Posted: October 31, 2011 at 5:17 pm
By News Editor
Two Registered Jersey™ heifers, one donated by Brentwood Farms, Orland, Calif., and the other by the TJF/Lee Syndicate of Boonville, Miss., will sell for the benefit of national Jersey youth programs at The 59th All American Jersey Sale on November 6, 2011 in Louisville, Ky.
BW Region Louisa W418, sired by Maackdairy Region-ET (GJPI 91), has been donated by AJCA President Robert Bignami in memory of Norma “Duffy” Lyon, the Jersey woman from Toledo, Iowa who achieved international fame as “The Butter Cow Lady.” She studied animal science at Iowa State University, where she met her husband of 61 years, G. Joe Lyon, a past-President of both the American Jersey Cattle Club and National All-Jersey Inc. Together they raised nine children. “Duffy” was honored with Honorary Membership in the American Jersey Cattle Association at its 2007 Annual Meeting.
The heifer is out of BW Louie Louisa ET681-ET, projected to 24,320-958-786 m.e. on her first lactation and ranked seventh in the nation for genomic Jersey Performance Index™ (October, 2011). The heifer’s grandam is BW Avery Katie ET121-ET, Excellent-93% with four lactations over 30,000 lbs. milk. She has 18 sons in A.I. service, among them the bull syndicated in 2008 to provide seed money for the highly successful Jersey Youth Academy, BW Academy-ET (GJPI 168).
Proceeds from this heifer are designated for the Maurice E. Core Jersey Youth Fund, created in 1993 to commemorate his 37 years of service to the Jersey breed. It provides financial support for youth activities, primarily at The All American Junior Show.
The second heifer, TJF/Lee Valentino Mamme 980-ET, is a Vision Gift to Jersey Youth Academy by her owners, Bradley and Carla Taylor and Lynn Lee. She is ranked on the AJCA Top 500 Heifer List for genomic JPI (215) and carries an A.I. contract. Sired by All Lynns Louie Valentino-ET (GJPI 261), her dam is Vantage Lemvig Mamme, Excellent, with four lactations averaging 22,920-1,101-838 m.e. and the dam of 13 sons in A.I. service.
Source: American Jersey Cattle Association
Posted: October 31, 2011 at 5:09 pm
By News Editor
Upstate Niagara Cooperative has introduced chocolate milk in new packaging – an ultra-cold aluminum Frost Flow bottle. The product is called Crave.
The ultra-cold aluminum Crave Frost Flow bottle is a pioneer in state-of-the-art packaging. It chills fast and keeps milk colder, longer. And, its twist-off cap reseals to ensure you can drink in the unexpected taste of the Crave experience whenever you want, as many times as you want. It’s naturally wholesome fresh milk and premium cocoa packed with healthy nutrients – to go.
Get fresh, nutrient rich milk in Ultimate Chocolate or Strawberry Chocolate flavors.
Have you tried this product yet? You can order it from Amazon.
Posted: October 31, 2011 at 5:01 pm
By News Editor
A new low impact pasteurizer (LIP) is now available from Bob-White Systems The LIP is an advanced and affordable system specifically designed to give small-scale dairies the option of offering pasteurized farm fresh milk directly to their customers.
The Low Impact Pasteurizer was designed from the ground up to give small-scale dairies maximum benefits. The LIP system completely automates most of the pasteurization process, a huge labor and time-saving advantage for farmers. User interaction with the simple, intuitive interface is minimal, and it incorporates self-cleaning technology that virtually eliminates time-consuming clean up, freeing farmers to do more important things.
According to Steve Judge, President of Bob-White Systems, “Our goal was to develop high- temperature short-time (HTST) technology that’s scaled to four-to-ten cows. The Low Impact Pasteurizer is the result of many thousands of hours of research, development and onsite testing under actual micro dairy conditions. We’ve put six years and over a million dollars into developing an affordable system that eliminates the price barrier to entry and gives small dairy operations the choice of offering pasteurized milk to their local communities.”
The Low Impact Pasteurizer system does not homogenize, separate or standardize milk the way commercial units do. And just as important, the system preserves the texture resulting in a product that is ideal for selling directly to consumers or for use in making the highest-quality cheeses, yogurts or other value-added dairy products.
