Ryan Breuer Dairy Field Specialist Iowa State University Extension and Outreach Sioux Center, Iowa

President Glen E. Brown presided at the spring Holstein Association USA Inc. board of directors meeting on March 26-27 at the association’s headquarters in Brattleboro, Vermont.

Dairy producers spent three days touring Florida-Georgia line dairies during the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania (PDMP) 2015 March Dairy Tour. Click here to read about the tour in a related article.

“Sharing memories and forging the future of Ayrshires” is the theme of this year’s Ayrshire National Convention planned for June 22-26 at Lake Raystown in Pennsylvania. It will be hosted by the Pennsylvania Ayrshire Breeders Association, along with New Jersey and West Virginia breeders.

There is increased pressure from consumers for dairy farmers to minimize their impact on global warming by reducing energy consumption. Even though energy use is not a large portion of the total production costs on a dairy, it only makes economic sense to make the most efficient use of energy on the farm.

The 34th Minnesota Dairy Health Conference will be held from Wednesday, May 6, to Friday, May 8, 2015, at the Crowne Plaza Hotel & Suites in Bloomington, Minnesota.