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	<title>World Dairy Diary &#187; Dairy Business</title>
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		<title>Bel Brands to Build Plant in S.D.</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2012/02/01/bel-brands-to-build-plant-in-s-d/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2012/02/01/bel-brands-to-build-plant-in-s-d/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 02 Feb 2012 02:01:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Bel Brands USA will build a 170,000-square-foot facility in Brookings, S.D. to produce its Mini Babybel product. It’s one of the biggest capital investments in recent South Dakota history, and expected to have a $500 million annual economic jolt. It’s also expected to lead to research, internship and career opportunities for South Dakota State University [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairies Sought for Pilot Herd Health Program</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/11/10/dairies-sought-for-pilot-herd-health-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/11/10/dairies-sought-for-pilot-herd-health-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Nov 2011 01:23:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Company Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence is seeking dairy farm families interested in improving herd health and cow care for their pilot program: “Herd Health and Cow Care Improvement Project.” The project is supported by a grant from the Pennsylvania Soybean Board. Each participating farm will have up to $1,000 in financial support to work [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DFA One of Top National Cooperatives</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/24/dfa-one-of-top-national-cooperatives/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/24/dfa-one-of-top-national-cooperatives/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 13:59:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zimmerman</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[DFA]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>World Wide Sires</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/12/world-wide-sires/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/12/world-wide-sires/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Oct 2011 15:34:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accelerated Genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Export]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Dairy Expo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[World Wide Sires, LTD. teamed up with Accelerated Genetics to host a World Dairy Expo International Reception and Dinner. Here&#8217;s John Schouten, World Wide Sires CEO (center) with some of the guests. The organization is owned by Accelerated Genetics and Select Sires. World Wide Sires, Ltd. is the world&#8217;s leading cattle genetics marketing organization representing [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Optimistic Outlook For Dairy Business</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/10/optimistic-outlook-for-dairy-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/10/10/optimistic-outlook-for-dairy-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 10 Oct 2011 21:16:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Accelerated Genetics]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Audio]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[World Dairy Expo]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[One of the international visitors to World Dairy Expo was Dr. Gonzalo Maldonado, Tri-State S.A.S, Colombia. I met him at the Accelerated Genetics and World Wide Sires International Reception and Dinner. Dr. Maldonado has been working with them for 43 years! Dr. Maldonado says that when he got started the idea of artificial insemination was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Dole Package Nixes Need for Blender</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/09/15/new-dole-package-nixes-need-for-blender/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/09/15/new-dole-package-nixes-need-for-blender/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Sep 2011 00:46:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[blender]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[smoothie]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Yogurt]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dole Packaged Foods has introduced a new container for their make-at-home yogurt smoothie which mimics a blender. Innovative! The need for a blender to make a smoothie at home was a big consumer complaint, said Paul Panza, director of marketing, based in Westlake Village, Calif. Panza told Dairy Foods that the solution lay in the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dean Foods to Sell Wis. Brand</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/08/19/dean-foods-to-sell-wis-brand/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/08/19/dean-foods-to-sell-wis-brand/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:10:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Company Announcement]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
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		<category><![CDATA[golden guernsey]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[opengate capital]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Investment firm OpenGate Capital has announced plans to buy Wisconsin-based Golden Guernsey and La Vaca Bonita, along with a dairy processing plant, from Dean Foods Co. OpenGate said it has signed an agreement to buy the dairy processing plant in Waukesha, Wis., which sells dairy products in grocery stores in Wisconsin, Illinois and Michigan. Financial [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Center Hosts Open Houses</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/07/18/pa-center-hosts-open-houses/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/07/18/pa-center-hosts-open-houses/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 19 Jul 2011 01:48:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy farm families can tour an innovative Holstein operation and learn more about resources for improving their agribusinesses as part of the “Open House and Dairy Tour” series hosted by the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence. The event at Kurtz Valley Holsteins, located at 396 Dairy Lane in Mifflintown, Juniata Co., will be held at [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milano&#8217;s Cheese Corp Receives Certification</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/22/milanos-cheese-corp-receives-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/22/milanos-cheese-corp-receives-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Apr 2011 19:06:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[J.V.M. Sales Corp d/b/a Milano’s Cheese Corp. has recently received certification from the Women’s Business Enterprise National Council (WBENC) as a Women’s Business Enterprise (WBE) on a state and national level. The leading cheese manufacturing company in Linden, N.J. has been in the Falcone family for more than 25 years and is now under the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dean&#8217;s to Sell Plant</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/20/deans-to-sell-plant/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/20/deans-to-sell-plant/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Apr 2011 19:42:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dean Foods Co. will sell its milk processing business in Waukesha, Wis., the food maker said Monday. The plant and its related business are part of a previously announced settlement with the U.S. Department of Justice over an antitrust dispute with farmers in the Northeast. Farmers there have complained for years that Dean dominates