News
Non-dairy milk alternatives may lead to shorter children
Choosing dairy milk may make a difference when it comes to a child's growth, according to a new study appearing in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition.
 
In a study of 5,000 Canadian children, researchers found that drinking non-dairy alternatives was associated with shorter childhood height compared to children who drank milk. In fact, children at age three who drank three cups of non-dairy milk alternatives each day were 1.5 cm shorter, on average, than their milk-drinking peers.
 
The researchers suggested that the children who drank non-dairy alternatives may be shorter because they are not receiving enough protein or calories to support their growth.
 
Cargill to acquire Southern States animal feed business  
Cargill announced Aug. 3 that it has reached an agreement to acquire the animal feed business of Richmond, Va.-based Southern States Cooperative Inc. - a move that will help the company better serve its customers in the eastern U.S.
 
The transaction is expected to close within 90 days, subject to customary approvals. Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
 
Under the agreement, Cargill will purchase the assets of Southern States' animal feed business, including seven feed mills and an important portfolio of products, brands and customer and supplier relationships. The other segments of Southern States' business - retail, farm supply, energy and agronomy - are not part of this transaction.
 
JBS, Grupo LALA strike deal for Brazil-based dairy 
JBS S.A. (JBS) said August 3 that it has struck a deal to divest the totality of its 19.43% shareholding interest in Vigor Alimentos S.A. (Vigor) to Grupo Lala, S.A.B. de C.V. (Grupo LALA), for an Enterprise Value of approximately $1.112 billion reals ($357.44 million). It is estimated that JBS will receive an Equity Value of approximately $780 million reals ($250.6 million) after closing of the transaction, subject to adjustments foreseen under the contract.
 
JBS had announced Aug. 1 that it was in advanced negotiations with Grupo LALA and that a meeting was to be held Aug. 3 between the two companies.
 
ADSA News and Happenings
LARGE DAIRY HERD MANAGEMENT (3RD ED.) - Get your copy now
Large Dairy Herd Management  (3rd ed., e-book) is now available for purchase exclusively from the American Dairy Science Association® (ADSA®) at student and professional (member and nonmember) rates.  Past editions have been among the most widely used dairy information resources in the world.  This edition was developed to help meet the growing information needs of dairy farmers, service professionals, and students from around the world. It brings peer-reviewed dairy science and management information to users in a readily 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/ .

This new edition is fully updated and includes numerous color figures, videos, and separate metric and imperial versions. The book is available in both PDF and fixed-layout ePub formats. With purchase of the e-book, both metric and imperial versions in both file formats may be downloaded.  To purchase the book now visit: https://secure.fass.org/prod_ADSA_LDHM_eBook.asp

For more information, contact
Ken Olson, PhD, PAS
American Dairy Science Association
Phone: +1-630-237-4961
 
 
ADSA DISCOVER Conference on Food Animal Agriculture:
- Early Registration Deadline is August 18
ADSA Discover Conference Series presents the 33rd Conference: Integrated Solutions to Fiber Challenges. This conference will explore fiber from diverse perspectives. Members of the dairy science community who are interested in the effect of nutrition, physiology, and/or management of fiber on animal performance should plan to attend.
33rd ADSA Discover Conference on Food Animal Agriculture:
Integrated Solutions to Fiber Challenges
September 19-22, 2017
Westin Chicago Northwest in Itasca, IL
(near Chicago's O'Hare International Airport)
Hosted by the American Dairy Science Association®
Researchers, extension specialists, and consultants from academia, government agencies, and allied industries encompassing feed and seed companies will all find information of great value. Personnel from analytical laboratories as well as graduate students are also encouraged to attend.
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:
https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/DiscoverConferences/33rdDiscoverConference.aspx
For additional program details:
Molly Kelley, ADSA Discover Conferences, mollyk@adsa.org
Larry R. Miller, ADSA Discover Conferences, larryrmiller@atlanticbb.net
James Tully, Pine Creek Nutrition, jim@pinecreeknutrition.com
Mary Beth Hall, USDA-ARS, MaryBeth.Hall@ARS.USDA.GOV
ARPAS has assigned 17 ARPAS CEU's for ARPAS members
participating in the 33rd Discover Conference
Click  here to view the Conference Program.
   
 
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.
   
 
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
 
A quick reminder, if you attended the 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting, one of the added benefits was 90 days of complementary access to S-PAC. Have you tried it out yet? You still have time to do it.  Visit https://spac.adsa.org/ to learn more about S-PAC and all the information it makes available. Welcome to S-PAC!
 
 
ADSA® on Linked In continues to Grow - Are you included?
Our ADSA Linked In group continues to grow. We now include 1,616 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.

Join us for the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting
Calendar of Events
Aug 8-9, 2017     Dairy Science and Sanitation, Cornell University, For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu  
Aug 15-17, 2017  Preventive Controls for Human Food, Cornell Dairy Foods Extension and the Cornell Institute for Food Safety, Jamaica, NY. For more information contact lmg226@cornell.edu or  click here
Aug 21-22, 2017     HACCP/Food Safety Plans, Cornell University, For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098   lmf226@cornell.edu  or  click here
Aug 22-24, 2017  Preventive Controls for Human Food, Cornell Dairy Foods Extension and the Cornell Institute for Food Safety, Jamaica, NY. For more information contact img226@cornell.edu or click here

Aug 23-24, 2017     Implementing SQF Systems, Cornell University. For more information contact Louise M. Felker, Ph: 607.255.7098  lmf226@cornell.edu or click here
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 5-7, 2017  Preventive Controls for Human Food, Cornell Dairy Foods Extension and the Cornell Institute for Food Safety, Jamaica, NY. For more information contact img226@cornell.edu or click here

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/
Sept 27-28, 2017   Foreign Supplier Verification Programs Training Stocking Hall, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY. To register, click here.

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/   
Oct 29 - Nov 3, 2017   IDF World Dairy Summit, Belfast, Northern Ireland. For more information, click here.

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 13-15, 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 17-18, 2018  Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference, Grove Hotel, Boise, ID. 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
Feb. 7-9, 2018   Southwest Nutrition Conference*, Crowne Plaza Resort Phoenix-Chandler Golf Resort. For more information, https://sw-nc.com/


Mar 6-7, 2018  High Plains Dairy Conference*, Embassy Suites-Amarillo, TX. For more information, contact Ellen Jordan, e-jordan2@tamu.edu
May 29-June 1, 2018  34th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture - Reexamining Amino Acid & Energy Interactions in the Dairy Cow*, Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. 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

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