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Perfect weather and a much improved dairy economy helped encourage attendance at World Ag Expo in 2011. Many local vendors and long-standing exhibitors said it had been over a decade since they remember having three straight days of sunny, warm weather for the annual show held the second week of February in Tulare, California.
Business Conference "Pathways to Profit," March 15-16, in Madison, Wisconsin, attendees will have the opportunity to hear and interact with many different speakers, including Stephen M.R. Covey, who is making his mark in the business world for his insight on trust and how trust can make organizations more profitable, people more promotable and relationships more energizing.
Stephen M.R. Covey will zero in on the trust issue when he delivers the opening keynote address. During his "Building Your Future on Trust" keynote, Covey will outline why and how to make building trust an explicit goal, how individuals perceive the trustworthiness of others and how to use the "language of trust" as an important cultural lever.
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Summary: This article in our March 1st issue, detailed the new and neat things editors observed while attending the world’s largest outdoor agricultural exhibition held in Tulare, California. Coverage of World Ag Expo-related activities will ramp up in the first four issues in the new year.
In our January 1st issue of 2012, Progressive Dairyman will preview the unique dairy-related events that will occur during this year’s show. A map of the dairy area of the show grounds will be inserted into the January 20th issue. And a recap of the cool stuff our editors saw will appear again in the March 1st issue.
Watch for more information about the eight dairy-specific seminars Progressive Dairyman will be hosting during the show. Several of the sessions will highlight forward-thinking dairies and their straightforward owners in virtual farm tours.
About a dozen Yakima Valley dairies representing more than half of all dairy cows say they will participate in a one-year pilot project aimed at reducing pollution from their operations.
After months of sometimes bitter criticism from dairy opponents, the Yakima Regional Clean Air Agency on Thursday unanimously adopted a plan that proposes a variety of management practices to tackle emissions.
The pilot project will test a series of 96 measures to deal with eight types of pollutants, including odors, dust, ammonia, methane, organic compounds, hydrogen sulfide, nitrous oxide, and oxides of nitrogen.
Dairy producers found several tools for success at the 2011 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, held Feb. 2-3 at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center. Hosted by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) and the Center for Dairy Excellence (CDE), the summit offered workshops on several hot topics in the dairy industry.
Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack announced the expansion of a USDA initiative to help farmers and ranchers conduct energy audits and improve their overall energy efficiency. The initiative builds on the existing energy audit initiative to also help producers implement the energy conservation and efficiency recommendations that result from an energy audit.
Last week's episode on the television show Grey's Anatomy highlighted Twitter, the social networking and microblogging website. The characters on the show were using Twitter to showcase procedures being performed to doctors at other hospitals. Chief Webber, who runs the fictional hospital, was appalled that his staff was broadcasting surgeries for the whole world to see.
As the episode goes on, Webber finds out that Twitter can be a useful service. When his staff members weren't sure how to deal with a problem in surgery, a suggestion from a Twitter user saved the patient. Webber was also able to reconnect with a former colleague, thanks to tweets and messages.
Read below for two reports about the 1099 requirements.
Senate votes to repeal 1099 reporting requirement
The U.S. Senate voted to repeal the 1099 reporting requirement included in the health care reform law approved last year. The 1099 mandate required businesses of all sizes, including dairy farms, to report IRS information on all non-credit card purchases totaling more than $600 or more with any vendor in a tax year.
This provision was considered extremely burdensome for small businesses in terms of additional paperwork. The House must now act on the same language or a similar amendment prior to 2012.
The FSIS Residue Violation Information System List identifies all producers that have marketed food animals which have tested positive for antibiotic residues at slaughter.
The list is updated weekly, ranges from 110 to 140 pages and includes the names, addresses and phone numbers of producers who have marketed animals with antibiotic residues and businesses that have purchased their cattle during the previous 12 months.
Not only does this list present a negative image for the cattle industry, but it is a target for increased scrutiny from industry critics. The reputation of individual producers and of the entire livestock industry is at stake.
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