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In August of 2009 the Silver Creek District, of which I am a part, decided to honor the birthday of Scouting in a very special way. 100 years, 100 Eagles; wow, what a challenge!
This column was written by Doug Johnson (pictured at right), who can be reached at: djohnson@modernmachinery.com
A snowstorm on a southern Idaho dairy farm – with thousands of cows needing feed and a way to it – is no place for a wheel loader to stop working. Today’s dairyman also can’t afford a machine that operates poorly.
So imagine the benefits of a system that can tell you precisely, and in real-time, what’s going on, or going wrong, with your key equipment.
With increasing public interest in farm animal handling practices, a new website – Dehorning.com – has been launched to share science-based information and facilitate discussion about cattle dehorning. The website is sponsored by H.W. Naylor Company, Inc.
Advanced Animal Diagnostics (AAD), a developer of technologies for the rapid diagnosis of farm animal diseases, has restructured its board of directors following the close of its $11.3 million Series B round of equity financing in March. Randall Marcuson, former president and CEO of Embrex, will serve as chairman of the board for AAD. Also joining the board of directors are Jimmy Rosen, partner at Intersouth Partners, Dr. Simon Wheeler, managing director at Novartis Venture Fund, and Joy Parr Drach, AAD’s president and CEO.
Delegates attending the 95th annual meeting of Michigan Milk Producers Association on March 15 re-elected Rodney Daniels of Whittemore, Michigan, to an at-large, three-year term on the board of directors.
During the board’s reorganizational meeting held after the delegate meeting the following officers were elected: President: Ken Nobis, St. Johns, Michigan; Vice President: Bob Kran, FreeSoil, Michigan; Treasurer: Mark Halbert, Battle Creek, Michigan.
Three new faces were welcomed to the Wisconsin Livestock Identification Consortium Board of Directors at the WLIC Annual Meeting held March 1 at Wisconsin Farm Bureau.
Brian Bolan from Wisconsin State Fair, Dan Sutherland from Johnsonville Sausage, and Tom DeMuth from AgSource were all welcomed to the Board of Directors. Dr. Thomas McKenna of Wisconsin Veterinary Diagnostic Laboratory and Richard Keller of Wisconsin Farmers Union were re-elected for their second term.
"As a first-rate dairy producer who also runs his own processing facility, Les brings a unique perspective to his USDEC chairmanship. He truly understands both sides of the equation. It’s exactly this kind of experience that we need to help grow strong global markets."
—Tom Suber, president, U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC)
Age: Young enough to still be having fun and enjoying life.
Location: Greeley, Colorado
My dairy’s history: Sherrill and I are the third generation that has marketed milk for consumption. We operate two dairies: the 700-cow Painted Prairie Dairy as well as our small, educational showcase farm, Cozy Cow Dairy.
When the conventional way of dairy farming wasn’t working for Norm Nickerson and his sons, Chris and Joe, they decided it was time for a change.
“Our philosophy is to keep it simple,” Norm says. “We carry it a little farther than other dairy farmers.”
The Nickersons are graziers. They have four farms in south Florida, which are all divided into paddocks.
This article was originally printed in the April 2011 issue of The DPS Moosletter.
The 47th Annual Florida Dairy Production Conference was held at the Best Western Gateway Grand in Gainesville, Florida, March 30. The conference was sponsored by the Department of Animal Sciences at the University of Florida, Florida Cooperative Extension Service and the Agricultural Experiment Station of the Institute of Food and Agricultural Sciences.
Dairy industry speakers from Florida to New York spoke on various issues and topics ranging from animal health/reproduction to the state of the dairy economy and dairy lending. Topics were focused on the southeastern United States.
In recent years, feed costs have represented more than 60 percent of the cost of producing milk, and feed prices have been high relative to the sale price of milk.
Now that milk prices are finally on the rise so are inputs, especially corn, which is not good news for dairy farmers.
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