Airoso Dairy Farms will be celebrating its centennial anniversary of dairy farming in California during World Ag Expo. The Tulare County family will be hosting two open houses and a registered dairy cattle sale as part of the celebration. “We’re celebrating 100 years of being in the dairy business and 45 years of breeding registered Holsteins,” fourth-generation dairyman Joey Airoso says. Dairy producers and the general public are invited to an open house at Airoso Dairy on Tuesday, Feb. 14, and Wednesday, Feb. 15, from 2 p.m. to 6 p.m. The dairy is located at 18829 Road 64 in Tulare.

Visit the seminar center at World Ag Expo on Feb. 14 to see these forage seminars. 10 to 10:30 a.m. Hay Situation and Outlook in Western States New records were established in the hay and dairy industries in California and other Western states in 2011 – some positive and some not-so-positive for hay growers.Record-high alfalfa and other-hay prices and strong profitability were great news for hay growers.

The following seven products were chosen by a committee of industry professionals and dairymen as the newest, most innovative dairy products and will be showcased during World Ag Expo Feb. 14-16 in Tulare, California. Progressive Dairyman asked each of the product inventors or sponsoring companies to discuss how their products fill an industry need. Photos in this section are courtesy of World Ag Expo or the company marketing the product.

Dairy producers will learn how to protect what they’ve worked for and how to provide a pathway for the success of the next generation during a series of three upcoming World Class webinars offered by Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. Dates for the webinars are Jan. 9, Feb. 6 and March 5. All three of the webinars will be on a Monday, start at noon CST and last for 60 minutes.

Designing and managing dairy feed and water systems will be the topic of the next session of the Technology Tuesdays webinar series offered by the Penn State Extension Dairy Team. The webinar will be held Jan. 10 from 8:30 to 10 a.m., Eastern time, free of charge.

If you’re looking to hone your management skills while getting a glimpse of what’s on the horizon in dairy, join the more than 500 dairy producers and industry leaders who travel each year to Lancaster, Pennsylvania, to attend the Pennsylvania Dairy Summit. The 2012 Summit will be held Feb. 8-9 at the Lancaster Host Resort and will feature discussions on the global dairy marketplace, management strategies and new technologies. Producer showcases and breakouts addressing on-farm dairy issues are also part of the two-day event.

The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Discover Conferences were established in 1997 to provide a unique environment and format for addressing important contemporary issues in food animal production. Attended by international scientists, the industry, academia, consultants, veterinarians and government representatives, there have been 21 Discover Conferences to date. I had the opportunity to attend the 22nd Discover Conference, which was on “Milk Components: Opportunities for Maximizing Farm Gate Returns and Meeting Manufacturing Needs.”

The seventh annual I-29 Dairy Conference will be held in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, on Feb. 8-9. The conference begins with registration from 3:30 to 9 p.m. on Feb. 8 at the Best Western Ramkota Inn & Conference Center, 3200 W. Maple St.