Zinpro Corp. announces the debut episode of Experts Talk, an all-new online lameness prevention video series. The inaugural episode features Dr. Dörte Döpfer, associate professor at the University of Wisconsin – School of Veterinary Medicine, one of the world’s most recognized experts on digital dermatitis.

The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) has planned the 2014 Reproduction Awards program, which recognizes outstanding dairy operations for reproductive efficiency and well-implemented management procedures. Nominations are now being accepted for the 2014 program.

Five distinguished cattle veterinarians, including two dairy nominees, have been nominated and voting is underway for the 2014 Cattle Production Veterinarian Hall of Fame, which was created in 2011 to honor exceptional individuals who have made lasting contributions to the veterinary profession.

Michael Gavin, president of PortaScience Inc. (PSI), recently returned from Rwanda where he participated in the educational segment of a program funded by a grant from Feed the Future Partnering for Innovation (FFPI) to commercialize a milk quality test for East African small farms.

The Mid-Atlantic Dairy Association (MADA) and Pennsylvania Dairy Promotion Program (PDPP) board of directors recently elected officers for the 2014 term during their annual reorganization meeting.

Semex has opened its newly expanded Génbank-Semex Hungary facilities in Mezőhegyes, Hungary, meeting the company’s increased sire housing, semen collection, processing and distribution needs.

The Composite Dairy Cattle Registry (CDCR) has made numerous strides since July 2013, offering registration opportunities to the Fleckvieh, Montbeliarde, Norwegian Red, Red Dane, Swedish Red and White, and any other dairy cross that breeders and producers wish to register to preserve and document the ancestry of their animals.

Outstanding students with an interest in the dairy industry can apply to receive a $1,000 “Student Leader” scholarship, offered by the Center for Dairy Excellence Foundation of Pennsylvania.

Wisconsin-based Accelerated Genetics (AG) has entered a joint marketing agreement with U.K.-based Cogent Breeding Ltd (CBL).