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More than 1,400 Dairy Farmers of America members and guests convened in Kansas City for the cooperative’s 16th annual meeting. In recognition of the dedication by its farmer-owners, DFA explored the diverse ways the cooperative and its member-owners are committed to the dairy industry.
I’ll never forget my gray-haired neighbor Emily, who had grown up during the horrors of World War II in Germany. Emily’s grandmother had taken on the job of raising Emily and her sister, while their father was drafted into the army and their attractive mother was purportedly imprisoned for – how do I put this delicately? – being less than cooperative with a German officer.
This article was #17 of the Top 25 most well-read articles on www.progressivedairy.com in 2014. It was published in the March 27, 2014 Extra e-newsletter.
If cows were cars, you’d fuel them, lube them, check the oil once in awhile and occasionally wash the windshield. Other than that, you’d wait for a red warning light to come on or watch for a needle reaching the “red zone” before servicing anything major.
VikingGenetics and Coopex Montbeliarde, two farmer owned A.I. cooperatives, have partnered to launch ProCROSS, a subsidiary equally owned by the companies with the goal to develop the brand and crossbreeding concept on a global scale.
Quatro Boots introduced its “Most Beat-Up Dairy Boot” contest in January to give hardworking dairy farmers in the U.S. a chance to showoff their most ravaged, ruined, falling-apart-at-the-seams dairy boot. Many entries were received but only one could claim the title as the “Most Beat Up."
The Dairy Comfort Cookbook is being created by Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) and will debut in June 2015 to coincide with the 100th anniversary of the National Dairy Council.
Farm banks significantly increased agricultural lending by 9 percent in 2013 and held $87.8 billion in farm loans at the end of the year, according to the American Bankers Association’s (ABA) annualFarm Bank Performance Report.
Former White House Chef Walter Scheib was a dark horse entry in the Professional Dairy Producers Foundation (PDPF) pie-eating finals held recently during the Professional Dairy Producers Business Conference in Madison, Wisconsin.
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