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All Breeds BlogThree-term Congressman David Valadao loses his bid for reelection and the dairy industry takes a hit. He dairies with his family at Hanford, Calif., and was one of the very few in Congress with active dairy farm involvement. Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness offers this assessment on This Week in Dairy. -
All Breeds BlogBergland passed away at a nursing home in his hometown of Roseau, Minnesota Former U.S. Agriculture Secretary Bob Bergland, a farmer from northern Minnesota who was tasked with selling President Jimmy Carter’s unpopular Soviet Union grain embargo to other farmers, died Sunday. He was 90. Bergland died at a nursing [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogThe California Department of Food and Agriculture’s Division of Animal Health and Food Safety Services is announcing a vacancy on the Cattle Health Advisory Task Force (CHATF). Food and Agricultural Code Section 10610 provides for the establishment of a task force to advise the secretary of agriculture on the control [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogWorld Dairy Expo® is accepting nominations for the 2019 Expo Recognition Awards now through February 1, 2019. Producers, organizations, academic staff and others involved in the dairy industry are encouraged to nominate individuals to recognize their outstanding work and dedication to the dairy industry. Expo Recognition Awards will be presented [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogNominations are now open for the 2019 Holstein Association USA annual awards including Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder, Elite Breeder, and Distinguished Leadership awards. The Distinguished Young Holstein Breeder Award recognizes significant accomplishments of young Registered Holstein® Breeders, ages 21 to 40. Submissions can be made for individuals, a couple, or [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogOsnabrueck Holstein Genetics (OHG), the breeding center for Holsteins in Germany and supplier of high quality livestock, semen & embryos in more than 50 countries worldwide – is well-known for the high genetic level and breeding progress. New breeding values – December 2018 Please find the top list of the OHG [Read More ...]
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All Breeds BlogAs their January 1, 2019 Select Sire Power/Southeast Select Sires merger approaches, the future Premier Select Sires team prepares to better serve member-owners. When the merger takes effect, more than 200 employees and nearly 100 independent distributers will comprise the new organization. The scope of resources available after the merger, coupled [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogEmpire Farm Days is the largest outdoor agricultural trade show in the northeastern U.S. Empire Farm Days has announced the winners of the 2018 show competitions and prize drawing. Paul Martens of Penn Yan, N.Y. won the drawing for the Kubota RTV 400 sponsored by Kubota, Empire Farm Days, and Lamb [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogJoel Hastings of DairyBusiness interviews Lucas Lentsch, CEO of Midwest Dairy about the downward trend in fluid milk sales and what farmers are seeing value in. Lentsch discusses the bright spots concerning whole milk and and innovations in dairy. Plus the growing importance of messaging and calling-out deceptive marketing practices. [Read More ...] -
All Breeds BlogWorld Dairy Expo® is pleased to announce the eight individuals who will serve as official judges during the 2019 World Dairy Expo Dairy Cattle Show, October 1 through 5. The official judges are responsible for the evaluation and placing of more than 2,300 cattle at the annual event with the [Read More ...]
