High Plains Dairy Conference heads to Amarillo

Dairy owners, managers, employees and industry representatives are invited to attend the semi-annual High Plains Dairy Conference, March 7-8, at the Ambassador Hotel, Amarillo, Texas. Seminar topics include:

• Management and development of nutrition, lameness and immune function in the large herd environment – Dana Tomlinson, Zinpro Corporation
• Cattle issues and beef market update – Ben Weinheimer, Texas Cattle Feeders Association
• Animal welfare legislation on the horizon – Kay Johnson-Smith, Animal Agriculture Alliance
• Imagining the world of 2020 – Lowell Catlett, New Mexico State University
• Adapting to declining water resources – Panel discussion

Online registration and additional conference information can be accessed at www.highplainsdairy.org.

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2. Ag markets seemed to follow gold higher Monday afternoon
3. Online systems keeps exporters abreast of market regulations
4. April milk production up 0.3 percent
5. New crop cottonseed market rallies in face of tight supplies
6. Corn and soybean prices continue to retrace 2012 drought rally

1. D.C. Watch: Farm bill progressing
2. April milk production up 0.3 percent
3. Class III futures close out quietly last week
4. What are the drivers of profit in your dairy herd?
5. Weather report: Rain spreads across the Corn Belt
6. Lowfat dairy may cut diabetes risk

1. Analysis: Dairy Security Act better for farmers, taxpayers
2. Commentary: Slanting the statistics
3. World food supply depends on character, virtuous leadership
4. Buffet concerned about soil and starvation
5. Cold spring stunts upper Midwest hay crop
6. N.M. rancher charged with 43 counts of animal cruelty