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Dairy Newsletter - 4th July 2008

Friday 4th July 2008

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Events / Promotions Dairy Cattle Industry Showcase Why not showcase your products here. Click for more information.   Welcome to this week's newsletter This Week's Feature Articles We have 4 new features this week: Know Your Feed Cost Jim Paulson, Extension Educator at the University of Minnesota, Dairy Extension, asks which of the following factors affect reproductive performance of dairy cows: a) milk production, b) bunk space, c) type of bedding used in the far off pen, or d) hoof trimming schedule? Stay tuned — you might be surprised at the answers. Sexed Semen: Is It Finally a Reality? Most of us have heard the rumor that sexed semen is “just around the corner” for as long as we have been aware of A.I., writes David Thorbahn, Select Sires Inc., University of Florida IFAS, Dairy Extension. Feeding Dairy Cows for Body Condition Score Changes in body weight are not a very good indicator of the nutritional status of dairy cows, writes Alvaro Garcia and Arnold Hippen of the Dairy Science Department - South Dakota State University, Extension Extra. Drying Digestates from Biogas Plants By Dipl.-Ing. agr. Janett Peschel, Big Dutchman International GmbH. Generating power from renewable energies is becoming increasingly important in Germany as well as on the international level. Global Dairy Cattle Industry News (link to all this weeks news)    United Kingdom     EU Dairy Settles as the World Outside Shakes     Bluetongue Decision Drives Forward Scottish Strategy     UK: Call for Major FMD Shake-up     NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast - June 2008     TB: Hundreds Rally Against Welsh Badger Cull     Long Lasting Inflammatory Relief for Calves     New Research Leads to Composting Progress     Farmers Wanted for Bluetongue Study     Online Farmers in Support of School Milk     Vaccine Rolls in, Bluetongue Zone Spreads Out     M&S Open Welfare Friendly Outlet for Male Dairy     NFUS: Defra Debate on Cost Share is a Waste of Time     Young Blood and Simmental Cattle Tops Agenda     Bovine TB Announcement Due on Monday    United States     Spanish Red Meat Buying Group Visits NI     Weekly US Cattle Outlook - Cattle on Feed Lower     New Law Permits Farmers to Sell More Raw Milk     Additive for Health, Productivity and Environment     Weekly Outlook: Stocks and Acreage Exceed Expectations     IDFA Challenges Controversial Artificial Hormone Rule     New Hide Washer Saves Money and Lives     Carbon Hoofprint and the Impact of RbST     Fed Cattle Supply Fundamentals Supportive     WSPA Put Humanely Labelled Food to the Test     President Urged to Suspend Ethanol Import Tariff     NFU Seek Assistance for Independent Producers     Weekly Roberts Report     In The Cattle Markets     Swath Grazing Keeps Cattle Fed All Year Round     US Prohibits the Extralabel Use of Cephalosporin    China     Chinese Practices Putting Millions at Risk    Canada     Feed Grain Prices Expected to Increase     E. coli O157 Vaccine: Added Value or Added Cost     Age Confirmed of Canadian Mad Cow     Turning Manure to Money on Intensive Operations    Australia     Research: Grain Based Diets Without Additives     Dairy Farmers Switch to Grain Feeding     AgForce Calls for Competition in NLIS Tag Market     Australian Dairy Farmers Up for Sale     Weekly Australian Cattle Summary    Zimbabwe     Zimbabwe: Tick-Borne Diseases Kill Cattle    European Union     EU Allows More Meat from Latin America    Ireland     IFA: Dangers of Mandelson's WTO Deal Accepted That's all for this week! Ed.