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	<title>World Dairy Diary &#187; Training</title>
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		<title>New Foundation Supports Youth</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2010/09/07/new-foundation-supports-youth/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Sep 2010 23:49:20 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The newly formed All-American Dairy Foundation will support youth exhibitors with educational and training opportunities. The first $500 grant is to secure the $1,000 United States savings bond won by the Grand Champion Holstein of the Premier National Junior Show. The All-American Dairy Show is set for Sept. 18 – 23 at the Pennsylvania Farm [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDPW Managers Offers Academy Jan. 19</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/12/19/pdpw-managers-offers-academy-jan-19/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 19 Dec 2009 15:31:41 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) announce the 2010 Managers Academy, Jan. 19-21, in Seattle, Wash. The conference is open to industry leaders and dairy producers wanting to identify those opportunities as well as build professional competencies and confidence. The Managers Academy includes two days of highly interactive presentations, workshops and panels coupled with [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDPW Offers Calf Training Session</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/11/05/pdpw-offers-calf-training-session/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Nov 2009 01:11:49 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin dairy producers can learn more about the latest calf-care techniques at the hand-on training offered by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin. Choose from one of three one-day Calf Care Connection workshops: Dec. 8, Arlington, Wis.; Dec. 9, Chilton, Wis.; and Dec. 10, Eau Claire, Wis. Each one-day workshop will provide dairy producers, professional [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Herdsperson Training Scheduled in Wisconsin</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/21/herdsperson-training-scheduled-in-wisconsin/</link>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 20:10:48 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Looking to build your cows and people management skills? Then sign-up today for the “Dairying Duo,” herdsperson training scheduled for Nov. 11 and 12, in Arlington, Wis. Developed by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Dairying Duo will include a one-day “Expert Cow Side Care” workshop on Wednesday, Nov. 11, and a one-day “Mid-Management Matters” [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Quality Certification Services Provides Training</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/20/quality-certification-services-provides-training/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/20/quality-certification-services-provides-training/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:38:38 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[National DHIA, a trade association for the dairy records industry, and its division, Quality Certification Services Inc. (QCS), recently held a meter technician training Sept. 14-18, in Hanford, Calif. “The QCS Meter Technician Training School helped technicians learn important skills, troubleshoot a variety of scenarios and boost networking opportunities,” stated Steven Sievert of QCS. “With [...]]]></description>
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		<title>PDPW Offers Heifer and Calf Tours</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/10/08/pdpw-offers-heifer-and-calf-tours/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 09 Oct 2009 00:17:43 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sign-up today for one of two days of four facility tours of Innovative calf and heifer operations, on Oct. 20 and 21. Developed by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, the Tuesday, Oct. 20 tour will feature four facilities in northeastern Wisconsin while the Wednesday, Oct. 21 tour will highlight four facilities in northwestern Wisconsin. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Robotic Milkers Lets Farmers Leave Dairy</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/06/14/robotic-milkers-lets-farmers-leave-dairy/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/06/14/robotic-milkers-lets-farmers-leave-dairy/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 15 Jun 2009 03:38:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is certainly an interesting story about farmers who are tired of working hard and have come up with a solution to alleviate the labor intensive efforts put into a dairy farm. This article about an Iowa dairy family was published in the Chicago Tribune. Check it out! Augie and Mike Baumann&#8217;s approach to milking [...]]]></description>
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		<title>BQA on Trailer Protocol</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/15/bqa-on-trailer-protocol/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2009/04/15/bqa-on-trailer-protocol/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 15 Apr 2009 20:58:58 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Amanda Nolz</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When you&#8217;re loading the trailer full of cows or calves, do you ever think about how it could impact the quality of the end product, beef? Overloading a trailer can cause internal and external injuries, the most common being muscle bruising. The Beef Quality Assurance Program passes out friendly reminders for proper trailer protocol when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Precision Feed Management Program</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/24/precision-feed-management-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/24/precision-feed-management-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 24 Jun 2008 16:06:16 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, New York District, is conducting a unique and interesting program, the Precision Feed Management Program. Helping N.Y. dairy farms implement cow feeding methods that will keep the state&#8217;s watersheds free of pollution and improve the quality of the farm&#8217;s milk is the goal of the program. In Delaware County, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Midwest Dairy Receives National Award</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/17/midwest-dairy-association-initiative-receives-national-award/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/06/17/midwest-dairy-association-initiative-receives-national-award/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 18 Jun 2008 00:33:09 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Midwest Dairy Association has been honored by the National Agri-Marketing Association (NAMA) for its program, the People Behind the Product. The dairy checkoff funded program won first place in the national &#8220;Best of NAMA&#8221; awards program. The initiative won the category called &#8220;producer-funded, consumer-directed public relations programs.&#8221; The contest attracts more than 1,200 entries [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pa. DART Meetings Scheduled</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/09/pa-dart-meetings-scheduled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/09/pa-dart-meetings-scheduled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 10 Apr 2008 00:32:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence invites all sales and service representatives who work closely with Pennsylvania dairy producers to their upcoming Dairy Advocacy and Resource Team (DART) meetings. This series of meetings will focus on an environmentally friendly new approach to lowering feed costs. The DART meeting are scheduled for April 17, 22-24, and [...]]]></description>