Source: Bob-White Systems
Posted: October 31, 2011 at 4:48 pm
By News Editor
Holstein Association USA is currently planning nine regional member meetings that will be held nationwide between December 2011 and March 2012.
Members are encouraged to attend the meeting in their area to hear the latest updates on Association business, and provide feedback on programs and services.
Source: Holstein Association USA
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Posted: October 27, 2011 at 5:30 pm
By News Editor
Having a Halloween party? Want to serve cheese, and also love zombies? Here’s the perfect appetizer for you! Zombie Head Cheese, created by Megan on the blog “not martha.” Click here for the recipe and full post.
Source: “not martha.”
Posted: October 27, 2011 at 4:28 pm
By News Editor
Lots of talk right now about federal dairy policy. Jim Dickrell, Dairy Today, offers an opinion on why dairy policy is so hard to change.
If federal spending wasn’t an issue, dairy policy would be easy. But deficit spending is no longer an option.
Anyone can propose change; getting that change enacted into law is an entirely different piece of cheese. That’s what makes dairy policy so darn hard.
At first glance, Sen. Bob Casey’s (D-Pa.) dairy reform package, “The Dairy Advancement Act of 2011,” seems like a common sense compromise for dairy policy reform.
Besides Federal Order reform and more mandatory price reporting by processors, it offers producers a choice: Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) payments or Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy (LGM-Dairy) insurance.
Heck, even processors sing its praises: “We applaud Senator Casey’s inclusion of critically needed risk management tools, particularly his call for an expansion of the LGM-Dairy program. . . . LGM-Dairy is the type of program that our government should encourage,” says Connie Tipton, president and CEO of the International Dairy Foods Association.
Upon further review, of course, the devil is in the down and dirty.
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Source: AG Web; By: Jim Dickrell, Dairy Today
Posted: October 27, 2011 at 3:08 pm
By News Editor
HolsteinWorld’s Collegiate Video Contest voting is now open!
The contest offered colleges around the country the opportunity to showcase what their school and dairy club have to offer.
The videos will be judged according to the following criteria:
Quality of footage: 1-10 points
Following the rules of content: 1-10 points
Interest level: 1-10 points
Entertainment level: 1-10 points
Presentation of cattle: 1-10 points
50%: Poll feature on www.holsteinworldproductions.com
The winning video will be selected to play on the homepage of HolsteinWorld’s website during the month of December!
Source: HolsteinWorld
Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:08 pm
By News Editor
Congratulat
to Leprino Foods Co. for being named the Tom Camerlo Exporter of the Year by Dairy Foods.
At the presentation, Dairy Foods editor in chief Jim Carper cited the company’s dedication to export market development, integration of an export mindset into its day-in, day-out business and its devotion to forming lasting partnerships through customer service.
In making its selection, the magazine considered dairy processors who are involved in the export market, who have built strong customer relationships, who are growing their international business, who are investing in their own processing facilities and other criteria. The magazine’s staff solicited nominations through its LinkedIn professional network, its editorial advisory board of processors and from other knowledgeable players in the dairy industry.
Source: Dairy Foods
Posted: October 26, 2011 at 8:02 pm
By News Editor
The Wisconsin Dairy Business Association and the Wisconsin Cheese Makers Association have re-affirmed their opposition to U.S. House bill H.R. 3062, the Dairy Security Act.
A recent presentation by economist Dr. Mark Stephenson, Director of Dairy Policy Analysis at the University of Wisconsin-Madison, confirmed their position.
The dairy policy bill recently introduced by Minnesota’s U.S. Representative Collin Peterson includes a proposed “Dairy Market Stabilization” program which would restrict the amount of milk that U.S. dairy farmers are paid. Dr. Stephenson revealed impacts of the Dairy Security Act using the first in-depth economic analysis of the legislation completed since the Congressional Budget Office scored an early draft of the bill.
“The Dairy Security Act is bad policy,” said Jerry Meissner, President of the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association. “Dr. Stephenson’s modeling shows that there would be a Milk Price Reduction of $.80 to $1.63 per hundredweight for all size farms with only moderate milk price volatility improvement. We recognize that volatility has been a real problem, but dairymen can’t be willing to accept any type of change, just because it is something new. We don’t need another dairy policy program of the same nature. Farmers need to be better educated on using risk management tools that are currently available. Our industry cannot afford this severe net revenue loss on every load of milk that farmers sell,” Meissner said.
