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Change has been the name of the game for European dairy producers this past year with the abolishment of the quota system, Russia’s embargo and months of low milk prices.
I was stuck. My family was gone. I was 20 hours from home in teeny-tiny Kirksville, Missouri, and day one of college classes started the next day.
It wasn’t the first time I’d been away from home, nor was it the first time I’d moved. Between summer camps and my family moving from California to Connecticut when I was 10, being away from home and moving were not foreign concepts to me.
Those interested in dairy cattle reproduction or mastitis have organizations dedicated to providing them with information on the latest technology, research and management protocols. However, anyone interested in animal welfare did not – until now.
Almost every seminar you’ve ever listened to on employee management or recruitment probably told you to find the best people for your operation and suggest ways to find them.
Several years ago, Wisconsin started to have a higher level of drug residue violations in its dairy cull animals. Concerned by this, a group of private veterinarians banded together in 2009 to form the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) HACCP (hazard analysis and critical control points) for Proper Drug Use Program. They felt that this issue could be fixed with high quality education.
That stupid pony. How dare he buck me off for asking for a flying lead change. Covered in dirt and too mad to notice the searing pain in my left shoulder, I jumped back on that pony, kept jumping and made him do that flying lead change after the jump.
In 2011, Texas had a drought and hay prices jumped up. In 2015, California had another drought and hay prices fell. In his presentation at the Western Alfalfa and Forage Symposium, Seth Hoyt, author of The Hoyt Report, explained this conundrum and gave attendees some insight on what 2016 prices might look like.
After experiencing the joys of dancing outdoors instead of in a studio, one ballet company in Vermont decided to take their performance not only outside but to local farms as well.
