Hype and opposition from anti-animal agriculture groups and misleading marketers led a group of dairy producers to organize and launch a new grassroots organization.

The 2007 World Ag Expo featured a few changes from the previous 40 years of operation; a new Dairy Technology Center and online registration. These changes have added value for the dairy industry in particular.

The fourth annual Midwest Dairy Challenge, which ran Jan. 31 to Feb. 2, attracted 102 students from 13 universities and colleges to Merrillville, Indiana. A blizzard forced the group to forge new territory in the history of the Dairy Challenge.

Fourty-eight students from 11 Southern colleges and universities participated in the second annual Southern Regional Dairy Challenge held at the Cook Hotel & Conference Center in Baton Rouge, Louisiana, in November 2007. Two new schools competed in this year’s event.

In November 2007, 126 students from 14 Northeast colleges and two Canadian universities participated in the fifth annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge held at the Holiday Inn in Concord, New Hampshire.

If we’re going to manage the dairy cow for optimum productivity and health, we cannot ignore the rumen. It is the center of all functions inside the cow. But keeping this vital organ working at peak efficiency is a delicate balancing act.

After I graduated from college with my bachelor’s degree, I had the rewarding opportunity to work with the Youth Conservation Corp, a program to meet the needs of teens in a summer camp situation.

The RW Spin Off Round Bale Feeder Model FSO-906 is designed to fit Category II, or Category III 3-pt hitches (including quick hitches) and requires a minimum of 8-10 GPM at 1,500 psi to operate.

As I weave my way through life there are things that I count on. They are stepping stones in my path that I don’t worry about, like:

Dad keeps about 75 yearling and bred heifers in an 80-acre pasture just across the section line from the dairy. Here awhile back, he’d started having trouble with some wild dogs bothering them, so he’d been keeping a watch ful eye and a loaded gun.