Handy Hint: January 10, 2016 Hinged gate closes man pass From a safety standpoint, a man pass allows a person working with livestock to make a quick exit from the pen to avoid injury. There are over 56...

As printed in our December 2015 issue... CLASS III FUTURES FELL BY $1.60 for December to May contracts since June trading. With a $14.90 average for the six-month window, half of the price reduction in...

Michele L. Ruby, a communications consultant from Portland, Oregon, has been chosen the 2016 Young Dairy Leaders Institute Distinguished Alumni Leader by the Holstein Foundation Board of Trustees. Ruby,...

DuPont Pioneer and Trimble Enable Wireless Data Transfer Between Encirca? Services and Connected Farm Automated Exchange Will Improve Growers' Access to Decision Services Information DuPont Pioneer and...

Farm Show Cancellation Stamp Also Available The much anticipated Pennsylvania 100th Farm Show Book, which was unveiled in August during Penn State's Ag Progress Days, will be available during the 2016...

Accelerated Genetics is pleased to announce the hiring of two new employees, Tom Mack and Andrew Hetke. Accelerated Genetics is pleased to announce the hiring of two new employees, Tom Mack and Andrew...

A Non-funded Cooperative Agreement (NFCA) was developed and signed on March 27th, 2013 between the Animal Genomics and Improvement Laboratory (AGIL), United States Department of Agriculture and the Council...

Results are in for World Ag Expo's Top-10 New Products competition. The winners will be showcased February 9-11, 2016 during the 49th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. A group of judges made...

Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 14 requests for export assistance from Dairy Farmers of America, Michigan Milk Producers Association, Northwest Dairy Association (Darigold), and Tillamook...

Applications for annual $1,000 scholarship due Feb. 19, 2016. The Dairy Calf and Heifer Association (DCHA) is now accepting applications for its annual scholarship program. The goal of this long-standing...

‘Tis the season for milk and cookies, but for many families in need, milk is missing every day. In an effort to address the need for milk in food banks, the United Dairy Industry of Michigan (UDIM)...

Several crucial items for dairy farmers were approved by Congress in a massive year-end spending bill adopted Friday, including permanent tax relief for agricultural equipment purchases and the prevention...

Dairy producers and industry affiliates from throughout the Southeast are invited to attend the 2016 Georgia Dairy Conference during Jan. 18-20, 2016, at the Savannah Riverfront Marriott in Savannah, Georgia....

By Bob Cropp, Professor Emeritus University of Wisconsin Cooperative Extension University of Wisconsin-Madison Dairy product prices have been declining which means lower milk prices for December and for...

Katherine Larson, of Viroqua, Wisconsin, is the grand prize winner of Holstein Association USA Inc.'s 2015 Junior Recipe Contest. She won for her Creamy Dairy Caramel Chocolate Chip Cheesecake, and will...

The WMMB Link - Family, Appreciation and Helping Others Across Wisconsin during the holiday season families gather around the dinner table to celebrate and give thanks. Holiday celebrations on the farm...

The Iowa State Dairy Association (ISDA) will hold its 2016 Annual Meeting on Friday, January 8, 2016. The meeting will take place from 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. at Prairie Links Golf & Event Center, 19 Eagle Ridge...

Select Sires remains the industry leader with seven of the top eight GTPI® proven sires. 7HO11351 Seagull-Bay SUPERSIRE-ET (VG-88-GM) maintains his lead at +2719 GTPI followed by his full brother 7HO11419...

New graduate 7HO11383 S-S-I Bookem MORGAN-ET (EX-91) leads this class for GTPI® (+2501) and ranks sixth on Holstein Association USA's High Ranking Sire Report. This exciting class also includes six...

William H. "Bill" Hageman Obituary William H. "Bill" Hageman, 76, of Fond du Lac, passed away on Thursday, December 17, 2015, at St. Agnes Hospital. He was born August 4, 1939, in Fond du Lac, the son...