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Posted: October 26, 2011 at 7:51 pm
By News Editor
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 13 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Darigold and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell a total of 1,778 metric tons (3.920 million pounds) of Cheddar and Monterey Jack cheese to customers in Asia, North Africa and the Middle East. The product will be delivered October 2011 through March 2012.
In 2011, CWT has assisted members in making export sales of Cheddar, Monterey Jack and Gouda cheese totaling 35,774 metric tons (78.9 million pounds) to 23 countries on four continents. That is the equivalent of 789 million pounds of milk, the annual production of 37,600 cows.
Assisting CWT members through the Export Assistance program positively impacts producer milk prices in the short-term by reducing inventories that overhang the market and depress cheese prices. In the long-term, CWT’s Export Assistance program helps member cooperatives gain and maintain market share, thus expanding the demand for U.S. dairy products and the farm milk that produces them.
CWT will pay export bonuses to the bidders only when delivery of the product is verified by the submission of the required documentation.
Source: Cooperatives Working Together
Posted: October 26, 2011 at 7:06 am
By Chuck
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Are Farm Show Smartphone Apps Helpful?” Although 55% said they had Never used one, 27% said Yes and only 18% said no. I think these results reflect the fact that these apps are new. I used several during the course of the year and some are more helpful than others. One of the features I like most is being able to open a show map to find where I am currently located and where I want to go to find a particular exhibitor. Have you used any of these apps? What did you like or wish was different about the ones you used?
Our new ZimmPoll is now live. We’re asking the question, “How do you view the new free trade agreements for U.S. ag?” President Obama signed legislation last Friday implementing free trade agreements with Korea, Colombia and Panama. These agreements were supported by most agricultural member organizations. What do you think? Take our poll and feel free to comment. Thank you.
ZimmPoll is sponsored by Rhea+Kaiser, a full-service advertising/public relations agency.
Posted: October 24, 2011 at 11:18 am
By News Editor
Love lattes? So does Maggie Gyllenhaal. She’s the newest got milk? mustache celebrity, and she wants you to re-think your coffee!
The ad reads: “Ooh La Latte. Start your day with something delicious and nutritious. Surprise. The milk in your morning latte provides essential nutrients most of us are missing. “C’est magnifique!”
Posted: October 24, 2011 at 11:09 am
By News Editor
Congratulations to the 15 students who were awarded $1,500 scholarships from the United Dairymen of Idaho (UDI) and its two branches – the Idaho Dairy Products Commission and the Idaho Dairymen’s Association!
The Idaho dairy industry’s first scholarship recipients include the following 15 students, who will graduate this spring:
Billy Arriaga, son of Lynn and Rick Arriaga, attending the College of Southern Idaho; Charisse DeVries, daughter of Cynthia and Curtis DeVries, attending Seattle Pacific University; Katylyn DeVries, daughter of Julie and Gregory DeVries, attending Whitworth University; Jeremiah McKell Funk, son of Shirlene and David Funk, attending the University of Texas Health Science Center in Houston; Jacob Harris, son of Becky and Nils Harris, attending Brigham Young University – Idaho; Morgan Hubsmith, son of Kaysi and Rod Hubsmith, attending Idaho State University; Kilee Lehman, daughter of Lauri and Russel Lehman, attending the College of Southern Idaho; Adam Machado, son of Jacquline and Matt Machado, attending the University of Idaho; Elizabeth Russell, daughter of Claudia and Steve Russell, attending the University of Idaho; Michael Siegersma, son of Wendy and Mike Siegersma, attending Carroll College; Nolan Stouder, son of Charleen and Gary and Stouder, attending Point Loma Nazarene University; Katelin Taber-Barth, daughter of Karla Barth and Chris Taber, attending the University of Mary Hardin-Baylor; Kaitlin Troost, daughter of Joyce and Greg Troost, attending Dordt College; Andrea Annie VanderWoude, daughter of Bridget and George, attending the University of Idaho; and Danielle Yett, daughter of Fran and Dan Yett, attending Providence Christian College.