the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hood Enters Kemps Sale Agreement with DFA</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/18/hood-enters-kemps-sale-agreement-with-dfa/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/04/18/hood-enters-kemps-sale-agreement-with-dfa/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 18 Apr 2011 20:08:37 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[HP Hood has entered into an agreement to sell St. Paul-based Kemps to Dairy Farmers of America (DFA). Both companies declined to disclose the price or comment further, as the transaction still requires regulatory approval. The Kemps brand, now known for its slogan &#8220;It&#8217;s the cows,&#8221; was created in 1914 by a small creamery in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Mastering Dairy Business Classes Offered</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/02/14/mastering-dairy-business-classes-offered/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/02/14/mastering-dairy-business-classes-offered/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 14 Feb 2011 23:52:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy farm families can plan business strategies for 2011 and beyond with the help of three upcoming “Mastering the Dairy Business” conference calls hosted by the Center for Dairy Excellence. The calls will focus on a global outlook for the dairy industry, Pennsylvania’s Watershed Implementation Plan and theNortheast Dairy Farm Summary published annually by Farm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Virtus Nutrition iPad App</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/30/virtus-nutrition-ipad-app/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/30/virtus-nutrition-ipad-app/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 30 Jan 2011 20:41:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Apps]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Virtus Nutrition now has the first iPad dairy app. The Virtus Nutrition app hosts a wealth of information for dairy producers, nutritionists and others interested in the latest on Omega fatty acid technology for improved dairy cattle nutrition. Download this app to access the Omega Value Calculator, which provides detailed analysis of the value of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>American Cheese Companies Agree to Reduce Sodium</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/24/american-cheese-companies-agree-to-reduce-sodium/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/24/american-cheese-companies-agree-to-reduce-sodium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 25 Jan 2011 02:11:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Cheese]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=8991</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[A meeting hosted by the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, American cheese companies agreed to step up efforts to reduce the sodium content in cheese and educate consumers about the limits of sodium reduction. The 17 leading cheese firms, including the likes of Chr Hansen, Kraft Foods and Cargill, discussed the key challenges and opportunities [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scheiber Enters Purchase Agreement with Deans</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/11/scheiber-enters-purchase-agreement-with-deans/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2011/01/11/scheiber-enters-purchase-agreement-with-deans/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 12 Jan 2011 03:28:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Schreiber Foods has entered into a purchase agreement to acquire Dean Foods’ customer-brand yogurt business. The acquisition is expected to close in the first quarter of 2011. “We’re thrilled about this opportunity to expand our rapidly growing yogurt business,” says Mike Haddad, president and CEO of Schreiber Foods. “Yogurt is a dynamic and exciting category [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Preliminary Settlement Reached</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/12/27/preliminary-settlement-reached/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/12/27/preliminary-settlement-reached/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 28 Dec 2010 03:32:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Today Northeast Dairy Farmers reached a settlement agreement with Dean Foods Company in their class action antitrust lawsuit against Dean, Dairy Farmers of America (DFA) and Dairy Marketing Services (DMS). The agreement will include $30 million in monetary damages and injunctive relief that calls for Dean to purchase a portion of its raw milk from [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Lely Introduces New Robotic Milker</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/18/lely-introduces-new-robotic-milker/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/18/lely-introduces-new-robotic-milker/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Nov 2010 19:40:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Lely has introduced a new generation of robotic milking systems: the Lely Astronaut A4. Although this new Astronaut is filled with innovating features, the most revealing is that Lely has taken its vision on dairy automation one step further creating a product that allows even more freedom for the cow, more control for the farmer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DFA Plants Earn Certification</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/16/dfa-plants-earn-certification/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/16/dfa-plants-earn-certification/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Nov 2010 23:16:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Dairy Farmers of America, Inc.’s (DFA) Global Dairy Products Group (GDPG), for achieving a Safe Quality Foods (SQF) 2000 Level 3 certification in four of its manufacturing facilities. The latest certifications are at DFA’s plants in Cabool, Mo., and New Wilmington, Penn. SQF certification is part of a broader initiative throughout GDPG that [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Social Media Driving Dairy Business</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/04/social-media-driving-dairy-business/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/11/04/social-media-driving-dairy-business/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Nov 2010 14:21:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Alltech]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Alltech Global 500]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[At the beginning of the Alltech Global 500 I participated in a presentation on social media and I&#8217;ve been overhearing farmers talking about how to use it for their farm. During a discussion dinner last night I met a dairy farmer who has been using it to drive business on his farm. He&#8217;s a great [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New Site for Foundation of the Future</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/10/06/new-site-for-foundation-of-the-future/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/10/06/new-site-for-foundation-of-the-future/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 06 Oct 2010 19:57:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) announced the launch of its Foundation for the Future website. The website equips dairy producers and industry stakeholders with interactive tools and resources, including a margin protection calculator, that will educate them about the dairy policy reforms and programs proposed in the Foundation for the Future plan. FutureForDairy.com features [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. Center Seeks Dairies for Pilot Program</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/06/15/pa-center-seeks-dairies-for-pilot-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/06/15/pa-center-seeks-dairies-for-pilot-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 