NEWS
Good News
With financial markets in turmoil it is difficult to know how to proceed these days. I can't comment on those markets but the CDN can point you to some good news. This month we have news directly from Leprino Foods about their new plant in Greeley and scientific information brought home from Dr. Page Dinsmore of CSU who attended the annual Dairy Science meeting.
Enjoy.
Ragan Adams
Editor, CDN
Interview with Mike Reidy, Sr. V.P. Procurement, Logistics, & Business Development for LePrino Foods
CDN got answers to some questions about the Greeley cheese plant.  Click here to read the interview
Enhancing Dairy Worker Training
Herd veterinarians are uniquely qualified to develop and participate in implementation worker training programs to their client dairies. Few others on the "management team" of the dairy have the intimate knowledge of the facilities, processes, people and cows that can be used to create an effective worker training program. Bovine Veterinarian published a story featuring Dr. Noa Roman-Muniz, DVM, MS, Colorado State University, and Dr John Wenz, now of Washington State University.
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Filling the Void ...Teaching Advanced Courses about the Dairy Industry
CSU is not the only university that has seen deep cuts in the resources allocated to teaching undergraduates about the dairy industry. Universities all over the west have experienced similar fates. In the last edition of Western Dairy News Dr Robert Havevoort of New Mexico State describes an innovative, cooperative program to fill the void.
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2008 Joint meeting of the American Dairy Science Association and American Society of Animal Science
Each year the Dairy Science and the Animal Science groups meet to share research information. This year the meeting was held in Indianapolis and the scientific program was so large that the booklet listing the titles of the presentations was over 200 pages! Dr. Page Dinsmore attended to present a paper and suggested that the following topics be shared with our readers.
Providing veterinary health care to under served counties in Pennsylvania through credentialed veterinary technicians
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Dairy cows and the Environment: Were we better off 83 years ago?
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Feeding heat treated colostrum increases IgG absorption in neonatal dairy calves
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Facility characteristics of U.S. Dairy operations and their impact on cow health and productivity
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efresh.com
- Global E-Trading NV (GET) launched a Dairy specific portal as part of its portfolio of trading portals for the fresh and frozen produce industry. The portal launched on the eFresh.com trading site recognized as the leading B2B portal where members of the fresh and frozen industry gather online to find breaking news as well as trading opportunities from around the world.
eFresh.com is an online B2B portal initiative where members of the fresh and frozen industry gather online daily to find breaking industry news as well as trading opportunities from around the world. eFresh.com currently serves more than 50,000 users each month, and continues to grow through acquisition of product specific portals, as well as the launch of new portals.
www.efresh.com
I-9 Form Released
Dr. Ellen Jordan of Texas A and M University explains the new I-9 Form which documents employment eligibility verification.
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EVENTS CALENDAR |
November 1, 2008
Little National Western Stock Show
ARDEC Event Center, CSU |
November 5-6, 2008
DHI-Provo 54th Annual Herd Management Conference
Phoenix Mariott Hotel
CLICK HERE FOR INFO
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November 11-13, 2008
2008 Elite Producer Business Conference
Las Vegas, Nevada
For information, contact Ramona Rei Farm Journal Media
(816) 889-9402
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November 11-14, 2008
IDF World Dairy Summit
Mexico
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information about ILM activities
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Issues from 1995-2006 are available on the ILM website.
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