The third session of a three part webinar series titled “Dairy Business Management Success Today and Beyond” will be held on Monday, July 11, from noon to 1 p.m. CDT. Registration for the webinar, hosted by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW), is required by July 6.

BinMaster Level Controls has teamed up with Sprint on its BinView machine-to-machine (M2M) cloud-computing inventory management solution that allows businesses to monitor inventory in their bins, tanks and silos over the Internet. This web-based inventory management system provides bin level information on demand, combining BinMaster SmartBob level sensors and the Sprint wireless networks to make the data easily available via the Internet.

Shadycrest Holsteins (Scott and Michelle Herber), 18811 County Rd 33, Altura, Minnesota, is hosting the field day that runs from 9 a.m.–noon. No cost and no pre-registration necessary.

Here are some of the new products or updates to previous products that have been announced as of July 1, 2011. Return to this section of the Progressive Dairyman website periodically to find out what new products will be impacting the dairy industry.

Minnesota Milk Producers Association will be awarding up to eight $750 scholarships to students continuing their education within the dairy industry. To apply, students must meet all the criteria listed and submit all application materials to Minnesota Milk Producers Association by the July 8 deadline.

Click here to download a pdf of the checkoff watch from the July 1st Issue 10 of Progressive Dairyman magazine.

Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack made the following statement on June 23 regarding the G-20 Action Plan to address food security and food price volatility: "The consensus reached today by the G-20 Agricultural Ministers marks an historic union of resolve in combating the pressing challenges of hunger and food price volatility confronting our world with greater regularity.

DeLaval International announced the next commercial installation of the DeLaval AMR will be in Germany. “This is yet another significant step for DeLaval as we enter the German market with the AMR. This system is a revolution in high capacity milking and what farmers with herds of 300-800 cows have been waiting for,” said DeLaval Vice President Business Area Capital Goods Andrew Turner.

In celebration of “A Decade of Difference,” Cause Matters Corp. recently launched 10X Connect, as a challenge to food and agriculture organizations to leverage their community around the food plate.

ABS Global, Inc. is celebrating 70 years in business this year. Throughout the years, ABS has shared a strong legacy within the dairy and beef industries. Founded in 1941 by J.R. “Rock” Prentice as American Breeders Service, ABS has influenced the entire artificial insemination industry through its business, philosophy, dedicated staff and technical innovation. Just 12 years after its foundation, ABS was the first to utilize liquid nitrogen technology to freeze bovine semen and has been on the cutting edge of technology and meeting the world’s production demands ever since.