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Call for more ag research gets louder
Eleven prominent research institutions in the United States joined the Supporters of Agricultural Research (SoAR) Foundation Thursday in urging increased federal support of food and agricultural science. And a House subcommittee also heard about the importance of maintaining a strong agricultural research budget.
SoAR's new report, Retaking the Field-Empowering Agricultural Sciences for Health, explores the success of research projects funded by the Agriculture and Food Research Initiative (AFRI), the flagship competitive grants program of the USDA's National Institute of Food and Agriculture (NIFA).
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Dairy Farmers of America acquires Cumberland Dairy
Dairy Farmers of America (DFA), a national dairy cooperative owned by family farmers, announced it has acquired Cumberland Dairy; a family-owned processor of ultra-pasteurized dairy products located in Bridgeton, N.J.
Cumberland Dairy was founded in 1933 by Charles Catalana at a small, unassuming milk plant behind his family home. The company experienced tremendous growth through the 70s and 80s under the direction of Carmine Catalana III. Today, third-generation principals Carmine IV, Frank and David Catalana lead Cumberland's 180 dedicated employees.
Cumberland Dairy proudly serves some of the nation's top quick-service restaurants, convenience and grocery chains, wholesale food distributors, fine-casual restaurants, and dessert concepts to a variety of customers. The acquisition of Cumberland Dairy aligns with DFA's strategy to expand the Cooperative's commercial investments and ownership into extended shelf life processing.
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U.S. dairy leaders call for collaboration
The importance of increased collaboration across the dairy community, defending the good name of dairy foods, and pursuing innovative new marketing strategies were key themes this week at the National Milk Producers Federation's (NMPF) 101st annual meeting, where 800 attendees heard from their policy and promotion organizations on how to create more opportunities for the U.S. dairy industry.
Hosted jointly by NMPF, the National Dairy Board and the United Dairy Industry Association, this year's event was themed "We Are Undeniably Dairy," building on a campaign launched earlier this year. NMPF's leaders, in their remarks to members, stressed the need for America's dairy companies to do more in collaboration with other marketing cooperatives.
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Survey shows lenders slightly more optimistic
Eighty-two percent of agricultural lenders reported a decline in farm profitability in the last 12 months, according to a joint survey by the American Bankers Assn. and the Federal Agricultural Mortgage Corporation (Farmer Mac). Despite the continued decline, the survey of more than 580 agricultural lenders revealed that the agricultural loan approval rate is 84%.
"We were encouraged to see that lenders remain ready to assist farmers and fulfill their credit needs despite the drag in the agricultural economy," said Brittany Kleinpaste, director of economic policy and research at ABA. "Overall, the data showed that agricultural lenders are a little more optimistic about what's ahead for their customers than they were in December of 2016."
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ADSA Members - It's Time to Renew
ADSA asks: Do you know about S-PAC?
While ADSA has
S-PAC® (Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences)
subscribers in nearly 40 countries and all attendees of the ADSA annual meeting, the Discover and many other Conferences are provided with S-PAC information, we've found that that some ADSA members may still not be aware of one of the significant benefits of ADSA membership, the opportunity to utilize S-PAC.
Included in your membership dues
is access through S-PAC to searchable Joint Annual Meeting abstracts for 1998-2016, ADSA annual meeting abstracts from 2017 and past ADSA meetings from 1935-1997, as well as ADSA divisional meeting abstracts
and
Members have the opportunity to subscribe to S-PAC at the deeply discounted ADSA member rate.
Subscriptions run for 365 days from date of sign-up.
Professionals $75; Undergrads $5 and Grads $10
ADSA member rates are extended to ASAS, PSA and ARPAS members as well as members of other organizations and conferences who share their proceedings through S-PAC.
Corporate sustaining member and academic library subscriptions are also available, as S-PAC brings current real world science and its application into the classroom and the office.
S-PAC is the most comprehensive collection of domestic and international animal production and management conference proceedings in the world. It includes animal health, dairy foods and grazing conference proceedings as well. This unique, completely user searchable collection of conference proceedings and presentations, is a must-have resource for animal scientists, veterinarians, academicians, consultants and members of industry around the world. It is a great teaching resource as well since it includes current real-world application of science. As of October, 2017, 62 conferences have contributed 608 sets of proceedings, with new conferences and proceedings added frequently. The value of S-PAC increases every time a conference and a set of proceedings is added. If one can't attend the multitude of conferences that S-PAC covers, S-PAC is the next best thing to being there! Not sure yet, then try S-PAC risk free with our "5 days for $5 offer." Visit
http://spac.adsa.org for details.
Thank you for being a member of ADSA! If you are not yet a member, now is a great time to join and begin gaining the benefits of membership. Click
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News and Updates for the 2018 Annual Meeting
The 2018 ADSA® Annual Meeting special events webpage is now open and accepting submissions. Please click on the link below to submit your request if you would like to hold an event during the ADSA Annual Meeting in Knoxville, Tennessee.
