With the U.S. Food & Drug Administration giving little indication of taking promised action on proper labeling of imitation dairy products, the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) recently asked the agency’s ombudsman to ensure that rules are properly enforced.

Although election night results are not finalized, it does appear likely that the Senate will remain in Republican control. The other big news maker for agriculture Tuesday night was that House Agriculture Committee chairman Collin Peterson (D., Minn.), a longtime champion of agriculture, loss of his seat.

The U.S. dairy industry commended the U.S. Trade Representative (USTR) for using its review of Indonesia’s Generalized System of Preferences (GSP) status to hold Indonesia accountable for issues that had threatened the smooth flow of U.S. dairy exports. USTR announced Nov. 2 the conclusion of its review of Indonesia’s eligibility to continue receiving preferential tariff access to the U.S. market under the GSP program.

For the last 35 years, NPD Group has collected a year’s worth of data from its daily tracking of how U.S. consumers eat away from and in home and compiled the topline trend into a report called "Eating Patterns in America.” This year’s recently released report captures how, in mid-March, the daily rhythms of consumers’ lives, including their eating patterns, were suddenly disrupted by the COVID-19 outbreak.

The 2021 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) will be held as hybrid meeting with a virtual component and a corresponding in-person meeting in Louisville, Kentucky. As always it will be the most comprehensive dairy science meeting in the world. Here are a few statistics from the 2020 meeting. Make your plans to be part of this global event

For more information visit the 2021 ADSA Annual Meeting website. Visit often as it will be updated frequently as new information becomes available. 

Would you like to help the animal and dairy science community and attend the 2021 ADSA Annual Meeting for free?

Referrals are the most tried-and-true way businesses grow, and the same is true for FASS. Do you know a colleague working with an animal science group that is in need of high-quality, cost-effective support services? Help them out by referring them to Jeremy Holzner, FASS Executive Director at jeremyh@assochq.org .

Help them benefit from the shared resource concept and the 270+ years of collective experience the FASS staff have in working with non-profit animal science organizations. If your referral becomes a FASS customer prior to June 1, 2021, ADSA will comp your registration to the 2021 ADSA Annual Meeting that will be held July 11-14, 2021 in Louisville, Kentucky. It’s win-win-win. For more information about services offered by FASS, click here.

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Date & Time: November 18 at 04:00 PM Central Time

Attention ADSA members, did you choose to use your registration for the 2020 ADSA Annual Meeting to renew your ADSA membership? If so, Thank You. If not you should have or will soon receive a reminder that it is time for our annual membership renewal. Check your recent e-mails for the reminder or even easier, simply go to www.adsa.org then click on “Membership” then “Join/Renew”, follow the directions and pay your dues to continue your membership for the coming year. In order to serve our members more efficiently, we continue to offer online dues renewal. If you prefer a paper form, you can click here for a paper renewal form.

If you are not currently a member, why not join now and take advantage of all the Benefits of Membership for the remainder of 2020 and all of 2021 at the special rate of $137.50. During the coming weeks we will highlight some of the many benefits that come with being an ADSA member. 

Do you have the S-PAC and Large Dairy Herd Management Bundle?

The American Dairy Science Association (ADSA®) is pleased to offer the most comprehensive information resource package for dairy professionals’ available. The Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences (S-PAC®) and the Large Dairy Herd Management (3rd ed., e-book) are now provided as a package. Students and professionals with purchasing an annual subscriptions to S-PAC now receive a personal copy of Large Dairy Herd Management with their paid S-PAC subscription. Learn more by clicking here. If you have additional questions please contact Ken Olson, PhD, PAS

e-mail: keolson@prodigy.net Phone: 630/842-5334  

Start making plans to attend the 41^ST ADSA DISCOVER CONFERENCE^SM ON FOOD ANIMAL AGRICULTURE - Health Management of Calves: From Intrauterine Life to Successful Weaning. This conference will explore the many changes in dairy calf management practices, and research conducted over the last decade. Potential Conference Topics include:

•      Opportunities and Key Knowledge Gaps in Calf Management

•      Bull Calves & Dairy-Beef

•      Calf Housing and Behavior

•      Calf Immunology and Vaccines

•      Calf Nutrition Pre-weaning

•      Calf Welfare

•      Colostrum Management

•      Fetal Programming, Influence of Cow Stressors on Calf Development

•      Neonatal Disease Management

•      Transition to the Ruminant Calf: Weaning Strategies to Optimize Future Health and Productivity 

A poster session will be included to allow participants to share and discuss research findings. Details will be posted on the meeting site as they are finalized.