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Merck and sanofi-aventis announced the mutual termination of their agreement to form a new animal health joint venture by combining Merial, the animal health business of sanofi-aventis, with Intervet/Schering-Plough, Merck's animal health unit. As a result, each party will keep its current, separate animal health assets and businesses.
The Professional Dairy Producers Foundation has launched a new campaign to allow dairy producers to easily contribute to support its programming. The Two Cents for Tomorrow campaign seeks to raise at least $2 million annually to help bolster the industry through producer-driven education programs. The campaign invites producers to contribute up to two cents per hundredweight of milk from their farms.
Pennsylvania dairy producers can receive up to $1,500 to tap into the expertise of a Center for Dairy Excellence “Dairy Decisions Consultant” to make decisions that will help shape the future of their dairy business.
Fourteen individuals with experience in whole farm analysis and viability studies are available to producers through grants from the Pennsylvania Dairymen’s Association and the U. S. Agriculture Department.
Scholarships worth $140,000 will be awarded to students attending the Farm and Industry Short Course (FISC) at the University of Wisconsin-Madison College of Agricultural and Life Sciences (CALS) this year.
Applications are due April 20 to be considered in the first round of awards, according to Ted Halbach, director of the Short Course. Any student eligible for Short Course and who submits financial information on their Short Course admission application will be taken into account for a scholarship. The application form can be found here.
World Dairy Expo’s Board of Directors elected eight individuals to the Executive Committee at its annual meeting, held recently at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin.
Officers include:
President: Mike Holschbach, Heatherstone Enterprises, Inc., Baraboo, Wisconsin
1st Vice President: Debbie Crave, Crave Brothers Farm, LLC, Waterloo, Wisconsin
2nd Vice President: Dean Hermsdorf, Vita Plus Corporation, Cottage Grove, Wisconsin
Secretary/Treasurer: Bill Barlass, Barlass Jerseys, Janesville, Wisconsin
Organic Valley announced it has distributed a bonus 13th check – traditionally, a cash distribution paid out when annual profits exceed sales goals – to its farmer-owners.
Twelve of the nation’s premier agriculture students were recently selected for the 2011 International Collegiate Agricultural Leadership (I-CAL) Program. These students were required to complete an application and answer numerous essay questions regarding their understanding and thoughts on international trade and marketing. They will travel to Panama and Columbia May 15–27 to study international grain marketing and trade and global agriculture.
The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) announced the 2011 National Ag Day written essay and video essay contest winners, Nora Faris and Kyle Trevino, respectively.
Twenty-eight members of the Select Sires Inc. sales and service team from throughout North America have been named Super Achievers. This prestigious Select Sires achievement award is given to employees that demonstrate sales growth and provide exemplary service to their customers with a high level of passion for their customers’ success.
Founded in 2007 by Wout Vander Goot and Eric Danzeisen, Sierra Desert Breeders (SDB) is based in Tulare County, California. “When we started, we knew things were going to be tough but we had a firm belief in our breeding philosophy,” says Vander Goot. “We wanted to get back to the basics and give dairymen what they really wanted. Our focus has been to offer our customers top genetics from proven and genomic bulls coming from deep cow families. That means bulls that will produce nice looking daughters that breed back quick and have high production.”
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