News
USDA chief scientist expresses concerns
on WHO antibiotic guidelines 
On Tuesday, the World Health Organization (WHO) released recommendations regarding the use of antibiotics in agriculture. Animal agricultural groups were quick to point out that U.S. farmers are taking a look at judicious antibiotic use, and the U.S. Department of Agriculture's acting chief scientist echoed similar thoughts in a statement later in the day Tuesday.

WHO said farmers and the food industry should stop using antibiotics routinely to promote growth and prevent disease in healthy animals. Healthy animals should receive antibiotics only to prevent disease if it has been diagnosed in other animals in the same flock, herd or fish population, WHO recommended.
Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative rebrands as Edge
Milk is getting a new voice in America's Heartland with Edge, a dairy farmer cooperative that is taking a fresh approach to representing its members. Formerly known as the Dairy Business Milk Marketing Cooperative, the new Edge name and identity was unveiled last week at the National Association of Farm Broadcasters annual convention in Kansas City, Mo., and at the National Council of Farmer Cooperatives Government Affairs meeting in Washington, D.C.
 
"Edge is now representative of the growth and evolution our cooperative has undergone over the past seven years. It's also a promise of the future," said John Pagel, a Wisconsin dairy farmer and president of Edge. "We put our members at the forefront of the discussions, giving dairy farmers a voice in matters critical to their businesses and their communities."

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Foremost Farms USA announces plans to build dairy campus
Foremost Farms USA announced plans to build a dairy processing facility in Greenville, Mich. On Nov. 9, Foremost Farms closed on the purchase of 96 acres of vacant property in Greenville, and is working closely with the Michigan Economic Development Corp. and other Michigan and Greenville entities moving forward to ensure a successful project in the state of Michigan.

The project is contingent upon receiving approvals of necessary local and state incentives and support, including a long-term wastewater treatment solution, the announcement said.
Improving Illinois dairy industry one farm at a time
Like most farmers, Illinois dairy producers want to maximize efficiency and productivity to improve their bottom line, but many don't have the time or objective perspective to audit their own operations for potential improvements. That's why the University of Illinois Dairy Focus Team was formed.

"Knowing a farm's potential causes of inefficiency and efficiency is key to improving its performance," said Ines Rivelli-Bixquert, a doctoral researcher in the University of Illinois department of animal sciences and leader of the Dairy Focus Team. She recently published findings from the project in The Professional Animal Scientist.

Rivelli-Bixquert worked with assistant professor Felipe "Phil" Cardoso and a team of graduate and undergraduate students in the department to develop a protocol to evaluate dairy operations in Illinois. In the summer of 2014, the team visited 20 farms across the state.


ADSA News and Happenings
ADSA Members - It's Time to Renew
 ADSA® asks, Did You Know that the Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS), one of our most visible member benefits, was ranked 1st by Eigenfactor™ Score in the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science category in 2016. Eigenfactor™ Score is a metric that uses citing journal data from the entire Journal Citation Reports® file to reflect the prestige and citation influence of journals by considering scholarly literature as a network of journal-to-journal relationships. Recent volumes of JDS have grown to include more than 900 manuscripts and 10,400 pages per year from authors worldwide.
The Journal of Dairy Science® (JDS) is the top-ranked dairy research journal in the world. JDS is ranked 3rd in the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science category of the Journal Citation Reports® 2016, published by Thomson Reuters, with an Impact Factor of 2.474. The JDS 5-year Impact Factor (2.855) is also ranked 3rd in the Agriculture, Dairy and Animal Science category. The Journal has secured a top five journal ranking for 15 consecutive years. JDS is also highly ranked in the Food Science and Technology category: 28 of 124 journals for Impact Factor and 29 out of 128 journals for 5-year Impact Factor.
Members publishing in JDS receive a significant savings on page charges.  Beginning with the January 2018 issue, the charge for members will be reduced by almost 25% to$65 per printed page. The Non-member author page rate continues to be $140 per printed page.  The savings from just two (2) pages more than recovers the cost of professional membership!  Under the open access (OA) policy, authors may choose to pay the OA fee in lieu of standard page charges when author proofs are returned so that their paper becomes freely available upon publication in an online issue. The OA fee is $1750 for ASDA  members, and or $3500 for non-members. Open access articles will be freely accessible through the journal's web site ( http://www.journalofdairyscience.org/) at the time of publication. All other (non-OA) articles are freely available on www.journalofdairyscience.org/ 12 months after publication.
To keep up with the journal, you can be notified when the latest Journal or Articles in Press are available. If you are not currently receiving them, you can be notified when new Journal Issues are available via Email Alert   or RSS Feed    and when new Articles in Press are available via. Add Articles in Press Alert   or RSS Feed   .. Simply chick the link and subscribe,
Thank you for being a member of ADSA!  If you are not yet a member, now is a great time to join and begin gaining the benefits of membership.  Click here to join. 
  
