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More than 250 farmers, nutritionists and industry professionals recently descended upon Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wisconsin, ready to accept the challenge, “Are you in it to win it?” and discuss innovations and investments every dairy should consider for a fruitful future.
The third annual Heart of America Dairy Expo, presented by Hiland Dairy Foods, will be on Jan. 22-24, 2015, at the Ramada Oasis Hotel and Convention Center in Springfield, Missouri.
The dairy community has been less than enthusiastic in response to President Obama’s executive order regarding immigration. While the measures move in the right direction, several industry organizations say that the order doesn’t go far enough to make the needed impact on the agricultural community.
After protracted litigation, Kinnard Farms, a family-run dairy farm in Kewaunee County, Wisconsin, is being permitted to expand without changes to its facility designs or nutrient management plan.
I recently attended Pennsylvania’s Women in Dairy Conference in Harrisburg.
I look forward to this conference each time it’s held, and this year was no disappointment. See more coverage from the event here.
Randy and Peggy Norman
Cass County, Minnesota
The Crookston Times ran a short article about a court case that awarded $6.3 million to a couple whose milk cows were injured or killed by stray voltage on their dairy farm from a Brainerd utility company. The judge awarded the damages to Randy and Peggy Norman of Pine River after finding Crow Wing Power was negligent in the delivery of electricity to the farm.
Click here to read the Crookston Times article.
With a focus on analyzing conversations through social media and other online channels, the dairy checkoff’s newsroom helps determine what sort of response – if any – to consider when the industry faces an issue that could impact consumer confidence in dairy.
Artex Barn Solutions brought more than 60 of its North American dairy customers and dealers to China in late October to celebrate the company’s 40th year in business.
Transition in the dairy industry was the overarching theme of this year’s Women in Dairy Conference, held in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania, Nov. 5, 2014. This biennial conference first began in 2004.
The conference kicked off with an evening reception on Nov. 4. The following day, keynote speaker Mike McGrann of Saint Joseph’s University challenged attendees to lead better communication within their farming enterprises.
It is important for dairy farmers to know what is taking place in consumption of dairy products. The consumers of dairy products keep the dairy industry in business. No consumers, no dairy industry.
The amount and type of dairy products consumers purchase changes over time. Consumers today are not eating the same dairy products, in the same amount, as they did 20 or 25 years ago.
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