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Happy 4th of July
As we prepare to celebrate the birth of our nation we extend best wishes to all our readers here and around the world.
International dairy groups seek Canadian dairy policy changes
Ten international dairy industry organizations, including three U.S. dairy groups, are asking their federal trade ministers to intercede in the increasingly acrimonious dispute over Canada's harmful dairy policies that are having global repercussions. The groups cosigned a joint letter requesting that their respective trade ministries "pursue all avenues available to challenge these measures, including (World Trade Organization) dispute settlement and bilateral trade agreement relationships."

The U.S. dairy sector -- represented by the International Dairy Foods Assn. (IDFA), the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) and the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) -- together with seven dairy groups from Argentina, Australia, the European Union, Mexico and New Zealand, is insisting that Canada remove recently implemented policies that are facilitating the dumping of Canadian dairy products on the international market while making Canada's already prohibitive restrictions on dairy imports even more onerous.
Dairy farms, businesses advancing sustainable practices
The Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, established under the leadership of dairy farm families and importers, announced its sixth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards in a June 28 ceremony in Chicago, Ill. The program recognizes dairy farms, businesses and partnerships whose practices improve the well-being of people, animals and the planet.

From farm to table, transparency and ingenuity drive dairy forward, as demonstrated in the newly released 2016 Sustainability Report, which describes the Innovation Center's strategic plan focused on social responsibility. The plan was developed by dairy community leaders in recognition of the changing consumer and customer marketplace where health, environmental and ethical practices are of increasing interest.

Award winners represent the U.S. dairy community's voluntary efforts toward continuous improvement in sustainability.
USDA offers greater flexibility as drought worsens
On June 23, Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue authorized emergency grazing of Conservation Reserve Program (CRP) acres during the primary nesting season in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana in the counties meeting D2 drought or greater, as indicated by the U.S. Drought Monitor.

Since that time, the drought has continued to deepen, and the forecast is for hot, dry weather in the upcoming week in the northern Plains. As such, the secretary is authorizing emergency grazing of CRP land for any county if any part of its border lies within 150 miles of a county already approved for emergency CRP grazing.
ADSA News and Happenings
The  Large Dairy Herd Management 3rd Edition  (e-book)
The ADSA® Foundation is pleased to introduce the third edition of Large Dairy Herd Management(e-book). It is now available for purchase exclusively through ADSA. 
This edition was developed to help meet the growing information needs of dairy farmers, service professionals, and students worldwide. It brings peer-reviewed dairy science and management information to users in an accessible, easy-to-use format. The e-book includes 97 chapters in 15 sections. Detailed information about the sections, section editors, book sponsors and other information on the e-book is available at: http://ldhm.adsa.org/. Dr. David Beede, editor of the book talks about it in a video recorded at the recent ADSA Annual Meeting.   Click here to view the interview.
This edition is fully updated and includes numerous color figures, videos, and separate metric and imperial versions. The book is available in PDF and EPUB formats, and purchasers may download both metric and imperial versions of the book in both file formats.
It is available for  purchase at student and professional (member and nonmember) rates exclusively from ADSA by going to: http://ldhm.adsa.org/purchase .
For more information, contact
Ken Olson, PhD, PAS
American Dairy Science Association
Phone: +1-630-237-4961
 
Have you tried S-PAC® yet?
The Searchable Proceedings of Animal Conferences (S-PAC) has something for everyone. In addition to abstracts from past ADSA meetings, here are just a few examples from among the 61 conference now included in S-PAC:
Nutrition - Cornell Nutrition Conference, Florida Ruminant Nutrition Conference, Minnesota Nutrition Conference, Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, International Symposium on Dairy Cattle Nutrition, California Nutrition Conference
Management - Western Dairy Conference, Western Canadian Dairy Seminar, Four-State Dairy Nutrition and Management Conference, North American Conference on Precision Dairy Management, Virginia Tech Feed and Nutritional Management Cow College
Herd Health - AABP, USAHA, International Colloquium on Paratuberculosis
 
Visit https://spac.adsa.org/ to learn more about S-PAC and all the information it makes available. Welcome to S-PAC!
 
