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Oct. 4 2011
As the first day of World Dairy Expo wraps up, the Ayrshire champions for 2011 have been named. Justin Burdette, Mercersburg, Penn., lead judge in the International Ayrshire Show, assisted by Sean Johnson...
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Oct. 4 2011
Modesto Junior College (MJC) took home the team overall title for the Post-Secondary Dairy Judging Contest. Rocco Cunningham of MJC was first place individual. The top awards in the Post-Secondary Dairy...
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Oct. 4 2011
New York 4-H took its first contest win since 1998 (left to right): Meghan Vaill, Emma Andrew, coach Douglas Waterman, Cassandra Sapp, and Andrew Reynolds. After a 13 year hiatus (last contest win in 1998),...
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Oct. 4 2011
2011 National 4-H Dairy Judging Contest 30 4-H state teams...109 individuals Top 25 Individuals (All-American Recognition) 25. Joey Adams, IA 24. Lara Staples, OH 23. Katherine Wolfe, WV 22. Roxann Achen,...
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Oct. 3 2011
Cornell takes home collegiate judging honors after the tie with Virginia Tech is broken. Carissa Levash from UW-Madison top individual. The 91st annual Collegiate Judging contest in Madison, Wisconsin...
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Oct. 1 2011
Welcome to Hoard's @ Expo! The staff at Hoard's Dairyman has prepared this section just for youwith pre-show stories, schedules, history, photos and our Hoard's @ Expo blog. We'll be posting new content...
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Oct. 1 2011
2011 National Collegiate Dairy Judging Contest Top 25 individuals (All-American honors) 26. Laura Elliott, UW-Madison 25. Cody Pearson, Virginia Tech 24. Rachel Foureman, Ohio State 23. Sabrina Eick, Ohio...
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Sept. 30 2011
Feeding dairy calves three times per day (3x) rather than two is quickly rising in popularity, according to results of a recent nationwide survey. It's a practice that benefits both calves and their owners....
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Sept. 29 2011
The Secretary of Labor, under the Fair Labor Standards Act, is charged with prohibiting employment of youth in occupations that she deems particularly hazardous. The current target, as they propose to...
Sept. 28 2011
The Hoard's Dairyman Farm is consigning some top-notch genetics to the International Guernsey Classic Sale, to be held on Thursday, October 6, 2011 at 7 p.m. at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin....
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Sept. 28 2011
If you haven't heard, both HSUS and PETA are emotion-driven organizations with the goal to have animals as equals to humans. Fans flocking to Green Bay will see a billboard placed by one of their front...
Sept. 27 2011
Hoard's Dairyman has been offering its summer editorial internship program for 23 years. Three of our current editors were editorial interns at Hoard's. Eager, ambitious dairy students interested in writing...
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Sept. 26 2011
We drove through central and southern Illinois on the way to and from the joint American Association of Bovine Practitioners and National Mastitis Council meeting in St. Louis, Mo
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Sept. 23 2011
Severe drought and record high corn prices have made 2011 a nightmare for beef producers in Texas and surrounding states. One result, though, is the value of cull dairy cows has soared to levels milk producers...
Sept. 21 2011
This 3,000-cow state-of-the-art Indonesian dairy matches every thing found in California outside of labor efficiency. by Rob Rippchen Recently, my works travels took me to Indonesia where I had an opportunity...
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Sept. 19 2011
"For many corn growers, the 2011 growing season came to an end late last week over much of northern Wisconsin," notes University of Wisconsin's corn specialist, Joe Lauer. "Corn in many areas had not...
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Sept. 15 2011
As dairy producers, it is inevitable that we will eventually become beef producers
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Sept. 14 2011
DCRC's two-day meeting gives us a chance to learn from top researchers and producers. This November 10 and 11 will mark the seventh consecutive year that the Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) is...
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Sept. 9 2011
It was a much-needed turnaround from the financial disaster a year before
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Sept. 7 2011
The Daily Beast (www.thedailybeast.com), an online news site which merged with Newsweek this year, printed their list of the "20 Most Useless College Majors." Let's just say, we don't think they nailed...