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		<title>Milking Parlor Podcast: New Rules for Organic Pastures</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/02/26/milking-parlor-podcast-new-rules-for-organic-pastures/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 26 Feb 2010 13:47:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>John Davis</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The USDA has issued the final rule on organic access to pasture.  This rule amends the National Organic Program (NOP) regulations to clarify the use of pasture in raising organic ruminants.  
USDA officials say the final rule provides certainty to consumers that organic livestock production is a pasture based system in which animals [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Students Protest Reduction in University Cowherd</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/17/students-protest-reduction-in-university-cowherd/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Oct 2009 16:44:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[ Recently printed in the San Luis Obispo Tribune, an article titled, &#8220;Mad ‘cows’ protest plan to cull Cal Poly dairy herd,&#8221; written by David Sneed describes how students dressed in cattle costumes to support dairy program, which could lose 120 of its animals.  In an effort to save money, Cal Poly is planning [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milking Parlor Podcast from World Dairy Expo</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/01/milking-parlor-podcast-from-world-dairy-expo/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 01 Oct 2009 20:03:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zimmerman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[World Dairy Expo Photo Album
World Dairy Diary coverage of World Dairy Expo is sponsored by:
    
This edition of the Milking Parlor podcast focuses on the Dairy Price Stabilization Program proposed by Holstein Association USA as a way to address the current dairy industry economic situation and minimize milk price volatility for the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Milking Parlor Podcast on Dairy Issues</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/08/27/milking-parlor-podcast-on-dairy-issues/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Aug 2009 14:37:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Cindy Zimmerman</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Fort Dodge Animal Health]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[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 [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pfizer Shows Its Industry Pflair</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/09/pfizer-shows-its-industry-pflair/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/09/pfizer-shows-its-industry-pflair/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Oct 2008 18:25:48 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dr. Gary Neubauer, Pfizer Animal Health, attended World Dairy Expo to meet dairy producers and he had a lot of them to meet with!  I stopped to ask him about all the activity which included what looked like a lot of political campaign buttons.  He says it&#8217;s called their Industry Pflair program.
&#8220;What Pfizer [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Childhood Nutrition Fitness Initiative On Target</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/childhood-nutrition-fitness-initiative-on-target/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/childhood-nutrition-fitness-initiative-on-target/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:39:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Grant Kohler is a dairy farmer from Utah where he milks 300 cows with a family operation.  He was attending World Dairy Expo to talk about the Childhood Nutrition Fitness Initiative that&#8217;s a joint project of the National Dairy Council and the National Football League.
He says, &#8220;It brings a package not just to the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Getting GEA Farm Technology Feedback</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/getting-gea-farm-technology-feedback/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/getting-gea-farm-technology-feedback/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:28:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[Equipment]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Last week GEA Farm Technologies was announced as the new &#8220;brand&#8221; for WestfaliaSurge, Houle and Norbco.  Before Expo was over I spoke with Linda Mrugacz, Director, Marketing &#038; Communications.  I wanted to find out what kind of feedback they had been receiving from producers attending the show.
According to Linda, &#8220;Actually, it&#8217;s going very [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Silage That&#8217;s All About Fiber Digestability</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/silage-thats-all-about-fiber-digestability/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/06/silage-thats-all-about-fiber-digestability/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 06 Oct 2008 19:20:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<category><![CDATA[BASF Plant Science]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[After the virtual farm tour that BASF Plant Science sponsored at World Dairy Expo, I spoke again with Jerry Weigel, Global Nutrition Manager, about their Nutridense silage product.
He says there&#8217;s a real distinction between what they&#8217;re doing and what other companies are doing. &#8220;We are focused in two different directions.  We are focused on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Meet Ashley Huibregtse</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/05/meet-ashley-huibregtse/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/05/meet-ashley-huibregtse/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:57:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2008-2009 Alice in Dairyland is Ashley Huibregtse.  She serves June to June and promotes agriculture all over the state.
I met her at this year&#8217;s World Dairy Expo.  She says she&#8217;s &#8220;an ambassador for everything from the dairy industry which we have here at World Dairy Expo, to cranberries, cherries and ginseng.&#8221;
Her travels [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Nutridense Trial Shows Higher Protein Percentage</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/05/nutridense-trial-shows-higher-protein-percentage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/10/05/nutridense-trial-shows-higher-protein-percentage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 05 Oct 2008 19:51:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The main presenter at the SUNY Cobleskill virtual farm tour was Tom Poltynski, farm coordinator.  He talked about the school&#8217;s facility and says it&#8217;s unique because they&#8217;re very far north for using a flush system.  He says they have good student involvement as evidenced by the fact that more students apply for jobs [...]]]></description>
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