Here’s another story about dairymen and allied industries coming together to discuss the current milk market, and their concerns about it. Farmers in Ohio met to discuss the market effects of imports, marketing organizations and supply and demand, while a panel of experts spanning California to New York presented their plan for a new system of marketing milk. Past U.S. … Read More
N.Y. Dairy Rally Brings Out Dairymen
The current milk price has spurred many dairy farmers into action, getting them more involved in how their milk is marketed. A group of dairymen from western N.Y. and several even from Pennsylvania, met to discuss the Federal Milk Marketing Improvement Act of 2009 last week, at a dairy rally held in N.Y. A group of more than 150 dairy … Read More
Dairyline Markets In Review
Dairy Markets Week in Review The cash dairy market is somewhat in limbo as it anticipates whether government will try to affect it some more. Cheese prices reversed six weeks of gains the last week of August. The blocks closed Friday at $1.3675 per pound, down 2 1/4-cents on the week, and 33 1/2-cents below a year ago. Barrel closed … Read More
Ag Secretary Listens to California Dairy Farmers
In the largest dairy producing area of the top dairy state, it was no surprise that dairy was the number one topic addressed during a visit by Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack to Modesto, California last week on his Rural Tour. Vilsack was joined at the event by California Congressman Dennis Cardoza, Deputy Secretary of Agriculture Kathleen Merrigan and California Secretary … Read More
Fort Dodge Dairy Producer Short Course
Here is our next installment in a series of online Dairy Producer Short Courses from our sponsor, Fort Dodge Animal Health. Our topic this week is BVD: AVOIDING PERSISTENT INFECTION. Never had a PI in your dairy? Good to hear, says Mark van der List, DVM, Fort Dodge Animal Health senior veterinary consultant. You’ve probably never had a house fi … Read More
Pa. Secretary Wolff to Resign
Pennsylvania Secretary of Agriculture Dennis Wolff is stepping down after 6 1/2 years, and one of his top aides is in line to replace him. Share your good luck wishes to Secretary Wolff here, in the comments section. Gov. Ed Rendell said Friday that Dennis Wolff’s last day would be Sept. 12, and the governor will be nominating Russell Redding … Read More
Young Breeders Sign Up for Accelerated Genetics Conference
Enthusiastic producers and herds people from across Wisconsin, Minnesota, Illinois, and Iowa are invited to the Young Producers (YP) Summit – ‘Innovate, Integrate, Motivate,’ to be held December 5-6, 2009, at the Holiday Inn Conference Center in Tomah, Wis. The YP Summit is part of the Accelerated Genetics Young Producer Program. Seminars for this year’s YP Summit include presentations by … Read More
Cow Power Dairy NY State Fair Butter Sculpture
The 2009 New York State Fair butter sculpture was unveiled yesterday in Syracuse, N.Y. This year’s State Fair butter sculpture celebrates the old-time milk delivery system — the milk man. But with a twist: The “milk man” is actually a cow taking on the character of the hardy soul was up at the crack of dawn each day to deliver … Read More
56th Princess Kay of Milky Way is Olsen
Congratulations to Elizabeth Olson, Hutchinson, Minn. for her new title as the 56th Princess Kay of the Milky Way. Elizabeth was crowned in an evening ceremony at the Minnesota State Fairgrounds on August 26. This marks the first time two people have been named Princess Kay from the same family; Olson’s sister Sarah was crowned Princess Kay in 2002. Her … Read More
Milking Parlor Podcast on Dairy Issues
This edition of the Milking Parlor podcast focuses on what is being done on the national level to address the current dairy industry crisis. From congressional actions to USDA to the dairy industry itself, we hear from Congressman John Boccieri, Sen. Bernie Sanders, Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack, University of Wisconsin Ag Economist Dr. Bruce Jones and National Milk Producers Federation … Read More