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Twenty-nine Michigan Milk Producers Association (MMPA) members were recognized as 35-year members at the 95th MMPA State Annual Delegate Meeting, March 15. MMPA President Ken Nobis congratulated and praised the members for their dedication to the cooperative.
“We commend you for your dedication and loyalty to MMPA and the dairy industry over the last 35 years,” said President Nobis as he awarded each member with a plaque.
Four soybean research projects designed to provide reliable data to soybean growers and livestock producers who use soymeal have been awarded checkoff grants totaling $57,572 for the coming crop year by the Pennsylvania Soybean Promotion Board.
The all-farmer board, which administers the national soybean checkoff program in the commonwealth, took the action in a day-long meeting with researchers in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania in mid-March.
The 50th Annual Meeting of the National Mastitis Council (NMC), held Jan. 23-26, in Arlington, Virginia, attracted 400 individuals. The event commemorated the organization’s long standing commitment to mastitis control and milk quality and the kick-off to a year-long celebration of NMC’s 50 years. Attendees from all over the world represented various facets of the dairy industry, including dairy producers, veterinarians, researchers, consultants, equipment and pharmaceutical suppliers, dairy plant field staff, extension educators and students.
An innovative dairy educational program celebrated its 10thanniversary March 31-April 2 in Hickory, North Carolina. Over 10 years, North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) has helped prepare more than 3,000 students for careers in the dairy industry.
The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin’s drive to raise the bar of professionalism for dairy producers across the country succeeded as the of 2011 Business Conference concluded March 16 in Madison, Wisconsin.
This issue contains an interesting interview with a dairy producer who is also actively involved in politics. He and others made a few headlines after passing new state legislation in May. Attention soon died away, but I think it will be back again.
From the first colonies up through the present, the regulation of food sanitation, especially milk and milk products, has been a state -and local issue. Public health regulations were among the earliest Colonial laws. Early rules dealt primarily with public outbreaks of disease.
Regulations on food, including milk, evolved as the percentage of the population self-sufficient in the production of food shrank and the percentage who purchased their food grew.
Chances are that if you take the time to read this, you’ve been entrusted with the responsibility of managing and leading a team. Whether these people refer to you as coach, boss, doctor, professor or parent, your team looks to you for guidance.
No, you don’t actually need to work on a football field to be a coach ... all you need is a team.
So how can you embrace your role as a coach and excel at developing those you lead? Here’s a list of some of the roles and responsibilities you have as a leader in your organization.
After surviving several months of high feed costs and stagnant milk prices, uncertainty still lingers over how all of us in the dairy industry will contend with 2011.
In our business and most others, periods of economic stress tend to breed new technologies and practices that further advance efficiency.
Editor’s note: The following news summaries highlight activity by groups that are interested in and working towards dairy reform.
Former Specter-Casey Bill to be reintroduced
The Progressive Agriculture Organization recently confirmed it is working with other producers to see that a failed dairy reform bill from the previous session of Congress is re-introduced this year.
The bill, known then as S1645 or the Specter-Casey Bill, would change how raw milk at the farm level is priced and would make it reflective of a national average cost of production and impose supply management. Arden Tewksbury, manager of the Pennsylvania-based organization, said that Sen. Robert Casey (D-PA) was reviewing the bill and preparing to reintroduce it.
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