Charley-Marie (Moynes) Munro says there isn’t enough thanks for everyone in the community who has stepped after fire destroyed her parent’s home and dairy farm last Thursday. “It’s absolutely amazing,” she said. “The amount of support we’ve received is overwhelming. The home is owned by Munro’s parents, Ron and Annette Moynes. Her brother Andrew also [...]

The UK Consortium has agreed a derogation of the Terms and Conditions for Male genomic Evaluations, allowing Holstein UK members to apply for an unofficial GPLI for registered bulls over 15 months of age, so long as the sample is received by Holstein UK by the 1stSeptember 2013. These bulls will receive one unofficial UK [...]

Effective July 1st, the Ayrshire Breeders’ Association will be working with a multi-breed association collaboration of Ayrshire, Brown Swiss, Guernsey and Milking Shorthorn under a contractual agreement with the Brown Swiss Association. Current classifiers are employed by the Brown Swiss and Guernsey Breed Associations. ABA Directors, Classification Committee representatives and staff participated in an appraisal [...]

This year’s finalists for the title of Princess Kay of the Milky Way have been named. The 12 young women from dairy farm backgrounds were selected at the conclusion of a three-day event for county dairy princesses held in St. Joseph. Each of the 12 will be sculpted in butter during the 2013 Minnesota State [...]

The Red and White Dairy Cattle Association is seeking nominations for its five annual awards. The recipients will be honored at the National Red & White Convention to be held in Dunkirk, New York. The dates are August 13-15 and hosted by Darren and Heather Carlstrom. The convention includes an Annual Meeting, 44th National Convention [...]