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Weren't able to make it to World Ag Expo this year? Or perhaps you heard about one of Progressive Dairyman's seminars or virtual tour videos and are looking for a link or video. See a list a below of all of our recap coverage of the 2013 World Ag Expo.
World Ag Expo Virtural Farm Tour videos • Todd Moore, Lucky Layla Farms, Texas
Scheduled for May 19-22 in Lexington, Kentucky, this year's Alltech International Symposium will focus on looking to the future to provide for the world's growing demand for food. Alltech plans to dedicate an entire track to crop science at Glimpse 2020, the 29th annual symposium. A wide range of dairy topics is also on the agenda.
Summarized data from AgSource herds in 2012 compared to 2011 show that improvements in herd management were achieved in almost all areas, including production, udder health, reproduction, transition cow management and genetics.
The MIone multi-box robotic milking system from GEA Farm Technologies has been adapted to meet the demands of the North American dairy market and to meet the quality standards and guidelines set forth by industry regulatory agencies. This udder prep process has been AMDERC (Atlantic-Midwest Dairy Equipment Review Committee) approved and therefore FDA and state inspector accepted.
Owners of V-Valley Farm in Wisconsin have filed a $50,000 claim against local officials for actions they took to prevent the farm from spraying liquid manure. According to the claim, the town chairman and two board members have harassed or obstructed the drivers of equipment carrying the farm’s fertilizer from the Granton farm to another property.
The Red & White dairy breed sector continues on a rapid growth curve, according to statistics provided by the National Association of Animal Breeders. Over the past ten years, Red & White semen sales have more than doubled.
Representatives from the USDA – Agricultural Research Service (USDA – ARS) and Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding (CDCB) signed the Nonfunded Cooperative Agreement (NFCA) on March 27. The agreement allows for the transition of genetic evaluation calculations, maintains the industry cooperator database and focuses USDA – Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory’s (AIPL) mission on research.
The 2013 recipient of the Steve Atkisson Indiana Dairy Service award is the late Gary Kuhlmann of Carlinville, Illinois, a long-time field services supervisor for Prairie Farms Dairy, Inc.
The award was presented to Gary’s son Shawn at the 14th annual Indiana Milk Quality Conference in Fort Wayne, Indiana, on Tuesday, April 9, 2013 for “outstanding contributions to the dairy industry of Indiana.”
Born and raised on a dairy farm in Illinois, Gary Kuhlmann, earned his bachelor’s degree in horticulture before being drafted into the U.S. Army and serving his country during the Vietnam War.
Joe Wright of the 1,200-cow V&W Farms in Avon Park, Florida, has been in the media spotlight lately – a little too much in the spotlight, as it turns out.
Wright, who is president of the Southeast Milk cooperative, was interviewed for a Feb. 22 Los Angeles Times article on immigration. One of his quotes the article used was, “We cannot milk cows without Hispanic labor, period.”
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