The Senate Appropriations Committee proposed a total of $23.33 billion in funding that was included in draft legislation released on Tuesday. The bill provides more than $3.3 billion for agricultural research programs.

Once a vaccine for COVID-19 is developed, members of the food and agricultural supply chain wrote a letter to President Donald Trump saying it is imperative that there is a federally orchestrated vaccine distribution program and prioritization of vaccination among population groups that includes prioritizing essential food workers.

Both the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the dairy industry share the need for a sustainable and economically viable dairy industry. In an ongoing effort to reinforce their shared values, EPA signed a first-time memorandum of understanding with the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy (Innovation Center).

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. Make your plans to be part of this global event.

·      A hybrid meeting: we are planning our first ever hybrid annual meeting. This means that while we plan to meet in person in Louisville, we will also have a robust virtual program available for those who can’t join us in person.

·      A co-located meeting: In 2021, we are meeting in the same physical location as the American Society of Animal Science (ASAS), just prior to the ASAS Annual Meeting. There will be an overlap day of shared programming with ASAS on the final day of the ADSA Annual Meeting, along with a shared reception Wednesday evening.

·      An extended meeting: ADSA 2021 has been extended to a full day on Wednesday, with no increase in the registration rate. Be sure to plan your stay through Wednesday, including events on Wednesday night.

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

production. Approximately 12% of calves in the United States are treated for respiratory disease, most commonly presenting as bronchopneumonia. Systemic antibiotic therapy is the most common treatment for calves with this diagnosis. In an article appearing in the Journal of Dairy Science, scientists from University of Wisconsin, Madison, and Michigan State University assessed the effects of early antibiotic therapy on preweaned calves diagnosed with respiratory disease using respiratory scoring and portable lung ultrasound.

The study indicated short-term benefits of early antibiotic therapy after diagnosis via respiratory scoring and lung ultrasound. Overall, however, lung consolidation recurred and persisted to weaning, despite early diagnosis and treatment, and the authors call for more research to address antimicrobial stewardship and treatments in on-farm and research settings. For more go to https://www.adsa.org/About-ADSA/Media and visit “ADSA In the News.”

The 39^th American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Discover Conference, The Transition Period – From Physiology to Management, held virtually October 27-29, 2020 was a great success. With 228 registered conference participants from 25 countries and for the first time ever, another 78 participants who registered as viewers”. Presenters shared that the “3 S’s (softness, space and screening)” remain important to creating the conditions for transition cows to thrive, but they identified four other key practices that should be applied in the field right now. They also noted six unanswered questions that provide food for thought.

During the discussion, conference participants identified ten areas that offer the greatest potential for research over the next ten years to help answer the questions related to the transition period. More details on these points can be found in a “Brief summary of key points of discussion and thoughts on ways forward” that is available on the website for the 39^th ADSA Discover Conference.  Interpretive Summaries of the DC39 presentations are available in the Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences (S-PAC) to subscribers.

Panelists include:

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

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ADSA® asks, Do You Know JDS? Here are a few details about one of our most visible member benefits. The Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS), the official journal of the American Dairy Science Association®, is the leading peer-reviewed general dairy research journal in the world. Electronic access to JDS is included as a standard part of ADSA membership. JDS readers represent education, industry, and government agencies in more than 70 countries with interests in biochemistry, breeding, economics, engineering, environment, food science, genetics, microbiology, nutrition, pathology, physiology, processing, public health, quality assurance, and sanitation.

Members publishing in JDS receive a significant savings on page charges. The current charge for members is $65 per printed page. The Non-member author page rate continues to be $140 per printed page.  The savings from just two (2) pages more than recovers the cost of ADSA professional membership! Under the open access (OA) policy, authors may choose to pay the OA fee in lieu of standard page charges when author proofs are returned so that their paper becomes freely available upon publication in an online issue. The OA fee is $1750 for ASDA members, or $3500 for non-members. Open access articles will be freely accessible through the journal's web site (http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/) at the time of publication. All other (non-OA) articles are freely available on www.journalofdairyscience.org/ 12 months after publication.

JDS participates in the AGORA (Access to Global Online Research in Agriculture) program of the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations. By participating in AGORA, the Journal of Dairy Science® is available, free of charge, to institutions in all Band I countries (countries defined by the World Bank as having a gross national product of up to $1,000, per capita, in 2001). The AGORA program, set up by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the UN (FAO) together with major publishers, enables developing countries to gain access to an outstanding digital library collection in the fields of food, agriculture, environmental science and related social sciences. AGORA provides a collection of more than 3500 key journals and 3300 books to 2500 institutions in 116 countries. AGORA is designed to enhance the scholarship of the many thousands of students, faculty and researchers in agriculture and life sciences in the developing world.

To keep up with the journal, you can be notified when the latest Journal or Articles in Press are available. If you are not currently receiving them, you can be notified when new Journal Issues are available via Email Alert  or RSS Feed   and when new Articles in Press are available via. Add Articles in Press Alert  or RSS Feed  . simply click the link and subscribe, 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 just a reminder that it is time for our annual membership renewal. If you are not currently am ADSA 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 additional 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.netL 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.