A sea of blue corduroy will flood Indianapolis, Ind., in the next few days. High school agricultural students will descend on the 85th annual National FFA Convention on October 24 to October 27, 2012....
We all know that dairy provides food and nutrition to millions each day in the form of milk, cheese, ice cream and yogurt. When a milk cow is finished producing milk, she is a great resource for more products....
Hoard's at Expo Photo Galleries 2012 World Dairy Expo – Early in the week video gallery World Dairy Expo – Saturday video gallery Hoard's at Expo Blogs 2012 Reports and stories from the 2012...
Tom Morris, winner Cy Conard and Steve Howard A three-time showmanship winner at World Dairy Expo and this year's World Dairy Expo fitting contest winner, Cy Conard has won the 2012 Merle Howard Award....
Jason and Donna Myers, Horace Backus and David Selner Jason and Donna Myers, New Windsor, Md., have been selected by the Klussendorf Association as the fourth Robert "Whitey" McKown Master Breeder Award...
While dairy judging seems like a gamble, with dedication and practice the experience offers many rewards. by For decades, youth have exercised critical thinking and decision-making skills through participating...
Newest Klussendorf winner, Buddy Fleming with fellow Klussendorf honorees Paul "Buddy" Fleming, Jr., Cortland, N.Y., was named the 71st winner of the Klussendorf Trophy, the highest recognition given to...
Youth visited four dairy industry landmarks. Associate Editor Lucas Sjostrom talks to conference attendees Today over 180 youth participating in the 58th National Dairy Conference who have a passion for...
A highlight of many students' college career is competing at the National Collegiate Dairy Judging contest, now held at World Dairy Expo. The coveted Otto Schnering Trophy has been awarded to the National...
World Dairy Expo is always a ton of excitement. From the shows, sales, banquets and trade shows, there is always news. Hoard's Dairyman will again bring you Hoard's at Expo. We'll feature results of the...
The terms are all too familiar for those in animal agriculture: "growth hormone," "mad cow disease" and "factory farm." All are nicknames for longer, dryer formal names. The mainstream media loves them...
If you're not F.A.R.M.ing, you may want to look into it. The National F.A.R.M. program (Farmers Assuring Responsible Management) is operating as a partnership of the National Milk Producers Federation
The ninth Hoard's Dairyman webinar of 2012 featured Gordie Jones, a veterinarian and partner at Central Sands Dairy in central Wisconsin. The operation milks 4,000 head in a 72-cow rotary where cows are...
On Monday, August 27, Hoard's Dairyman hosted a special webinar. With drought conditions affecting so much of the United States, the feed supply will be limited and for much of the country, the quality...
Last year was a banner year for U.S. dairy product exports, which accounted for a record 13.3 percent of all milk production in the country on a total solids basis. That's roughly 26 billion pounds of...
It's easy to be pessimistic when times are as bad as they are this year. It's also easy to focus on dark clouds so hard that you don't notice when a glow finally appears on the horizon
Immigration reform is an ongoing national debate. Those of us involved in the paperwork and potential legal harassment associated with finding capable, willing and possibly foreign workers have considered...
In Raleigh, N.C., North America's finest natural cheesemakers are meeting this week for the American Cheese Society's (ACS) annual conference and cheese competition
The U.S. isn't the only place where dairy producer opinion is divided about the actions and motives of their cooperatives. Not by a long shot. My just-finished visit to New Zealand, the world's largest...
On Friday June 15, the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding released its road map for operational and financial aspects of how U.S. genetic evaluations might be carried out once USDA takes a step back from...