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		<title>NAIDC Announces Winning Teams</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/07/naidc-announces-winning-teams/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/07/naidc-announces-winning-teams/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 07 Apr 2008 23:17:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[College students from across the country and Canada gathered in Madison, Wis. this weekend to compete in the annual North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC). First Place Platinum awards were given to teams from the University of Minnesota, Michigan State University, University of Illinois and Purdue University. The seventh annual NAIDC was hosted by the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>People in Ag Program</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/02/people-in-ag-program/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/04/02/people-in-ag-program/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 03 Apr 2008 00:51:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Ag educators and advisers are an important part of the dairy industry. The People in Ag program gives them the trying they need be better at their chosen professions. Today, ag educators and advisers need people skills to help their clients succeed. People in Ag is an innovative program created by Penn State and Cornell [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Winning Western Dairy Challenge Team Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/03/07/winning-western-dairy-challenge-team-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/03/07/winning-western-dairy-challenge-team-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 07 Mar 2008 23:21:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The annual Western Dairy Challenge contest was held in Visalia, Calif. on February 28-March 1st. After a long competition, the first Platinum team was: Becky Wellnitz, Cal Poly; Craig Niemann, South Dakota State University; Trent Van Leuven, University of Idaho; and Andres Deanda, California State University-Fresno. Fifty-four students from seven universities were in attendance to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Consortium Seeks Applicants</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/29/consortium-seeks-applicants/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/29/consortium-seeks-applicants/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Jan 2008 00:47:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[A new group, the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium (SGPDC) will offer their first Advanced Large Herd Management Program, an opportunity for 25 to 30 students to receive unique educational experiences and employment opportunities. Hurry! Applications for the 2008 summer program are due on February 1, 2008! Courses are taught in the middle of the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DBA Offers Expansion Symposium</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/22/dba-offers-expansion-symposium/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2008/01/22/dba-offers-expansion-symposium/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 22 Jan 2008 23:30:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[The Wisconsin Dairy Business Association (DBA) is hosting their third annual Expansion Symposium at Lambeau Field in Green Bay, Wis. on January 30 &#38; 31, 2008. Help grow Wisconsin’s dairy industry. It’s a simple goal, a goal that benefits us all &#8230; and DBA is leading the charge! The 3rd Annual Expansion Symposium is a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young DFA Gain Leadership Skills</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/12/03/young-dfa-gain-leadership-skills/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/12/03/young-dfa-gain-leadership-skills/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 03 Dec 2007 22:45:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[More DFA news from the National Milk Producers Federation&#8217;s (NMPF) held jointly with the National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and the United Dairy Industry Association. The cooperative sent 22 young members to the meeting to learn about media training, dairy promotion and exports, farm succession planning, dairy legislation and other national dairy issues. The [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DBA Holds Annual Conference</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/19/dba-conference-held-next-month/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/19/dba-conference-held-next-month/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Oct 2007 22:08:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Sounds like the Wisconsin Dairy Business Association conference will have something for everyone. The 8th Annual DBA Business Conference, “Transforming the Dairy Industry,” will be held November 28 – 29, 2007 in Madison, Wis. at the Marriott West. Visit DBA&#8217;s website for full conference details, more information about DBA or to register for the conference, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Site Offers Tools to Address Vet Shortage</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/04/site-offers-tools-to-address-vet-shortage/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/04/site-offers-tools-to-address-vet-shortage/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 22:38:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new website out there that is attempting to deal with this country&#8217;s critical shortage of large animal veterinarians. The site includes resources for veterinary medicine colleges, state associations, allied partners and the agricultural industry. Today, only about 17 percent of veterinarians work in food supply, which includes private and public practice veterinarians involved [...]]]></description>