 

Start planning for ADSA 2018
Thanks to all who attended this year's ADSA Annual meeting and to each of you for following it through our special editions of the ADSA Dair-e-news.  A special thanks goes to our student writers who helped provide coverage of many session. With completion of the 2017 meeting it is time to start making plans to join us next year in Knoxville, TN, June 24-27, 2018, for the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting. Visit https://www.adsa.org/  for the latest news.


ADSA on You Tube
Did you know that ADSA has a You Tube channel? It does and the name is ADSANews.  It serves as a portal to information about dairy science, dairy clubs and dairy related departments at our universities. Clicking here will take you to the channel. It features several play lists, including one with new videos from the 2017 Annual Meeting. We invite you to check it out.
 
 
Would you like to help the animal and dairy science community
and attend the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting for free?
Referrals are the most tried-and-true way businesses grow, and the same is true for FASS. Do you know a colleague working with an animal science group that is in need of high-quality, cost-effective support services? Help them out by referring them to Jeremy Holzner, FASS Executive Director at jeremyh@assochq.org .
Help them benefit from the shared resource concept and the 264 years of collective experience the FASS staff have in working with non-profit animal science organizations. If your referral becomes a FASS customer prior to June 1, 2018, ADSA will comp your registration to the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting that will be held June 24 to 27, 2018 in Knoxville, TN.  It's win-win-win. For more information about services offered by FASS, click here.
 
 
ADSA DISCOVER Conference on Food Animal Agriculture:
September 19-22, 2017
Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL
Early Registration Deadline: August 18, 2017
Note: registration is limited to the first 150 registrants.
Registration fees increase by $100 after August 18.
To view complete conference information or to register go to:
 
 

ADSA® on Linked In continues to Grow - Are you included?
Our ADSA Linked In group continues to grow. We now include 1,613 members from around the world, are you one of them? It's a great place to get information about ADSA and industry activities as well as to network with other dairy professionals from around the world.  Check it out here.


