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Junior, University of Wisconsin - River Falls
Marketing Services Intern with Vita Plus
Based in Madison, Wisconsin
Background
Q. In what area are you pursuing a degree?
I am pursuing a bachelor’s degree in agricultural marketing communications with a minor in agricultural business.
Q. What is your dairy background?
I grew up on my family’s registered Holstein dairy operation near Unity, Wisconsin. Currently, my dad and two brothers are milking about 300 cows. I assisted with feeding calves, yard work and tractor driving during the harvest seasons.
Q. What previous internship positions have you held?
I served as the intern for the Wisconsin State Fair agricultural department. After exhibiting at the fair for eight years, it was a great opportunity to see and assist with the behind the scenes activities.
Your age: 68. I’m a third-generation Jersey dairyman.
Your location: Eastern New York, just 15 miles from downtown Albany – nearby but not pressured by a suburban community.
My dairy’s history: Dutch Hollow Farm was started in 1976 after being involved with my family’s farm for 13 years. We started with 55 milking-age females, mostly growth of my original 4-H project animals, along with some purchased females.
Your age: 59
Your location: Seneca, Kansas
My dairy’s history: Sue and I started milking 20 Jerseys in 1988 and have grown our dairy (Heartland Jerseys) to 470 cows, 370 heifers and 230 bulls and steers. We have one of the higher GJPI and JPI herds in the nation. We have bred for production and type and have been progressive in the things we do on our dairy.
Your age: 24
Your location: Jefferson, Oregon
My dairy’s history: Desert Park is a registered Jersey farm established in 1983. My dad started out milking 350 cows on a dairy he leased in Mesa, Arizona. He expanded and bought a dairy west of Phoenix in 1993 where we milked 1,300 cows.
Later, we downsized the dairy to make it more family-oriented and moved to where we are today, in Oregon, where we milk 450 registered Jerseys.
After considering more than 70 amendments, today the Senate approved the passage of the Farm Bill with a 64-35 vote.
There was no effort to significantly alter the dairy title, although two dairy policy amendments had been proposed.
ImmWave is a novel technology that contains potent, select milk proteins that fortify the calf’s immune system. With the addition of ImmWave, Last Stand is a powerful lifesaver for calves critically ill with scours, malnutrition and disease.
The multi-faceted, all-natural formulation delivers key components directly into the bloodstream, enhancing the response of the immune system to jump-start recovery.
Leaders of American Agri-Women (AAW) from throughout the country connected with consumers and policy makers at the organization’s 27th annual fly-in to Washington D.C.
The Annual AAW Symposium: “Sustainable Development – the Impact on Agriculture” was held at the National Press Club and covered issues relating to the Agenda 21 impacts on American agriculture.
Visits to the Russian and Brazilian embassies gave members the opportunity to exchange in diplomatic relations.
Cooperative Resources International (CRI) has entered an agreement with Lusogenes, a subsidiary of Portugal’s national cattle improvement organization, in support of their efforts to further enhance genetic improvement in Portuguese dairy and beef cattle.
CRI, together with French partner Amelis, will assist Lusogenes through delivery of genetics and technical consulting.
As part of the organization’s ongoing commitment to shared research, the National Mastitis Council (NMC) recently launched a Facebook page to accompany its continuing social media outreach on LinkedIn and Twitter.
These social media outlets offer an online portal for researchers and producers to share information on milk quality and industry insights.
Q&A with a Midwestern vet whose chiropractic practice was highlighted in a widely run Associated Press article
Dr. Sara Gilbertson is an equine and dairy veterinarian based in New Holstein, Wisconsin, who owns a mobile practice, Lake to Lake Veterinary Chiropractic LLC.
She was featured April 28 in her local paper, the Herald Times Reporter – Manitowoc, and a month later in an Associated Press story on cow comfort that ran nationwide.
Click here to read the AP story.
How did these articles come about?
A client of mine is a freelance writer. I asked her if she’d do a press release stating that I was doing chiropractic and regular veterinary medicine. In February, the press release was done to just local papers.
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