NEWS

With a name like World Ag Expo, the event is bound to attract people from all over. While there, Progressive Dairyman met up with Meerten and Anita Zeldenrust from Barrhead, Alberta. They had traveled to Tulare, California, as part of a tour group.

World Dairy Expo promises even more for dairy producers to experience in 2012. A new major sponsor has stepped up to the plate for naming of the newly expanded indoor exhibit space. The New Holland Trade Center will feature a mix of new and returning exhibitors from across the dairy industry.

Dairy enthusiasts attending the event will have the opportunity to view the very latest cutting-edge equipment, research and services that might be incorporated into their operations.

Jamesway Farm Equipment introduced a radical new design of lagoon pump at the Jamesway dealer meeting held Feb. 28-29, 2012.

4XLA antiseptic teat dip, a product of Ecolab Co., is the only non-iodine formula approved as a pre-milking teat dip in Canada.

Forty-three young adults from the U.S., Canada, Mexico and Italy were the latest class to graduate from the Holstein Foundation’s cornerstone program, Young Dairy Leaders Institute (YDLI). The group completed the final phase of the three-phase leadership and communication skills development program with a conference March 1-3 in Albuquerque, New Mexico.