The annual Holstein Association USA convention and annual meeting wrapped up on Tuesday, June 29 in Minnesota. New board members and Junior Distinguished Members were chosen. To find more highlights, visit the Association’s website. Board Elections: Re-elected to his second three-year term on the Holstein Association USA board of directors was Leroy Eggink, representing Region 6. Elected to their first … Read More
New Directors on NAIDC
The North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC) board of directors elected three new members on June 21, 2010. They are: Chris Dei, regional sales manager with Diamond V, from Fresno, Calif. He has extensive dairy sales experience in California, having worked with 21st Century Genetics, Holstein Association USA, US Genes and Monsanto Dairy Business. Dei was fundraising chair for the … Read More
Preview of Dairy Solutions Symposium
The presenters for the Dairy Solutions Symposium 2010, sponsored by Alltech, got together for dinner this evening. I’ll be interviewing most of them over the next couple days. To get a preview of what this conference is all about I spoke first with Sylvie Andrieu, European Ruminant Technical Manager, Alltech. She says that the initial idea for this conference came … Read More
Dairy On Display In Utrecht
Hello from Utrecht, Netherlands where I’ll be attending the 2010 Dairy Solutions Symposium, sponsored by Alltech. Just got in this morning and after a short nap went for a walk. Right away I came to an outdoor market and was very pleased to see dairy products on display. For lunch I had a really good brie and vegetables sandwich. I … Read More
MSU Milk is Top-Notch!
What’s fresh, tasty, wholesome and green? The milk from Michigan State University (MSU) Dairy Cattle Teaching and Research Center! For the second year in a row, the MSU dairy farm was the recipient of the prestigious platinum National Dairy Quality Award from the NMC. The NMC only recognized seven dairy farms from across the country as worthy of receiving a … Read More
Dairy Foods are Heart Healthy
More good news about dairy! There is some new evidence that dairy foods could actually benefit heart health, for example by lowering blood pressure or reducing cholesterol levels, Dr. Eva Warensjo of Uppsala University and her colleagues note in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. To get a clearer sense of people’s intake of fat from dairy and heart disease … Read More
New Interactive Hilmar Tour Opens
A recent commentary by Megan Pierce, Dairy Herd Management, reflects on her visit to the grand re-opening of the Hilmar Cheese Company Visitor Center in Hilmar, Calif. Read on for her thoughts about the educational viability of this new visitor’s center. Commentary by Megan Pierce: If you’ve never had the delight of stopping by Hilmar Cheese I suggest you put … Read More
Milking Parlor: USDA & DOJ Work on Price Concerns
The Milking Parlor podcast is sponsored by: No new news to dairy producers across the country: the industry is being hit hard by historically low prices. In this edition of the Milking Parlor, we listen in to part of the news conference Secretary of Ag Tom Vilsack and Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney held during a recent joint USDA-Department of … Read More
Milk May Do Grass Good
The Associated Press picked up on a story out of Columbia, Missouri this past weekend about a Nebraska dairy farmer who found that spraying milk on his pastures improves the grass – and the cows love it. The original story from the Columbia Daily Tribune came out of a small conference that was held in Linn, Mo., on growing thicker, … Read More
U.S. Plant Planned for Yakult
Yakult, a drinkable probiotic yogurt brand, will be building a production plant in the U.S. This is the first American factory for the Tokyo-based Yakult Honsha Co. The plant is planned in Fountain Valley, Calif. The facility, which will produce around 250,000 bottles of Yakult per day, is expected to begin operations in 2012. “We are looking forward to the … Read More