Brian Brooks Area Marketing Manager Genex Cooperative Inc. Geneva, New York

Dairy producers can now select for cows genetically designed to thrive in commercial dairy environments.

As summer comes to an end, we must remember that heat stress can still play a role in our dairy production and that we still need to be vigilant on heat abatement for our dairy herds. We may be enjoying some cooler weather, but for high-producing dairy cows, the temperature is still running plenty warm for peak production. Days warmer than 50ºF still can create problems in the holding pens and milking parlors where cows are crowded together.

Select Sires is excited to announce it is the exclusive supplier in North America of the CowManager system, developed by Agis Automatisering.

International dairy prices are now well below levels that will be sustainable in the medium term, and all signs suggest a prolonged period of low prices will be required in order to soak up the current global market surplus, according to Rabobank'slatest Dairy Quarterly report.

Tyson Meador Eastern Sales Manager Advanta USMt. Carmel, Illinios

The National Mastitis Council (NMC) will host its 54th Annual Meeting, Feb. 1-3, 2015, at the Peabody Hotel in Memphis, Tennessee.

Genex Cooperative Inc. and SCR Dairy Inc. have announced a new partnership in which Genex will market the SCR Heatime system. This real-time system enables dairy producers to power up their cow monitoring capabilities.

Verdesian Life Sciences LLC (Verdesian) announced on Sept. 30 that it has acquired QC Corporation (QC), a producer and supplier of granular and dry micronutrients and ferrous sulfate products.

Two independent accounting firms, with offices in Arizona, Arkansas and North Carolina, announced a merger yesterday, effective Oct. 1, 2014.