Compared to 2009, things were looking up for the dairy industry in 2010. World Dairy Diary was on an upswing this year, with traffic increasing 35 percent to over 98,000 unique visitors. Our Twitter feed surpassed 1000 followers a few months ago and continues to grow. As of today, 1114 followers are watching tweets from WDD. Our WDD reporters were … Read More
Start the New Year with Extra MOOla
Today is the last day of 2010 and the last chance to enter and win $250 in the ZimmComm web pub survey contest this month. If you read World Dairy Diary and want to have a voice in what we cover here in 2011, fill out our survey today. After the ball drops in Time Square tonight, we’ll be taking … Read More
Young Farmers Invited to Get Away
Accelerated Genetics invites dairy farmers from Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa and Illinois to the 2011 Young Producer Winter Get-Away themed ‘YPCC Rodeo Finals’, January 29-30 at the Kalahari Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wis. This weekend get-away is designed for producers and herdspeople–individuals, couples and families. It is a great way to get rid of the winter blahs, get off the farm … Read More
Milk to Be a Hot Trend in 2011?
The Sacramento Bee and Phil Lempert, a food trends expert known as the “Supermarket Guru”, are predicting that milk will be a hot trend in 2011, in fact it made number 5 on their list! The new year is just about here, and we’re looking at which food trends are in store for 2011. Some foodstuffs never seem to go … Read More
DFA Scholarship Deadline Approaching
January 15 is the deadline to apply for the Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.’s (DFA) annual DFA Cares Scholarship program. Since the program’s inception, DFA has awarded 28 scholarships totaling $42,000. Currently in its fourth year, the program is open to students planning a career in dairy, either as a producer or in numerous related fields, such as veterinary medicine … Read More
Milking Parlor: Novus Builds on Sustainability
Dairy farmers are moving to more sustainable operations, and Novus International, sponsor of this program, has opened a research farm that tests its products and ways to be sustainable. In this edition of the Milking Parlor, we take a look at Green Acres, Novus’ research farm that uses several sustainable features, including collecting the wastewater and composting and a soon-to-be-operational … Read More
Midwest Dairy Association Restructures
Midwest Dairy Association has announced an “organizational realignment” to enable the checkoff organization to better meet the needs of the dairy industry in the Midwest. Under the new structure, Chuck Cruickshank has been named to serve as the new Senior Vice President of Industry Relations to the staff. The Industry Image and Relations program will be realigned into two program … Read More
Consumer Perception of Ag Not Improved in 2010
It looks like agriculture has a ways to go to change public perceptions according to our latest ZimmPoll. In answer to the question, “Do you think the general consumer perception of agriculture changed in 2010?” 43% say “No it didn’t really change,” while 30% say “Yes, it got worse,” and 27% said “Yes, it improved.” Where do you fall in … Read More
CWT Export Update
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted seven requests for export assistance from Darigold, Foremost Farms and Dairy Farmers of America to sell a total of 772 MT (1.702 million pounds) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in North Africa, Europe, the Middle East and Asia. The product will be delivered January 2011 through March 2011. Since CWT reactivated the … Read More
New Research on Dairy Whey Emerges
Scientists have found that lactoferrin, a whey protein found in milk, could be an anticancer agent for breast cancer. Lactoferrin is an iron-binding protein that has been reported to inhibit several other types of cancer. According to a study that will be published in the January 2011 issue of the American Dairy Science Association’s Journal of Dairy Science, scientists in … Read More