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Assistant Attorney General Christine Varney met with New York dairy producers this week to discuss the lack of competition and unfair milk prices.The forum, held in Batavia, New York, drew about 200 people. Although Varney spent most of the meeting listen...
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A bill that would allow farmers to sell raw, unpasteurized milk directly to consumers has moved out of an Assembly committee. The Rural Economic Development Committee approved the bill 8-1. The move clears the way for a vote in the full Assembly.
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In collaboration with the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) and the National Dairy Shrine, AgriLabs has introduced two novel awards available to young veterinarians actively working with beef and dairy operations.
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Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) accepted four bids from Darigold and two bids from Foremost Farms for export assistance for a total of 2.1 million pounds of Cheddar cheese to the Middle East. Product will be delivered in April and May 2010.
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Intervet/Schering-Plough Animal Health is partnering with the Dairy Calf & Heifer Association (DCHA) to educate dairy leaders through the 2010 Leadership Program. Developed in 2009, the program provides education and leadership-development training fo...
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The Agricultural Research Service (ARS) scientists and cooperators are aiming to identify the causes of heat stress in cattle and finding ways to manage it.
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Following the latest Holstein Association USA Junior Advisory Committee (JAC) meeting, some new ideas and policies have been enacted which will take effect during the 2010 National Junior Holstein Convention, June 26-29, in Bloomington, Minnesota.
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Trans Ova Genetics recently achieved ISO 9001 certification. ISO 9001 is an international standard to certify that a qualified company is capable of meeting client requirements. Designed by the International Organization of Standardization, the ISO 9001 s...
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The latest release of the DeLaval voluntary milking system, the VMS 2010, was awarded “Agricultural Machine of the Year 2010” at the Polish agricultural trade fair Agrotech, March 12-14.
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The 2010 Annual Conference of the American Dairy Products Institute and the American Butter Institute is just six weeks away, and registrations are being received at a brisk rate. Record attendance is projected for this year’s conference, which will be ...
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The Agriculture Council of America (ACA) announced the 2010 National Ag Day Essay Contest winner, Christine Vanek. ACA called upon seventh- to 12th-grade students nationwide to submit original essays of 450 words about the importance of agriculture in the...
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This week DeLaval produced its 2,500th unit of the new Feed Stations FSC40/400 – a solution created to help milk producers maintain greater control over production while reducing input costs. Feeding each cow to her individual needs throughout the lacta...
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Virginia Governor Bob McDonnell has named Delaware’s Matt Lohr as the new commissioner of the Virginia Department of Agriculture and Consumer Services.
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New HireBeth Panko BriczinskiAlexandria, Virginiabbriczinski@nmpf.orgDirector of Dairy Foods & Nutrition, NMPF
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Dan FritscheWaukesha, Wisconsindaniel.fritsche@danisco.comRuminant Key Account Manager, Danisco Animal Nutrition
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Geoff ZantonSt. Charles, Missourigeoffrey.zanton@novusint.comRuminant Nutrition Manager, Novus International, Inc.
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Amber TerhaarPullman, Washingtonamberterhaar@vandals.uidaho.eduLab Technician, Bio Tracking
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Evolv water, bottled in Arkansas, recently grabbed the attention of a Dallas news station as being a "miracle cure."
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This is one of my favorite issues of the year. In addition to the annual insertion of a free dairy stats poster, we delve into some of the industry's hottest topics, including national changes to dairy price policy, predictions for when the milk check...
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The following update is provided by the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC), a non-profit, independent membership organization that represents the global trade interests of U.S. dairy producers, proprietary processors and cooperatives, ingredient suppli...
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