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Dairy Newsletter - 1st August 2008

Friday 1st August 2008

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  Events / Promotions Dairy Cattle Industry Showcase VIRKON S is the broad spectrum virucidal disinfectant independently proven effective against all major virus families affecting animals and man. 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: Milking with Robots By Marcia Endres, Extension Dairy Scientist, University of Minnesota, Dairy Extension. There is increasing interest in automatic milking systems (AMS) in the U.S. even though the cost:benefit ratio is not yet as good here as it is in some of the European countries. Feeding Management to Reduce the Environmental Impact of Dairy Farms By Robert E. James, Department of Dairy Science, and Beverly Cox, Virginia Cooperative Extension. Published in the University of Florida IFAS, 45th Dairy Conference Production proceedings. Probably no region of the U.S. has experienced greater attention to impact of agriculture on our environment than Florida. Dairy: World Markets and Trade - July 2008 This report published by the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service summarises the global market trade and trends in milk and dairy products. Updating Phosphorus Supplementation in Ruminants to Meet the Animal’s Requirement, Reduce Excess Cost, and Reduce Environmental Concerns By Francis L. Fluharty, Ph.D., Department of Animal Sciences, Ohio State University. Phosphorus has been called the "master mineral" because it is involved in most metabolic pathways, is a key component of Adenosine 5'-triphosphate (ATP) which transports chemical energy within cells for energy metabolism, and it is a component of deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA). Global Dairy Cattle Industry News (link to all this weeks news)    General     BSE NEWS: EFSA Publishes Opinions     BLUETONGUE: EU Members Urged to Analyse Vectors    United States     Cows Power Stations Could Generate 3% of Electricity     CME: Group Cattle Futures Mixed     In The Cattle Markets     Decision Gives Conservation Land to Graziers     CME: Prospect of Higher Beef Sales to Korea     Feed Costs Starving Tyson Profits     Messing with More Milk Reforms in the Mideast     Weekly Roberts Report     Georgia: Drought Intensifies, Cattle Cracks     ARS Capture Deer to Stop Cattle Fever     Alliance for Abundant Food and Energy Established     Hutjens Named ADSA Fellow     Optimism in New Cattle Parasite Vaccine     AMI, Ag Groups, Send Letter in Support of Imported Ethanol Parity Act     Weekly Outlook: Cattle Numbers Keep Dropping     GenVec Receives Continued Funding For Vaccine Program     Conservations Reserve Program Land not to be Released     USDA Amends Federal Milk Marketing Orders     CME: Livestock Producers Face Prospects of $8 Corn    United Kingdom     Dairy Products – Innovations That Pack a Punch     First Milk Cheese Value Soars at ASDA     Incidence of TB in Cattle     Defra: Opening the Box on UK Animal Imports     NVZ Changes will Add Costs to Dairy Sector     Milk Auction Disappoints United Dairy Farmers'     UFU: NI Farmers Relief as WTO Talks Collapse     New Climate Change Projects Confirmed as Essential     Dairy UK and British Cheese Board Unite     NADIS Veterinary Report and Forecast - July 2008    European Union     A Final Opinion on Animal Cloning     EU Members Urged to Analyse Bluetongue Vectors     EFSA Publishes Opinions on BSE Tests     Commission Approves Acquisition of Grampian by VION    Australia     Weekly Australian Cattle Summary     Cattle Calender Cuts Costs     Farmers Fear Cattle Tick Fever Outbreak    China     Calls for Livestock Waste Control    Ireland     IFA President Meets Taoiseach on WTO Negotiations     Satisfactory Results for Milk Monitoring    Czech Republic     Czech Meat Output Down 2.5% in Second Quarter    Brazil     Perdigao Grows by More Than 80 Per Cent    Viet Nam     Dairy Vietnam Project Attracts New Members     Culled Animal Households Can Defer Debt Payments    Denmark     Organic Dairy Farming Lacks Farmers    Canada     WTO Efforts Should Not Be Wasted That's all for this week! Ed.