The NEW Ultra Flex-Pen™ – The Next Generation of Indoor Pen Solutions
Agri-Plastics, the Calf Housing Specialists, have been making calf hutches since 1995. The first product the VanBuuren family developed was an outdoor hutch made for one calf. Over the years, Agri-Plastics created a variety of [Read More …]
National Heifer Sale has New Date and Time
Jersey Marketing Service (JMS) is preparing for the 2020 National Heifer Sale. The all-virtual sale will now be held on Friday, June 26, 2020 at 6:00 p.m. (EDT). The new time and date will allow [Read More …]
Select Sires to Award Three Research Grants
For more than four decades, Select Sires Inc. has supported research efforts to benefit the dairy and beef industries through the Competitive Research Grants Program. Overseen by the cooperative’s board of directors, the intent and [Read More …]
USJersey Announces Dates of Annual Business Meetings
The dates for the virtual business meetings of the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA) and National All-Jersey Inc. (NAJ), have been announced by Executive Secretary Neal Smith. The 62nd annual meeting of National All-Jersey [Read More …]
Transport calves without transporting trouble
Properly managing calves as they recover from transport is critical to their long-term success The transported calf is subject to a series of stresses, stresses that would even greatly challenge a mature immune system. Among [Read More …]
DCHA’s June 4 webinar addresses fly control and its economic impact
The next Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) webinar focuses on fly control. Scheduled for June 4, starting at 2 p.m. Central time, Richard “Rick” Hack, an independent business consultant with RJH Consulting LLC, will [Read More …]
Genomic selection in cows creates opportunities
June issue of the Journal of Dairy Science® highlights rapid acceleration of genetic progress Genomic selection has become a critical tool for the dairy industry around the world since genomic evaluations were first implemented in [Read More …]
Margo Hale of Armed to Farm Talks to Joel Hastings about this amazing program for veterans
On Memorial Day, Joel Hasting, Editor & Publisher of DairyBusiness News is happy to tell you about a special program to help veterans of the armed services start farming or improve their farming operations. It’s called [Read More …]
Premier Select Sires Announces Staff Changes
Several changes to the Premier Select Sires management team will take place in the coming weeks and months. Premier excitedly announces that Brad Barham will join the team as the Southern Regional Sales Manager, David [Read More …]
Dairy Welfare Student Showcase: Student’s presentations selected for the Annual Symposium
These one-hour live educational sessions are available to attendees from around the world. Live webinars are free of charge, but you must register (recordings are available to members of the DCWC). Session I [Read More …]
Webinar on respiratory disease cost in dairy heifers
Kevin Dhuyvetter, a technical consultant for Elanco, will serve as the webinar presenter Join the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association for its May 21 webinar – “Economic Cost of Respiratory Disease in Dairy Replacement Heifers.” [Read More …]
Breeding the right kind of cow is key to dairy profitability
Lloyd Holterman is convinced that breeding the right kind of cow is the key to his dairy farm’s profitability. With his wife Daphne, and their two partners, they milk 1000 cows near Watertown, Wisconsin. Holterman [Read More …]
July 1 is Deadline to Apply For National Jersey Youth Scholarships
Wednesday, July 1 is the deadline to apply for scholarship and educational awards administered by the American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA), Reynoldsburg, Ohio. For the second consecutive year, the AJCA will award over $30,000 in [Read More …]
DCRC webinar looks at minimizing use of timed AI
“Maximizing Fertility While Minimizing Timed AI Use” is the featured topic for the next Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar. The webinar starts at 2 p.m. Central time on June 5. Luis Mendonca, who recently [Read More …]
DHI Offers Special Promotion on IDEXX Milk Pregnancy Test
To provide additional support for dairy producers during the COVID-19 pandemic, DHI systems nationwide are partnering with IDEXX, a worldwide leader in providing diagnostic tests and information for livestock and poultry. A special promotion on [Read More …]
This Week in Dairy: Aidan Connolly Of Cainthus Talk About Building A More Resilient Farm Business
What can agriculture learn from COVID-19? CEO Aidan Connolly of the high tech firm Cainthus Speaks with Joel Hastings of DairyBusiness News with some suggestions that can help us build more resilient businesses. See what [Read More …]
DCHA webinar focuses on respiratory disease cost in dairy heifers
Join the Dairy Calf and Heifer Association for its May 21 webinar – “Economic Cost of Respiratory Disease in Dairy Replacement Heifers.” Starting at 2 p.m. Central time, Kevin Dhuyvetter, a technical consultant for Elanco [Read More …]
Angus Haslett is CRV’s new CEO
As of today, Angus Haslett is CRV’s new CEO. He succeeds Roald van Noort who successfully led CRV for the past 12,5 years. Haslett joined CRV in 2009 as Managing Director of the Business Unit [Read More …]
DCHA webinar: Maximize your heifer enterprise’s ROI
DCHA Webinar featuring Cathy Bandyk, ‘A New Way of Thinking: Added Value for Your Heifers & Your Operation’ May 5, 2020 at 2PM CST Introducing, “A New Way of Thinking: Added Value for Your Heifers [Read More …]
Cornell Cooperative Extension Program Offers SWNY Beef Industry Virtual Summit
All members of the beef industry are invited to join an informal discussion on regional industry needs, challenges, and opportunities Cornell Cooperative Extension’s Southwest New York Dairy, Livestock, and Field Crops Program (SWNYDLFC) is committed [Read More …]
