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Governor Tom Corbett recently established a dairy leadership council that will help ensure that state government meets the needs of Pennsylvania‘s nearly $2 billion dairy industry.
The Pennsylvania Dairy Leadership Council, chaired by Agriculture Secretary George Greig, will make recommendations to the governor on policies, procedures, regulations and legislation that may aid in the development of the dairy industry.
Kansas needs to invest hundreds of millions of dollars more in its dairy, beef and pork industries in order to give the state a larger share of U.S. animal agriculture production, Gov. Sam Brownback said.
"I just want to see us put that on steroids and grow it," Brownback said during an economic development summit in Garden City.
In September, 12 professional technicians from across North America participated in the annual Technician Conference at Select Sires’ headquarters in Plain City, Ohio. Employees from five member cooperatives and Select Sires Canada were present for the two-day event, where they received advanced education in reproductive systems and solutions to better serve Select Sires’ customer-owners.
The participants received in-depth information on estrus synchronization, factors affecting conception, Select RePRO Analysis, fertility research, dairy sire programs, Select's gender SELECTed process, and Select Detect, the most technologically advanced activity monitoring system on the market today.
Neogen Corporation will be debuting its new simple, quick and accurate dairy antibiotic testing technology at the World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, from Oct. 4-8.
In coordination with the debut at the Expo, Neogen is holding a drawing for a free, complete dairy antibiotic testing system. To register for the drawing, visit Neogen in Booth Arena Level 114 at the World Dairy Expo, or register online. The deadline for entries is 11:59 p.m. ET Sunday, Oct. 9. The contest winner will be announced Monday, Oct. 10.
For the third consecutive year, Pfizer Animal Health and the American Veterinary Medical Foundation invite second- and third-year students of veterinary medicine to apply for the Pfizer Animal Health Scholarship. In an effort to help address rising school debt, up to 300 scholarships of $2,500 each will be awarded to assist students in all areas of veterinary medicine.
McDonald's USA recently announced that it has selected Dean Foods, a leading dairy supplier for many of McDonald's restaurants, as the 2011 U.S. Supplier of the Year. McDonald's revealed the U.S. Supplier of the Year Award at the recent U.S. Supplier Summit, an annual gathering of key U.S. McDonald's suppliers and distributors, held in Schaumburg, near its Oak Brook, Illinois, headquarters.
Mahindra USA, a wholly-owned subsidiary of Mahindra & Mahindra LTD., the No. 1 selling tractor in the world, has given its website, www.mahindrausa.com, a new, user-friendly facelift. The dramatically redesigned site, created by Houston-based Tangelo Ideas, embodies the farm equipment leader’s forward-thinking vision and commitment to the growing and evolving needs of its customers.
“After three years of lackluster dairy sales, the third quarter of 2011 has shown an increase in dairies being purchased,” stated Marc Schuil, co-founder of Schuil & Associates, Inc. – agricultural land specialists in California, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas and Colorado.
Schuil added that the recent dairy sale activity has moved many dairy properties from the “dairies for sale” column to the “dairy sold” column on their http://www.schuil.com website.
Accelerated Genetics is again offering four types of summer internships to college students for the summer of 2012. Accelerated Genetics internships provide an excellent variety of opportunities, from working hands-on within the A.I. industry, to networking and gaining valuable experiences that will help students to prepare for a future career. The four types of internships being offered for 2012 include the marketing communications internship, the genetic services internship, the sales and service internship, and the veterinarian internship.
Eight bovine veterinary students from across the U.S. each received $1,500 and an all-expenses-paid trip to the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) annual conference in St. Louis Sept. 21-24. The students were recognized at the AABP Conference by AABP and award sponsor Merck Animal Health.
Since 2004, Merck Animal Health has awarded more than $120,000 in scholarships and travel expenses to 49 students through the AABP Bovine Veterinary Student Recognition Awards.
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