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March 5, 2020

UPCOMING EVENTS ...

Barn Meetings on Dairy Cattle Reproduction

Day of dairy reproduction education to be held at two locations, March 17th and 18th

March 3, 2020

GENETIC TOOLS ...

Holstein Association USA adjusts TPI® Formula

Committee identified improvements for the TPI formula, made recommendations

February 24, 2020

MARK YOUR CALENDARS ...

Northeast Dairy Management Conference offered in March

Get the latest information on current trends and topics in the dairy industry

February 17, 2020

WHAT'S BREWING ...

Brewery residues show promise as dairy cow feed

Using lower-cost feeds of high importance to nation's dairy farmers

February 11, 2020

cow holstein (Stock image via Hunter Desportes, Flickr/Creative Commons)

MARK YOUR CALENDARS ...

Holstein Judges Conference to be held in CA

The Holstein Association USA 2020 Judges Conference is planned for March 13th

February 6, 2020

MEETING ROUNDUP ...

NMC Annual Meeting focuses on global milk quality

Milk quality experts receive honors

February 2, 2020

DAIRY STATS ...

Number of VT dairy farms drops to an average of 677

The average number of cows per Vermont farm rose from 175 to 185 in 2019

January 30, 2020

dairy cow (Tobias Nordhausen, Flickr/Creative Commons)

UPDATE ANNOUNCED ...

Holstein USA updates Junior transfer deadline

Junior transfer "received by" deadline changed to July 15 for both heifers and cows

January 16, 2020

dairy cow (Tobias Nordhausen, Flickr/Creative Commons)

DAIRY LEADERSHIP ...

Nominations welcomed for NY dairy promotion board

Nominations open for New York Dairy Promotion Order (DPO) Advisory Board

January 15, 2020

dairy heifer cow (U.S. Department of Agriculture, Flickr/Creative Commons)

TECH USE ...

Researchers develop wearable devices for dairy cows

Tracking a cow’s eating, sleeping and movement can help take better care of the animals