UDI’s scholarship program honors the academic excellence of children of dairy farm families. Besides their academic success other factors in awarding the scholarships’ included; extracurricular activities, community and volunteer activities and an essay on how the applicant planned on using his degree in their chosen career path.
Source: Idaho Dairymen’s Association
Posted: October 24, 2011 at 11:01 am
By News Editor
This has been getting a lot of press: according to the U.K.’s Center for Retail Research, cheese is the most stolen food in the world! Retailers report 4% of cheese stolen a year.
The group surveyed 1,187 retailers representing more than 250,000 retail outlets across 43 countries.
“The biggest threats for retailers are employees and shoplifters,” said Dr. Joshua Bamfield, Director of the Center for Retail Research in a phone interview with The Huffington Post.
With the price of cheese rising, Bamfield says this is far from surprising given it could be seen as “a lucrative business opportunity for small time criminals.”
“It’s not just grannies saying, I need some cheese I’ll just go and steal it. A lot of the theft is for resale and a lot of this cheese will be resold into other markets or to restaurants.”
Other “high risk” foods to make the most stolen food list include fresh meat, chocolate, alcohol, seafood and infant formula.
Either way, theft is a growing concern for retailers, especially since the annual amount of stolen retail goods increased by 6.6% since June 2010. But theft also adds to the global average family grocery shopping bill by an extra $200. In the U.S., that figure was $435, noted the report.
Source: The Huffington Post
Posted: October 24, 2011 at 7:59 am
By Cindy Zimmerman
Once again, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) made it into the top five national cooperatives.
DFA was ranked fourth on the NCB Co-op 100 listing of the nation’s 100 highest revenue-earning cooperative businesses, the same as last year.
“The boom of cooperative organizations and the key role they play in both our national and global economy, is clearly evidenced in the growth and expansion highlighted in this year’s report,” said Charles E. Snyder, President and CEO of NCB. “As a cooperative business ourselves, we are proud to support these efforts and participate in the United Nations General Assembly declaration of 2012 as the International Year of the Cooperative, to educate the public on the benefits of cooperatives. Our report is just one of the many ways we work to inform the public on the advantages of cooperatives in all fields of enterprise.”
The NCB Co-op 100 debuted in 1991 and is the only yearly report of its kind to track cooperative revenues in the United States. Cooperatives in this year’s top 100 account for a combined revenue of more than $193 billion in 2010. Dairy Farmers of America, based in Kansas City, is a farmer-owned milk marketing cooperative with nearly 16,000 members and more than 3,000 employees.
Posted: October 21, 2011 at 6:57 am
By Chuck
Select Sires took their Select Detect activity monitoring system to a new level this year when they introduced the mobile optimized version at World Dairy Expo. I spoke with King Smith to learn more about it. In the photo he’s showing the new mobile app on an iPad.
This new mobile application allows dairy producers to access cow records from the barn, from the field or when they are on the go.
The mobile Select Detect application is optimized for iPhone®, iPod touch®, iPad® and Android™-based phones. It allows for a quick remote review of cows on the high activity list, low activity list and heat expectancy list. Both daily and hourly activity charts can be viewed to determine if and when A.I. should be performed. This removes the need for dairy producers to be in the office to review the software and allows for a quick snapshot of activity that is updated every hour.
You can listen to my interview with King here: King Smith Interview
2011 World Dairy Expo Photo Album
Posted: October 20, 2011 at 9:51 pm
By Cindy Zimmerman
Earlier this year, Novus International kicked off a brand new program for dairy producers called C.O.W.S. – an acronym for Comfort, Oxidative Balance, Well-Being and Sustainability.
At World Dairy Expo, I caught up with Robin Rastini at the Novus exhibit to get an update on how that program is going. “So far we’ve done about 30 additional assessments on top of the initial benchmark, some of those are re-assessments off of the initial benchmarks,” she said. “We’ve seen huge improvements on those that have gotten re-assessed.”
In one case, Robin says a producer switched to Jersey cows because his stalls were too big for the breed he was using and instead of changing the barn, he changed the breed. “In other cases, it was as simple as taking out some brisket boards or changing the neck rail placement or bedding material. It’s definitely had an impact on improving cow comfort and lameness,” she said.
