced the $100,000 grant to "We Support Agriculture," a coalition created to promote farming in the midst of what it perceives as threats to Nebraska's agriculture industry. Bruning praised the group in a statement and encouraged an effort to fight the Humane Society of the United States, a national group that recently opened an office in Omaha.
This year’s Midwest Dairy Expo, held Nov. 29-30 in St. Cloud, Minnesota, was the most successful event since its inception in many ways. First, there was record attendance. Nearly 2,000 people attended the event over the two days. There also was a record 120 plus sponsor/exhibitors.
When it comes to expanding market share, increasing revenue and getting the word out about a great product or commodity, checkoff programs prove there’s strength in numbers.
Officially called research and promotion programs, checkoff programs give agricultural producers, importers and other stakeholders in the marketing chain the power to maximize resources while managing risk.
The strategy for increasing or expanding commodity markets takes more cooperation within the industry than competition between individual farms and businesses.
The amount and level of drug residues found in tissue samples of slaughtered cattle has been well documented. Sixty-seven percent of the violations are found in cull dairy cows, and the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) would like to know if there is any link to residues in milk produced from those same cows.
“We don’t think we have any kind of widespread problem, but we think that the only responsible thing we can do is to test the milk to determine just what residues there are out there,” said Deborah Cera with the Division of Compliance, Center for Veterinary Medicine, FDA.
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