Please remember, a special event is any type of committee meeting, board meeting, or any other type of event that will require meeting space at the ADSA Annual Meeting. Please get your requests in early so that we can accommodate your preferred meeting location and time!
The deadline for ticketed events is November 30, 2017.
If you haven't done so already, mark your calendars now for the 2018 Annual Meeting of the American Dairy Science Association®, the most comprehensive dairy science meeting in the world. As a global forum for professionals, educators, and students, the meeting will attract more than 1,900 dairy foods and production specialists with common but diverse interests in the future of dairy science. The meeting will include sessions on Animal Health, Nutrition, Reproduction, Genetics and Genomics, Animal Behavior, Extension Education and more. The scientific program will feature 1,100 oral and poster presentations from around the globe. As always, the success of the ADSA Annual Meeting begins with the quality of the science presented-we look forward to your contributions to this global gathering of animal and dairy scientists June 24 to 27, 2018 in Knoxville, TN.
We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville!
ADSA Awards Nominations
Here's your opportunity to nominate one of your colleagues for an ADSA award! If you're hesitating due to the challenge of assembling the nomination materials, please don't; others, including the nominee, are able to assist you!
If you nominated someone last year and you wish to renominate them, you may log in to your account and easily resubmit the information with any necessary modifications.
Communication with nominators and nominees will be via email. Accurate email addresses are necessary. Nominators will be notified by email after initial verification of the nominee is completed in January 2018 so that the biographical and supporting materials (part 2 of the process) can be submitted by the second deadline of February 19, 2018.
If you need any assistance, please contact Morgan Montgomery (phone: 217-356-5146, ext. 156; email:
morganm@assochq.org).
Thank you for your continued support of the ADSA Awards Program.
The
Large Dairy Herd Management 3rd Edition
(e-book)
Got Your Copy?
The ADSA® Foundation recently released the third edition of Large Dairy Herd Management(e-book). It is now available for purchase exclusively through ADSA.
This edition was developed to help meet the growing information needs of dairy farmers, service professionals, and students worldwide. It brings peer-reviewed dairy science and management information to users in an accessible, easy-to-use format. The e-book includes 97 chapters in 15 sections. Detailed information about the sections, section editors, book sponsors and other information on the e-book is available at:
http://ldhm.adsa.org/. Dr. David Beede, editor of the book talks about it in a video recorded at the recent ADSA Annual Meeting. Click here to view the interview.
This edition is fully updated including numerous color figures and videos. There are separate metric and imperial versions. The book is available in PDF and EPUB formats. Purchasers may download both metric and imperial versions of the book in both file formats.
For more information, contact
Ken Olson, PhD, PAS
American Dairy Science Association
Phone: +1-630-237-4961
2017 Annual Meeting Recorded Symposia are now Available
If you were not able to attend the 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting, you can now do the next best thing: subscribe for access to one or more recorded symposia (speaker audio synchronized to presentation). All recorded presentations are now available to ADSA members and non-members. Please click here to subscribe :https://secure.fass.org/sub_2017_ADSA_Symposia_Recordings_intro.asp.
Plan now to join us for the 2018 Annual Meeting in beautiful and historic Knoxville, Tennessee, from June 24 to 27.
Make plans to join us for 34th DISCOVER Conference - Reexamining Amino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow
The 34th DISCOVER Conference that will be held May 29-June 1, 2018 at the
Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL It will focus on the interactions of amino acids (AA) and energy in lactating dairy cattle. The topic is important to the dairy industry because these nutrients do not function in isolation but each alters utilization of the other. This topic is timely because of its major impact on the environmental and economic sustainability of dairy production. The DISCOVER Conference will provide a venue for discussions about interactions of energy and AA and be an important source of new information. Conference topics include pre- and post-absorptive interactions, changes in energy and AA interactions over the lactation cycle, translating dynamic elements of nutrient metabolism into feeding systems and research gaps for the dairy industry.
Conference Topics
* Pre-Absorptive Interactions - Where Protein & Energy First Interact
* Post-Absorptive Interactions - Where Cows Get Stuff to Make Milk
* Changes in Energy and AA Interactions Over the Lactation Cycle
* Translating Dynamic Elements of Nutrient Metabolism into Feeding Systems
* Research Gaps and Urgent Needs for the Dairy Industry
Who Should Attend?
Members of the dairy science community who are interested in AA and energy nutrition of dairy cows are encouraged to register. This includes researchers, extension specialists and consultants from academia, government agencies and allied industries. Dairy cattle nutrition consultants, feed and crop industry technical specialists, veterinarians and animal health company representatives are invited. Graduate students are encouraged to attend. For details visit
https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/DiscoverConferences/34thDiscoverConference.aspx
Would you like to help the animal and dairy science community
and attend the 2018 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 264 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, 2018, ADSA will comp your registration to the
2018 ADSA Annual Meeting that will be held June 24 to 27, 2018 in Knoxville, TN. It's win-win-win. For more information about services offered by FASS, click here.
