Bruno Amaral Nutritionist for Van Beek Nutrition in Ann Arbor, Michigan Territory: Eastern Michigan Education

County Field Nights are a long-held summer tradition for the Pennsylvania Holstein Association.

The 2009 National Guernsey Convention was held in Richardson, Texas, July 8-13.

Chief author for “Recombinant Bovine Somatotropin (rbST): A Safety Assessment”

Jim Loften Manager, Technical Sales and Service at MSC Specialty Nutrition in Dundee, Illinois

More than 600 members from across the U.S., as well as some guests from Canada and Mexico, attended the National Holstein Convention’s 124th annual meeting recently in Sacramento, California. During the two-day business meeting, members discussed relevant topics including genomics and milk pricing.

Progressive Dairyman Editor Walt Cooley recently asked Tim Amlaw, manager of the American Humane Association’s American Humane Certified program, a few questions about animal welfare and its impact on agriculture.

Proud to Dairy and Progressive Dairyman were recently proud to sponsor shirts for this year’s class of students attending the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium (SGPDC).

After denying a request for a 60-day delay, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) in April announced its new rule on rendering practices for dead cattle would be effective April 27 and that all renderers must be in compliance with the rule by Oct. 26.

Wearing her sparkling tiara and white sash over a red T-shirt, Minnesota’s Princess Kay of the Milky Way Kristy Mussman passed out dairy products from behind a table in the dairy aisle of a local grocery store.