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		<title>National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative Announced</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/04/national-dairy-animal-well-being-initiative-announced/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/04/national-dairy-animal-well-being-initiative-announced/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Oct 2007 15:35:15 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning at World Dairy Expo a producer-led coalition of dairy groups and companies announced the National Dairy Animal Well-Being Initiative. They&#8217;re proposing dairy animal well-being guidelines and principles. One of the groups participating in the effort is the National Milk Producers Federation. I spoke with their Senior Vice President of Communications, Chris Galen (not [...]]]></description>
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		<title>New DAIReXNET Web Site</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/03/new-dairexnet-web-site/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/10/03/new-dairexnet-web-site/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Oct 2007 21:41:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There&#8217;s a new online resource available for the dairy industry. DAIReXNET is a national, extension-driven web resource designed to meet the educational and decision-making needs of dairy producers, allied industry partners, extension educators and consumers. Check it out! DAIReXNET Goals: To provide relevant, cutting-edge information and learning opportunities that are science-based and peer-reviewed. To develop [...]]]></description>
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		<title>DART meetings scheduled</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/09/27/dart-meetings-scheduled/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/09/27/dart-meetings-scheduled/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Sep 2007 15:31:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Dairy professionals will learn how to help their producers manage higher 2007 profits and threats to the tools on which they rely at October’s Dairy and Advocacy and Resource Team, or DART, meetings hosted by the Center for Dairy Excellence. DART meetings provide sales and service representatives with up-to-the-minute information to help the producers they [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Dairy Leaders Conference Successful</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/05/01/dairy-leaders-conference-successful/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/05/01/dairy-leaders-conference-successful/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 02 May 2007 00:14:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Industry News]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[The 2007 National Dairy Leaders Conference in Stevenson, Washington was a huge success! The conference, hosted by National Milk Producers Federation, hosted almost 200 industry leaders. The three-day conference focused on many of the high-profile issues affecting the dairy industry today, including the development of the next Farm Bill, organic marketing trends, animal biotechnology, cheese [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Wisconsin &#8216;Expand to Compete&#8217;</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/23/wisconsin-expand-to-compete/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2007/01/23/wisconsin-expand-to-compete/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 23 Jan 2007 23:19:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Wisconsin producers, get ready for the second annual Dairy Business Association Expansion Symposium, January 31-February 1, 2007 in Green Bay. Hosted by the Dairy Business Association of Wisconsin, the symposium, “Expand to Compete,” will draw hundreds of producers from around the state. And if the packed schedule isn&#8217;t enough, attendees will have the opportunity to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>IDFA Dairy Forum</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/11/20/idfa-dairy-forum/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/11/20/idfa-dairy-forum/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 21 Nov 2006 00:27:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>News Editor</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[General]]></category>
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		<description><![CDATA[Get ready for an action packed event, January 14-17, IDFA&#8217;S Dairy Forum in Orlando, Florida. The Dairy Forum will highlight a variety of legislative, business and marketing issues currently facing the dairy industry. Producers, processors, cooperative leaders and suppliers will meet to discuss hot topics, such as immigration, federal spending, the 2007 farm bill, the [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What Are You Feeding Your Cows?</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/03/03/what-are-you-feeding-your-cows/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/03/03/what-are-you-feeding-your-cows/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Mar 2006 18:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Andy Vance</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Agribusiness]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Dairy Business]]></category>
		<category><![CDATA[Nutrition]]></category>
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		<guid isPermaLink="false">http://www.wdexpo.org/?p=373</guid>
		<description><![CDATA[<img hspace="5" vspace="5" align="right" src="http://www.zimmcomm.biz/images/dairy/tristatedairy.gif" alt="Tri State Dairy Conference Logo" />

How well do you know your nutrition program?  Are you squeezing every drop of potential production out of your milking string?  I just read an article discussing how your profitability will suffer if you either over or under estimate forage requirements for your herd.  With that in mind, you might consider making plans to join me in <a href="http://www.cityoffortwayne.org/">Fort Wayne</a> later this Spring.]]></description>
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		<title>Go Online For Dairy Certificate</title>
		<link>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/01/05/go-online-for-dairy-certificate/</link>
		<comments>http://www.wdexpo.org/2006/01/05/go-online-for-dairy-certificate/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jan 2006 22:15:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Chuck</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[<img align="right"vspace="5"hspace="5"src="http://www.zimmcomm.biz/images/university/univ-il-online-logo.gif" alt="University of Illinois Online" />The University of Illinois is offering an online series of training modules as part of their <a href="http://online.ansci.uiuc.edu/">Dairy Certificate Program</a>.  The next one kicks off at the end of this month.  You can find out more <a href="http://online.ansci.uiuc.edu/schedule.cfm">here</a>.]]></description>
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