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Once again the Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference is set to take place in early June. It will be held June 8-9 at the Grand River Center in Dubuque, Iowa.
This conference, a collaboration of Extension professionals from Iowa State University, University of Illinois, University of Minnesota, and University of Wisconsin, was developed to provide timely research information for dairy industry professionals.
Industry experts with a vast array of expertise will converge at World Dairy Expo to help increase dairy operations profitability and efficiency as part of the 2011 Expo Seminars. Eight free seminars will be offered during the week of Oct. 4 through 8 at the Alliant Energy Center in Madison, Wisconsin. Learn more about: Livestock Gross Margin for Dairy, genomic testing, communicating with consumers, robotic milking, calf nutrition, somatic cell counts, feed costs and carbon emissions.
Living out his belief that service involves giving more than receiving led Robert Glock, D.V.M., Ph.D., to receive the Academy of Veterinary Consultants (AVC) Outstanding Service Award. The award was presented at the AVC spring meeting in April in Oklahoma City and was sponsored by Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health.
The AVC Outstanding Service Award recognizes a member who has made outstanding contributions to AVC and the beef-cattle and veterinary medicine industries. Glock received a commemorative plaque, and Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health donated $2,000 to the AVC Foundation in his honor.
Cows, calves and tasty dairy treats are coming to the Capitol Square June 4 for Cows on the Concourse 2011. From 8 a.m. to 1 p.m., the annual event kicks off June Dairy Month in Dane County, Wisconsin. The free event is held just off downtown Madison’s Capitol Square on Main Street and Martin Luther King Jr. Boulevard. Only Cows on the Concourse gives kids and adults the unique opportunity to get close to cows and baby calves, enjoy hot grilled cheese sandwiches, chug ice-cold milk and visit with Wisconsin dairy farmers – all in one location right in downtown Madison.
The American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), Growth Energy, the National Corn Growers Association (NCGA), and the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) today praised the legislation offered by a bipartisan group of senators, led by Iowa Senator Chuck Grassley, to responsibly transition and transform current ethanol tax policy.
This legislation would reduce the current blender’s credit, also known as VEETC, for a two year period before transitioning to a tax credit that would adjust based on the price of oil. Importantly, this legislation would also improve upon current tax credits for the installation of blender pumps and ethanol fueling infrastructure. Additionally, the bill would extend tax credits for small ethanol producers as well as for advanced and cellulosic ethanol.
The National Milk Producers Federation’s proposal to reduce the maximum level of somatic cell counts in milk – a measure of milk quality – was rejected today by the National Conference on Interstate Milk Shipments (NCIMS), which has just concluded its biennial meeting here in Baltimore.
NMPF had asked the NCIMS voting delegates – a group of state regulators overseeing milk safety rules – to reduce the maximum threshold of allowable somatic cells in milk at the farm level from the current 750,000 cells/mL, down to 400,000, starting in 2014. But on a vote of 26-25, the voting delegates rejected the proposal, meaning that the status quo threshold of 750,000 cells will remain.
The Hoof Trimmers Association, Inc. will host its 2011 Hoof Health Conference – the dairy industry’s exclusive international forum on hoof health – July 21-23, in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, at the Doubletree Willow Valley. Registration information is available online.
Hoof trimmers as well as dairy producers, veterinarians and nutritionists – everyone on the dairy management team interested in hoof health – is welcome to attend this comprehensive, three-day seminar that will address all facets of hoof health issues on today’s dairy operations.
The American Jersey Cattle Association announced a new leader in its Living Lifetime Production Contest.
After ranking second in the two previous contests, Queen-Acres Barber Booper moved into first place with lifetime totals on Dec. 31, 2010, of 306,145 pounds milk, 14,664 pounds fat and 10,520 pounds protein. Average daily production was 81.4 pounds milk, 3.9 pounds fat and 2.8 pounds protein.
Tom and Vivian Wolf, their son, Tim, and their daughter, Lisa Gress, owners of Spring-Run Farms in Shreve, Ohio, have been named Mideast Area 2011 Members of Distinction by Dairy Farmers of America, Inc. (DFA). The Wolfs and Gress were recently honored at the 2011 DFA Annual Meeting.
DFA’s Members of Distinction program recognizes members who excel on their operations, in their communities and in the industry. Honorees inspire others through their actions, leadership and involvement, and represent the best of the dairy industry. Each year, one notable member farm from each of DFA’s seven Areas is selected to receive this honor; Spring-Run Farms is the 2011 honoree from the Mideast Area.
Horizon announced that all of its quart and 96-ounce jug organic milk products sold in New York now feature the Pride of New York label, letting consumers know the milk is sourced from the region, including its hundreds of farmers across the state.
The Pride of New York program, sponsored by the New York State Department of Agriculture and Markets, promotes and supports agricultural products grown and processed in New York and provides an opportunity for the state’s residents to easily purchase products that have been verified as local.
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