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2009 Pennsylvania State Horse Show

The 50th annual Pennsylvania State 4-H Horse Show featured 896 youth with 999 horses and a recognition of volunteers and 4-H'ers who have participated over the years.

Duane Norman to be Honored as DAS Dairy Science Distinguished Alumnus

Dr. Duane Norman will be honored by Penn State's Department of Dairy and Animal Science, recognizing his outstanding leadership in the field of genetics.

So You Want to Sell Your Own Beef?

Penn State's Meats Laboratory and Beef Education Center is offering a Freezer Beef School with tips on marketing your own product.

Position Announcement: Senior Project Associate

Responsibilities include collaborating with project investigators, agribusiness professionals and dairy producers in managing data collection and analysis for a dairy profitability research project in the Department of Dairy and Animal Science.

'Meat is Neat' -- Professor of Meat Science Harnesses Power of the Web

Chris Raines, extension meats specialist and assistant professor of meat science and technology, researches factors that affect meat quality and helps meat processors -- large and small, national and local -- with the quality and safety of the food they produce.

Penn State's Horse Judging Team Places Fourth at All American Quarter Horse Congress

Team performs well in competition with colleges and universities from around the country.

Managing Risk During Volatile Times

Cash flow a necessary element to managing risk

Penn State Horse Newsletter, October - November Issue Now Online

In this issue: Equine Environmental Stewardship Conference Nov. 7, 2009; Equine Disease Outbreaks in 2009; Drug Eliminates Parasite that Causes Piroplasmosis in Horses; Hay Quality for Different Classes of Horses; 50th Anniversary State 4-H Horse Show

Newly Revised Specht Report Breeding Performance Summary Available

The Sire-Son and Prefix reports were developed at Penn State University by Dr. Larry Specht and first published in the mid 1970s. The reports have been used to compare the performance of a sire with his sons and provide a list of the prefixes that are providing the top Holstein bulls to the A.I. industry in the US. The Bull-Mother report is a spin-off from the original Sire-Son and Prefix reports and lists dams that have provided the top Holstein bulls.

October Dairy Digest Now Online

In this issue: If ever there was a time to develop a strategic plan, it is now; How many cows does it take to make biogas?; Get shrink under control to cut feed costs; Managing calf health through nutrition; Good news/bad news for dairy farmers; 2010 Manure Expo to be held at Penn State; Dairy Alliance fall programs; Dairy Digest Online: Facebook Group, Listserv Group, RSS

Penn State's Dairy Judging Team Successfully Competes in Collegiate Contest

Janell Hartzell Wins Reasons, Horst Wins Three Breeds at World Dairy Expo

Research Positions in Dairy Industry

Penn State's Dairy Science Club Raises Funds with OsteoChallenge

Members of Penn State's Dairy Science Club organized the eight annual OsteoChallenge 5K race and raised more than $600 for the National Osteoporosis Foundation while raising awareness about this disease.

Research Aimed at Soothing Thunderstorm-Stressed Dogs

During the 13 years that veterinarian Nancy Dreschel was in private practice, she saw a lot of dogs that were severely frightened by thunder and lightning storms. So when she got the opportunity in 2003 to conduct research on what might be done to help animals suffering from this problem, she jumped at it.

2009 PA Junior Dairy Show Results

First Annual Center for Reproductive Biology and Health Retreat

Discussion Forum for Dairy Team Facilitators Kicks off Oct. 16

Online discussion series offered free of charge to Profit and Target Team facilitators

Discussion Forum for Dairy Team Facilitators Kicks off Oct. 16

Online series offered free of charge to Profit and Target team facilitators

New DAS Students Visit Agriculture Industries

Fifty-five students and faculty from the Department of Dairy and Animal Science and the Department of Poultry Science toured agricultural industries in south central Pennsylvania on the 11th Annual New Student Industry Tour.

Survival depends on monitoring income over feed cost

Dairy Alliance programs show how to track IOFC monthly