15 Jun 2010 20:12:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence is launching “Transformation Teams”, a pilot project =to aid 10 dairy farms planning significant business transformations. The center will help the chosen farms establish a team of experts to facilitate the business changes, and will offer access to funding and other resources to support planning costs. “Our industry continues [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank You Dairy Cows</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/05/28/thank-you-dairy-cows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/05/28/thank-you-dairy-cows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 28 May 2010 14:51:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=7339</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I don&#8217;t know about you but I am plenty tired of the whole Ohio dairy animal abuse story. It is encouraging that the main person featured in it has been arrested and is facing multiple charges. Authorities are investigating the whole situation and hopefully justice will be served to those responsible. I thought the video [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Today now Available Online</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/04/15/dairy-today-now-available-online/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/04/15/dairy-today-now-available-online/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Apr 2010 02:32:35 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Farm Journal Media’s key dairy magazine, DAIRY TODAY, is announcing the launch of a digital edition. Now each issue of DAIRY TODAY will also be available in a digital format. The printed magazine will continue to be distributed as normal, but the digital edition will allow current readers, as well as a broader audience, to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Congratulations to the New MI Dairy Ambassadors</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/26/congratulations-to-the-new-mi-dairy-ambassadors/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/26/congratulations-to-the-new-mi-dairy-ambassadors/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:36:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Competition]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Congratulations to Melissa Erdman, the new Michigan Senior Dairy Ambassador! Melissa is currently a student at Michigan State University, where she is on the path to become a veterinarian. Melissa impressed the judges with her extensive knowledge of the dairy industry, her passion for dairy products and her communication skills in explaining her depth of [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Michigan Dairy Ambassador Panel</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/25/michigan-dairy-ambassador-panel/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/25/michigan-dairy-ambassador-panel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 21:22:46 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=6755</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[I had the great privilege and honor of meeting and working with a dynamic group of young people by serving as a judge for the 2010 Michigan Dairy Contest. The contest was held at the 2010 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Frankenmuth, MI earlier this month, and before the competition actually began, the contestants [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Humor For the HEART of Agriculture</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/25/humor-for-the-heart-of-agriculture/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/25/humor-for-the-heart-of-agriculture/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 15:53:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=6749</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Humor for the HEART of Agriculture,&#8221; was the title of the humorous entertainment during the general session dinner at the 2010 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Frankenmuth, MI last week. Behind the jokes and stories of the evening entertainment was Damian Mason. Mason is a comedian with enthusiasm for the agriculture industry. He graduated [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consumers are from Venus, Farmers are from Mars</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/11/consumers-are-from-venus-farmers-are-from-mars/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/11/consumers-are-from-venus-farmers-are-from-mars/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Feb 2010 21:10:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Communication]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;Consumers are from Venus, Farmers are from Mars,&#8221; was the interesting title of the opening speech at the 2010 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference given by Charlie Arnot, CEO of the Center for Food Integrity and Founder and President of CMA Consulting. Here are a few of my favorite quotes from Arnot, in his message [...]]]></description>
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		<title>See You at 2010 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference!</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/09/see-you-at-2010-great-lakes-regional-dairy-conference/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/09/see-you-at-2010-great-lakes-regional-dairy-conference/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 02:10:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Education]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Ice Cream]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=6649</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Are any of you planning to attend the 2010 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Frankenmuth, MI this week? This is my second year as a speaker at this conference, and I enjoy meeting with friends, discussing the important issues facing the industry and participating in an exciting conference! (Of course, you can always count [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Farm Tour In Egypt</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/01/03/dairy-farm-tour-in-egypt/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/01/03/dairy-farm-tour-in-egypt/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 03 Jan 2010 22:15:10 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[International]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Video]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[The last stop for the U.S. Grains Council Corn Mission team I traveled with last month was a dairy farm. This is the Mirhom Farag Farm, owned by Suzanne Basilios. In the video we walk through the dairy with the farm manager so you can see how the animals are kept in open lots. They [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Farmers Make One Request: Competitive Milk Pricing System</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/12/09/dairy-farmers-make-one-request-competitive-milk-pricing-system/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/12/09/dairy-farmers-make-one-request-competitive-milk-pricing-system/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 09 Dec 2009 12:41:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Government]]></category>

		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=6303</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[Here is some information about a group of dairy farmers from across the country who traveled recently to Washington D.C. to lobby for a competitive milk pricing system in the future, an effort to save more dairy farms from closing their doors. As told by Farm and Dairy in their article, Dairy Farmers Make One [...]]]></description>
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