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This article was #17 in PDmag's Top 25 most-well read articles in 2010.
Summary: This was put together by Progressive Dairyman staff and featured highlights from the 2010 World Dairy Expo, including attendance, number of exhibitors and Expo Supreme Champion winners. The video also showcased some results from Proud to Dairy efforts at Expo, such as the giving away of nearly 750 Proud to Dairy buttons.
Because this article was so popular, we asked the staff at World Dairy Expo a follow-up question:
A blogging boom has just occurred in the dairy industry as a dozen more people joined the world’s blogging community for the first time on Oct. 7. In a training sponsored by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, two experienced bloggers from Indiana introduced that facet of the online world to some people interested in finding a new way of sharing news about agriculture.
Leontien VandeLaar is a member of the Proud to Dairy network. Her family's farm, Four Leaf Clover Dairy, was recently a stop on the Indiana Soybean Alliance Tour. Read her thoughts on the tour and the importance of opening up her operation to the public.
Closing up or opening up, that is the big decision dairy farmers all around America have to make. And it is a very tough decision.
Following two days of herdsman training in English, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) offered a similar training. This time, however, it was taught exclusively in Spanish by Oscar Duarte, DVM and Humberto Rivera, DVM.
Around 40 dairy employees gathered on Sept. 16 at the University of Wisconsin Arlington Research Farm to better their herdsman skills.
More than 90 dairy producers and farm employees gathered to focus on animal care, animal handling, cow protocols and reproduction at the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Herdsman Training: Focusing on Cow-Side Care. The one-day training course was held in Wisconsin Rapids, Wisconsin, on Sept. 14 and in Madison, Wisconsin, on Sept. 15.
The 71st Minnesota Nutrition Conference will be held next week in Owatonna, Minnesota. Below is a sneak peek at two of the dairy nutrition sessions that will be held.
"Impact of crossbreeding on profitability of dairying"
Presenter: Brad Heins
Q. Why is this topic important?
Reproductive performance and survival rates have been overlooked by many when comparing purebreds and crossbreds.Cows that die on farm or need to be culled for various reasons affect the profitability of the dairy farm. This information can be significant to dairy producers to help maintain cow numbers in the herd.
Producers across the country are voicing questions about risk management at a series of workshops offered by commodity marketing consultant Stewart-Peterson. The seminar road tour has previously stopped in three states and will be stopping in four more in coming months. Here’s a snapshot of two producer questions from recent workshops and answers to them by the company’s advisers Mark Ludtke (top right) and Steve Schalla (bottom right).
Every year World Dairy Expo serves as the meeting ground for more than 65,000 producers, exhibitors and industry representatives. And if you're proud to be one of those 65,000, we want to get to know you.
Stop by the Progressive Dairyman booth, located in the Arena Building (AR 441-442). Our 8-foot by 10-foot Proud to Dairy map will be hard to miss. Stop and tell us about your dairy.
The most talked-about food at World Dairy Expo is Badger Dairy Club’s grilled cheese sandwiches. The club’s 139 members are students at the University of Wisconsin – Madison with a passion for dairy. Each member is required to put in at least five hours in the grilled cheesestand during the show, while some will put in more than 60 hours during the week.
Proceeds from sales at the stand go towards scholarships for club members, club trips, cash flow for the bi-annual Badger Invitational Sale and community projects such as the showmanship contest at the Holstein Spring Show and donations to other dairy organizations. Learn more about the club at www.badgerdairyclub.com
Each year World Dairy Expo invites companies to display their best and newest products in its trade show. Many of the 750 companies exhibit year after year, while some new ones join the pack each year.
This fall Paumco Products will present its wares for the first time to the show’s 65,000 anticipated attendees in the outdoor trade mall. Its products can also be seen at work by the Expo grounds crew throughout the week.
The company builds skid loader attachments designed to reduce skid loader working hours by increasing productivity of the machine. The Maple Lake, Minnesota-based company was started by the Pauman family nine years ago to build specialty equipment.
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