Students preparing for careers in agriculture have until March 31 to apply for scholarships through the Murray Wise Associates Foundation. "The news is full of stories about the challenges faced by students...
NFL Wide Receiver Victor Cruz Joins Team to Highlight How Milk's Protein in the Morning Helps Him Tackle His Day Every day is game day, and breakfast helps set the tone. One of the best ways to be sure...
Promotes Staff in Key Program Areas With a new farm bill delayed at least until spring 2013 and other legislative priorities such as immigration reform coming soon to the attention of the new Congress,...
Just licensed by USDA, this new vaccine is used to reduce mastitis caused by Streptococcus uberis. The product represents the first time dairies have the option to be proactive about environmental streptococcal...
Cooperatives Working Together (CWT) has accepted 10 requests for export assistance from Darigold, Michigan Milk Producers Association and United Dairymen of Arizona to sell 1.358 million pounds (616 metric...
The Iowa Power Farming Show is officially running at full capacity. With 750 farm equipment and services companies descending on Des Moines from 29 states and four Canadian provinces, show organizers are...
Results are in for World Ag Expo's Top-10 New Products competition. The winners will be showcased February 12-14, 2013 during the 46th annual World Ag Expo in Tulare, California. A group of judges made...
Minnesota Farmers Union (MFU) President Doug Peterson would like to express his support to Minnesota Representative Collin Peterson in his call for assurance of debate from Speaker of the House, John Boehner,...
The International Agri-Center held a grand opening and ribbon cutting ceremony for a brand new exhibit building which will make its debut next month at World Ag Expo. The new 60,000-square-foot steel span...
The annual Wisconsin Holstein Junior Convention was hosted by the Rock County juniors in Janesville, Wis., at the Holiday Inn, December 28-30, 2012. Over 500 Holstein members, chaperones, and volunteers...
Leg bands track weaning progress To keep track of our weaning calves' weaning process, we use red leg bands on the hutch gates. A red band on the top row indicates that the calf is weaning. After one week...
"After years of work to bring dairy policy reform to fruition, we are extremely disappointed that Congress has turned its back on dairy farmers. Although passing the American Tax Relief Act of 2012 averted...
The Wisconsin FFA Foundation has posted a position description for full-time executive director and call for qualified applicants to apply before February 1, 2013. The Wisconsin FFA Foundation seeks enthusiastic...
Bayer HealthCare completes acquisition of Teva Pharmaceutical Industries' U.S. animal health business New product lines strengthen Bayer's U.S. animal health presence Bayer HealthCare LLC announced today...
The Dairy Business Association (DBA), a statewide organization representing dairy farmers in Wisconsin, was extremely pleased with the extension of the 2008 Farm Bill that did not include the proposed...
The Midwest Dairy Association's Integrated Communications team has announced the availability of a paid internship in St. Paul for the summer of 2013. Applications are due January 21. Midwest Dairy's internships...
Renewed Emphasis Needed on More Effective Safety Net for Dairy Farmers in New Year ? Now that the House of Representatives has passed the Senate's fiscal cliff package extending existing farm programs...
The ABS Jersey lineup continues its dominance with 29JE3624 VERNON holding as the number one Jersey Performance Index™ (JPI), Cheese Merit Dollars (CM$) and Net Merit Dollars (NM$) sire and graduating...
World Ag Expo and E.M. Tharp, Inc. have teamed up for the seventh year to provide the "We Believe in Growing" scholarship, created to support agricultural education. High school seniors from Madera, Fresno,...
High feed costs make every animal count This summer's extensive drought has left feed supplies tight and costs high - making efficient management of herd inventory more important than ever for beef and...
