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Prince Agri Products Inc. has opened a new manufacturing facility to expand production of its unique, patented anionic nutritional specialty product, Animate, which is designed to reduce the incidence of low blood calcium in transition cows.
Recently, I’ve had several inquiries as to where I’ve been lately, as my face has not appeared on this page a few times already this year. I’m still here. However, you’ll continue to see a few different faces on this page from time to time.
Tom Oelrichs
Mora, Missouri
Tom Oelrichs, who milks about 100 Holsteins with his brother and nephew, was interviewed for an article in The Gazette that explored the challenges of running a sustainable dairy in a state with a shrinking number of dairy farmers.
Click here to read The Gazette article.
MilkPEP’s recent decision to replace its “got milk?” slogan with a message of “milk life” made waves across mainstream and agriculture media outlets alike. Many questioned the need for the milk processors’ check-off organization to tweak a campaign with more than 20 years of iconic status.
Spokespeople for MilkPEP indicate the “milk life” slogan will help convey the message of milk’s protein content and its place in a healthy lifestyle.
We asked several of our Facebook and Twitter followers to weigh in with their thoughts regarding the change.
Click here to download a PDF of the "InFocus" image from the April 1, 2014 issue of Progressive Dairyman magazine to view these comments.
More than 1,500 dairy farmers and allied industry professionals gathered for the 2014 Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) Business Conference held at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin, March 12-13.
As an attorney living in Ohio and working largely in the area of federal law and regulation, I have not read very many court decisions from Idaho.
Although I am certain that I have read some, I cannot specifically recall any of them. But in late January, the Idaho Supreme Court rendered an opinion in a case involving dairy farming that caught my interest.
The second annual Global Dairy Summit was held Feb. 6 at the Canadian Dairy XPO in Stratford, Ontario. Six producers gathered from Canada, the U.S., Israel, the Netherlands and China to enlighten others to what dairying is like around the world.
As this issue hits your mailbox, the Dairy Calf & Heifer Association’s annual conference is taking place in Green Bay, Wisconsin (April 1-3). New to this year’s conference format are several tour stops, each of which will provide additional, focused training from industry experts.
We reached out to tour presenters and asked them to share what they hope attendees will take away from their presentations and their perspective of the calf and heifer-raising industry this year.
I think my coaching adventures started when I was a young child on a Midwest row crop, pig, chicken and dairy farm. I followed my dad around the farm from a very early age, asked a lot of questions, observed how the work got done and received the responsibility of doing chores.
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