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17-HAE-Sup-Holstein
Oct. 7 2017
World Dairy Expo selected its Supreme Champion from the seven breed champions
HAE-FFA-judging
Oct. 6 2017
The FFA Dairy Judging Contest drew the largest field of participants of all judging events at World Dairy Expo
17-HAE-MyDairyDashboard
Oct. 6 2017
Hoard's Dairyman talked with Renee Smith of My Dairy Dashboard at World Dairy Expo about this new tool that assists dairy producers by pooling all their data into one platform
17-HAE-showmanship
Oct. 6 2017
The Coliseum floor is reserved on Thursday evening for the youth showmanship contest
17-HAE-cheesestand
Oct. 5 2017
With many attendees spending all day at World Dairy Expo, the grounds are filled with food stands to keep people full and happy during the week
NDS
Oct. 5 2017
National Dairy Shrine will host 350 guests at their annual banquet on the grounds of World Dairy Expo on Thursday evening
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Oct. 2 2017
Judging team members and their coaches arrived at the Hoard’s Dairyman Farm on Sunday to judge three classes of cows: two Guernsey classes (milking yearlings and 3-year-olds) and a Jersey 2-yr olds
Intern 2017
Sept. 18 2017
Students interested in dairy and journalism are encouraged to apply for the 2018 Hoard’s Dairyman editorial internship
PH 4666
Sept. 8 2017
4666 . . . Markwell No. 1 . . . Ritz. She gets called a lot of things, depends on who is doing the talking. The “she” is Markwell-KR Reality Ritz-ET
MR-GA Hurricane
Sept. 7 2017
We live in a time of great divisions, but somehow these natural disasters have people all over the country doing what they can to help others
fair_16
Sept. 5 2017
The end of summer is often signified in one big event for those of us in the livestock world…state fair. It is a time of fellowship and camaraderie based on the love of exhibiting our best cows
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Aug. 31 2017
I knew this summer was going to be unique, but I didn’t know how much I would learn about myself and the agriculture industry along the way
JS-Jersey-cow
Aug. 30 2017
Knowing my cows means I know more than just their name, I know them.
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Aug. 16 2017
Roughly twice a year our cows get scored based on how they look and last week was our turn
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Aug. 15 2017
“We need more farmers, not fewer.” That was one of the comments made two weeks ago at the Farm Bill Listening Session held by the United States House Agriculture Committee at Farm Fest in...
cows talking
Aug. 9 2017
Cows may not use words to communicate but they sure know how to get their point across; and if you listen, they will tell you how to improve your margins
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Aug. 4 2017
Our office gets calls and emails throughout the year from people asking about showmanship rules and looking for resource material
Brown-Swiss-A2
July 24 2017
In recent years, the discussion on selling milk from cows marked as A2A2 positive has seemed to skyrocket
Slide1
July 14 2017
To be successful, or profitable, raising heifers to first calving includes three areas of consideration – nutrition, health, and reproduction
Senior
June 30 2017
That was a familiar phase heard repeatedly on Wednesday as youth requested categories and points from the giant Dairy Jeopardy board