ADSA® on Linked In continues to Grow - Are you included?
Our ADSA Linked In group continues to grow. We now include 1,620 members from around the world, are you one of them? It's a great place to get information about ADSA and industry activities as well as to network with other dairy professionals from around the world. Check it out here.
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Nov 8-9, 2017 Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) Annual Meeting, Peppermill Resort Spa Casino, Reno, NV,
Click here
for more information and registration.
Nov 8-10, 2017 The Wisconsin Cheese Grading Short Course UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information
click here
Nov 13-15, 2017 Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, St. Louis, Mo., For more information
click here
Nov 13 - 16, 2017 The Science and Art of Cheese Making Short Course, Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Nov 15-16, 2017 Pennsylvania Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop, For more information
click here
Nov 29-Dec 1, 2017 The Ice Cream Makers Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information
click here
Dec 5-6, 2017 "Making Consistent, Quality Cheese with Concentrated Milk," a CDR short course, Babcock Hall, Room 205. For more information, click here.
Dec 8, 2017 1 p.m. Central - Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar: "The use of genomics in commercial dairy farms," Francisco Penagaricano, Univ of Florida will present in Spanish. To register, go to: www.dcrcouncil.org/webinars
Jan 17-18, 2018 Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference, Grove Hotel, Boise, ID. For more information, click here.
Jan 21-24, 2018 Dairy Forum 2018, JW Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert, CA. For more information, click here.
Jan. 31 - Feb 2, 2018 The National Mastitis Council 57th Annual Meeting, Hilton El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, AZ. For more information click here
Feb. 6-7, 2018 29th Annual Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symposium*, Gainesville, FL. For more information and registration,
click here.
Feb. 7-9, 2018 Southwest Nutrition Conference*, Crowne Plaza Resort Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort. For more information,
https://sw-nc.com/
Mar 6-7, 2018 High Plains Dairy Conference*, Embassy Suites-Amarillo, TX. For more information, contact Ellen Jordan,
e-jordan2@tamu.edu
Mar 6-8, 2018 Food Packaging Short Course, Erickson Food Science Building-252 Penn State University. For more information click here.
Mar 22-25, 2018 International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ont., Canada. For registration and more information, click here.
May 3-July 29, 2018 Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
May 29-June 1, 2018 34th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture - Reexamining Amino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow*, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. For more information, click here.
June 4-7, 2018 Fundamentals of Food Science Short Course, Erickson Food Science Building, University Park, PA Click here for details.
June 24-27, 2018
ADSA Annual Conference and Tradeshow, Knoxville, TN, For more information
click here
Sep 3 - 6, 2019 ISRP 2019 - International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo Leipzig, Germany, For more information click here
Oct 29-Nov1, 2018 35th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture - Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. For more information,
click here.
*An S-PAC Partner Conference
If your organization's conference isn't among the ever growing list that contribute proceedings and presentations to S-PAC®, ask your conference organizer to contact Ken Olson for more information about the benefits of participation.
If you would like to have an event included in the "Dates to Note," please contact Ken Olson.
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Thanks to our Corporate Sustaining Members
We appreciate your ongoing support of ADSA and the
Journal of Dairy Science
®.
Ag Processing Inc.
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
Dairy Nutrition Plus
Darling International Research
Diamond V
DuPont Pioneer
Elanco Animal Health
Grande Cheese Company
JH Biotech, Inc.
Lallemand Animal Nutrition
Nutriad, Inc.
Papillon Agricultural Company
Quali Tech, Inc.
Renaissance Nutrition Inc.
Zinpro
Zoetis
Zook Nutrition & Management Inc.
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ADSA Membership Benefits
Did you know that your ADSA Professional Membership provides you with:
* Electronic access to the Journal of Dairy Science®
* Joint Annual Meeting at member rates
* Discover Conferences at member rates
* S-PAC: Free access to JAM and ADSA divisional abstracts
* S-PAC subscription at member rates
* Access to recorded symposia library
* ADSA News (association newsletter)
* ADSA Dair e-news (ADSA industry newsletter)
* Access to member directory
* Peer recognition through ADSA and Foundation Award Program
* Discounted page charges in Journal of Dairy Science®
* A strong voice of advocacy for the animal sciences, animal agriculture and agriculture research
* Broad author recognition through ADSA/Elsevier press release program
* Linked In and You Tube sites for ADSA
* Quality networking with academic and industry professionals
* Travel awards for all graduate students attending Discover Conferences
* Opportunity to serve peers via committee and officer positions
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