Robin also talked about Novus’ new BioOptimizedSM Trace Minerals Program. “That encompasses our MINTREX® minerals as well as our MAAC® line,” she explained. “These chelated trace minerals really perform better than many of the other classes of minerals.” The new program was just introduced last month so World Dairy Expo was the first opportunity for Novus to unveil it to producers.
Find out more in my interview with Robin from World Dairy Expo: Robin Rastini with Novus
Posted: October 19, 2011 at 4:41 pm
By News Editor
Congratulations to Dr. Glaucio Lopes, the new Reproduction Specialist for Accelerated Genetics.
Lopes will provide Accelerated Genetics employees and customers in the United States and worldwide with training and technical support in the field of dairy and beef cattle reproduction management in order to maintain and grow the market share throughout the world.
Lopes most recently served as a research assistant at the Department of Dairy Science at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. In this position, he conducted research on large dairy farms in Wisconsin focusing on synchronization and resynchronization of ovulation protocols for fixed-time artificial insemination, use of electronic devices for estrous detection and assessment of accuracy of blood tests for pregnancy diagnosis in dairy cattle. He also worked as a solo veterinarian in Brazil prior to relocating to the United States.
Lopes received his Doctorate in Veterinary Medicine from Federal Fluminense University in 2006 and his Master of Science in Dairy Science from the University of Wisconsin-Madison in 2011. He is a member of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) and Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC).
Source: Accelerated Genetics
Posted: October 19, 2011 at 6:07 am
By Chuck
Our latest ZimmPoll asked the question, “Should the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2) be changed?” A majority at 53% said, No, it’s working as intended; 32% said Get rid of it entirely and 15% said Yes, change to adapt to corn stocks.
Our new ZimmPoll is now live. We’re asking the question, “Are Farm Show Smartphone Apps Useful?” What do you think? Take our poll and feel free to comment. Thank you.
ZimmPoll is sponsored by Rhea+Kaiser, a full-service advertising/public relations agency.
Posted: October 18, 2011 at 7:35 pm
By News Editor
Halloween ushers in the candy season, but this trick-or-treat time the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) has developed some kid-friendly, fun confectionary-free treats that won’t leave kids or parents saying “boo.” With Halloween lending itself to spiders, witches, and ghosts, the CMAB has come up with “spooky” recipes using Real California dairy products.
Real California dairy products add rich, complex flavors and textures to foods, so whether hosting a Halloween party or just looking for fun foods to celebrate the spooktacular season, here are some recommendations from CMAB:
- Toasted Ghosts: Frightfully good. Choose your favorite cheese such as Monterey Jack, Cheddar, Colby or Swiss and cut into a ghost-like shape with a cookie cutter. Place the cut-out cheese on two slices of bread and toast, open-faced under the broiler.
- Eyeball Salad: Ghoulish and gooey! Create a bed of spinach topped with bocconcini (small mozzarella balls) cut in half, decorated with sliced olives for pupils and ketchup lines to look “blood shot.” Use a tomato or red bell pepper strip to create a mouth.
- Pumpkin Shake: Spice up the season by blending milk with canned pumpkin, orange juice, honey and pumpkin pie spices; serve in a tall glass topped with whipped cream and grated nutmeg.
- Spider Web Pizza: A boo-tiful and delicious dish. Using pre-baked pizza crust, spread pizza sauce evenly. Create a web pattern made with string cheese and bake until bubbly and golden brown. Decorate with a black olive “spider.”
- Cottage Cheese Brain: Frankenstein beware! Mix blueberries, diced strawberries and chopped nuts with cottage cheese, form into two lobes of a “brain” on a plate or platter.
- Frozen Ghost Pops: For a ghostly delicious frozen treat try freezing vanilla yogurt in traditional popsicle-shaped molds. Once frozen, remove yogurt popsicles and design faces made with licorice or black jelly beans.
- Witch Sticks: Spear cheese cubes of any flavor with chunks of pepperoni or salami on funHalloween picks – a snack on a stick befitting any ghost or goblin!
Source: The California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB)
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