Calendar of Events
July 8-15, 2017    2017 ADGA National Show. Alliant Energy Center, Madison WI. For details visit   http://adga.org/
July 16-21, 2017     36th International Society for Animal Genetics Conference 2017, University College Dublin, Ireland, For more information and registration click here
July 19-20, 2017     National Mastitis Council (NMC) Regional Meeting, The Grove Hotel, Boise, ID. For more information and registration click here
July 25-27, 2017     High Temperature Short Time (HTST) Pasteurizer Workshop, Cornell University, For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph:607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu 
August 1-2, 2017    Milk Pasteurization Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Aug 08-09, 2017     Dairy Science and Sanitation, Cornell University, For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu 
Aug 21-22, 2017     HACCP/Food Safety Plans, Cornell University, For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu
Aug 23-24, 2017     Implementing SQF Systems, Cornell University. For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu 
Aug 29 - Sept 1, 2017     68th Annual Meeting of the European Federation of Animal Science (EAAP), Tallinn, Estonia, For more information visit https://eaap2017.org/
Aug 30-Nov 14, 2017     Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information visit: https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses/certificate_dp_9_17
Sept 6-7, 2017        Cultured Dairy Products Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Sept 14-16, 2017    50th Annual Conference of the American Association of Bovine Practitioners, Omaha, Nebraska CenturyLink Center. For more information visit  http://www.aabp.org/
Sept 17 - 20, 2017     International Whey Conference, Chicago, IL, For more information visit www.internationalwheyconference.org
Sept 18-21, 2017    Cultured Dairy Products Short Course, Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Sept 19-22, 2017    33rd ADSA Discover Conference  Integrated Solutions to Fiber Challenges, Westin Chicago Northwest, Itasca, IL, For more information click here
Sept 20-21, 2017    78th Minnesota Nutrition Conference, City Center Hotel, Mankato, MN, For more information visit http://www.mnnutritionconf.umn.edu/
Sept 26-28, 2017    14th International Milk Genomics and Human Health Symposium, Québec City, Canada,  For details please visit: http://milkgenomics.org/14th-international-symposium-milk-genomics-human-health/
Oct 3-7, 2017     World Dairy Expo, Alliant Energy Center, Madison, WI. For more information click here
Oct 9-13, 2017    Cheese Tech Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Oct 12-18, 2017   121st USAHA/AAVLD Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA, For more information click here
Oct 17-18, 2017   The Dairy Ingredient Applications Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Oct 18, 2017     Southwest Dairy Day, Wildcat Dairy, Comanche Co. TX, For more information contact Dr. Ellen Jordan, Ellen.Jordan@ag.tamu.edu 
Oct 24 - 26, 2017   Global Cheese Technology Forum, Peppermill Resort, Reno, NV, for more information visit www.globalcheesetechnologyforum.org
Oct 24 - 26, 2017   Pasteurizer Operators Workshop, Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Oct 24 - 29, 2017    2017 ADGA Annual Meeting & Convention, Hilton Airport Convention Center,  Atlanta GA, For details visit   http://adga.org/   
Nov 2 - 5, 2017    International Conference on Communications in Veterinary Medicine 2017: Innovating in Clinical Communications, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ontario, Canada, for more information click here
Nov 8-10, 2017   The Wisconsin Cheese Grading Short Course UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Nov 13-16, 2017   Symposium on Gut Health in Production of Food Animals, St. Louis, Mo., For more information click here
 Nov 13 - 16, 2017  The Science and Art of Cheese Making Short Course, Rodney A. Erickson Food Science Building, Penn State University, For more information click here
Nov 15-16, 2017     Pennsylvania Dairy Cattle Nutrition Workshop, For more information click here
Nov 29-Dec 1, 2017    The Ice Cream Makers Short Course, UW-Madison, Babcock Hall, Room 205, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Jan. 31 - Feb 2, 2018  The National Mastitis Council 57th Annual Meeting, Hilton El Conquistador Golf & Tennis Resort, Tucson, AZ. For more information click here
June 24-27, 2018 ADSA Annual Conference and Tradeshow, Knoxville, TN, For more information click here
Sept 3 - 6, 2019     ISRP 2019 - International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo Leipzig, Germany, For more information click here
*An S-PAC Partner Conference
If your organization's conference isn't among the ever growing list that contribute proceedings and presentations to S-PAC®, ask your conference organizer to contact Ken Olson for more information about the benefits of participation.
If you would like to have an event included in the "Dates to Note," please contact Ken Olson.

Thanks to our Corporate Sustaining Members
                                 We appreciate your ongoing support of ADSA and the  Journal of Dairy Science ®.
Ag Processing Inc.
Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition
Dairy Nutrition Plus
Darling International Research
Diamond V
DuPont Pioneer
Elanco Animal Health
Grande Cheese Company
JH Biotech, Inc. 
Lallemand Animal Nutrition
Nutriad, Inc.
Papillon Agricultural Company
Quali Tech, Inc.
Renaissance Nutrition Inc.
Zinpro
Zoetis
Zook Nutrition & Management Inc.
ADSA Membership Benefits                                  
                                            
Did you know that your ADSA Professional Membership provides you with:

*        Electronic access to the Journal of Dairy Science®

*        Joint Annual Meeting at member rates

*        Discover Conferences at member rates

*        S-PAC: Free access to JAM and ADSA divisional abstracts

*        S-PAC subscription at member rates

*        Access to recorded symposia library                                                                       

*        ADSA News (association newsletter)

*        ADSA Dair e-news (ADSA industry newsletter)

*        Access to member directory

*        Peer recognition through ADSA and Foundation Award Program

*        Discounted page charges in Journal of Dairy Science®

*        A strong voice of advocacy for the animal sciences, animal agriculture and agriculture research

*        Broad author recognition through ADSA/Elsevier press release program

*        Linked In and You Tube sites for ADSA

*        Quality networking with academic and industry professionals

*        Travel awards for all graduate students attending Discover Conferences

*        Opportunity to serve peers via committee and officer positions

 
For more information on your benefits please visit: http://www.adsa.org/join.asp
To join now and gain these member benefits, visit: http://www.adsa.org/join.asp

American Dairy Science Association
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Email: ADSA@assochg.org