ADSA Graduate Student Division (GSD) is on Linked In
 We are pleased to announce that the ADSA Graduate Student Division (GSD) now has a LinkedIn group. The GSD was founded in 2011 to meet a growing demand of dairy science graduate students. Today they continue to offer informational and educational meetings, webinars, and workshops; as well as provide expansive networking opportunities and increase the overall graduate student experience! The new group is one more way of providing new networking opportunities. You can find the page at  https://www.linkedin.com/groups/12059336


News and Updates for the 2018 Annual Meeting
2018 ADSA Annual Meeting Call for Abstracts
 The abstract submission site for the 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting is now open! Visit  https://www.adsa.org/2018/call to submit your abstract. Submission instructions, quality standards, answers to frequently asked questions, and student competition guidelines are available on the page.
New for 2018-Platform Sessions.  In a platform session, an invited speaker leads off a themed or topical oral session with a 30- or 45-minute talk, which is then followed by general submission abstract presentations. This type of session can result in higher levels of engagement of oral session submitters/presenters, while disseminating the most current research. Platform sessions provide a third oral session option, somewhere between a symposium and a general oral session. When submitting your abstract(s), be sure to look for platform sessions that may incorporate your research. For 2018, two sections will be accepting abstracts for Platform Sessions. The first is the Small Ruminant section, and the platform session theme is "Addressing management challenges and improving performance in small ruminants." The second is the Animal Health and Well-Being section, with a topic of "Assessment of affective states of dairy cattle."
The deadline for abstract submission is February 21, 2018, at 11:59 pm (CST).
The 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting website ( http://www.adsa.org/2018/) will be updated frequently with the latest meeting information, so bookmark the site and visit often. Housing will open in late October 2017, and meeting registration will be available in early February 2018.
The 2018 ADSA Annual Meeting scientific program will feature 1,100 oral and poster presentations from around the globe. Make sure yours is included, as 1,900 scientists from 50 countries meet in Knoxville. Benefit from symposia, workshops, and preconference events presented by the world's leading animal and dairy scientists. Topics include dairy food science, dairy production, animal health and well-being, animal and human nutrition, livestock transport, food safety, and production and management. As always, the success of the ADSA Annual Meeting begins with the quality of the science presented-we look forward to your contributions to this global gathering of animal and dairy scientists.
Visit https://www.adsa.org/2018/ frequently for more meeting information.
We look forward to seeing you in Knoxville!    
 
Large Dairy Herd Management 3rd Edition
(e-book) - Got Your Copy?
The ADSA® Foundation recently released 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 including numerous color figures and videos. There are separate metric and imperial versions. The book is available in PDF and EPUB formats.  Purchasers may download both metric and imperial versions of the book in both file formats.
The e-book is available for  purchase at student and professional (member and nonmember) rates exclusively from ADSA by going to: http://ldhm.adsa.org/purchase .  Get your copy today!

For more information, contact
Ken Olson, PhD, PAS
American Dairy Science Association
Phone: +1-630-237-4961
 
 
2017 Annual Meeting Recorded Symposia are now Available
If you were not able to attend the 2017 ADSA Annual Meeting, you can now do the next best thing: subscribe for access to one or more recorded symposia (speaker audio synchronized to presentation). All recorded presentations are now available to ADSA members and non-members. Please click here to subscribe :https://secure.fass.org/sub_2017_ADSA_Symposia_Recordings_intro.asp.
Plan now to join us for the 2018 Annual Meeting in beautiful and historic Knoxville, Tennessee, from June 24 to 27.
 
Mark your calendar for the35th DISCOVER Conference:
Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows
It's not too early to start planning. The 35th DISCOVER Conference will be held October 29-November 1, 2018 at the Eaglewood Resort & Spa in Itasca, IL There is an increasing recognition within the animal and dairy science community of the complex and dynamic response to stress and the role of immune response in animal productivity and well-being. The conference will concentrate on the activators and consequences of immune activation. For details visit https://www.adsa.org/Meetings/DiscoverConferences/35thDiscoverConference.aspx  
 
 
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® on Linked In continues to Grow - Are you included?
Our ADSA Linked In group continues to grow. We now include 1,619 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
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
Dec 4-5, 2017  Food Safety Plan Development,  Ohio State University, Wooster, OH, Click for Agenda and Registration
Dec 5-6, 2017  "Making Consistent, Quality Cheese with Concentrated Milk" a CDR Short Course,  Babcock Hall, Room 205 UW-Madison, For more information click here.
Dec 5-7, 2017 Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Human Food, Cornell University Click for Agenda and Registration
Dec. 8, 2017, 1 p.m. Central - Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) webinar "The use of genomics in commercial dairy farms", Francisco Peñagaricano,U of FL will present the webinar in Spanish.. To register go to:  www.dcrcouncil.org/webinars         
Dec 19-20, 2017   SQF Quality Systems, Cornell University, Click for Registration
Jan 10-11, 2018   Foreign Supplier Verification Programs,  Jamaica, NY, Click here for Registration
Jan 16-Apr 10, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit  https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
 Jan 17-18, 2018    Pacific Northwest Animal Nutrition Conference*, Grove Hotel, Boise, ID, For more information click here
Jan 21 - 24, 2018   Dairy Forum 2018, J.W. Marriott Desert Springs, Palm Desert, CA, 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 6-7, 2018         29th Annual Florida Ruminant Nutrition Symposium*, Gainesville, FL, For more information and registration click here
Feb 6-7, 2018    Dairy Science and Sanitation,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Feb 7-8, 2018     Artisan Dairy Food Safety Plan Coaching,  The Ohio State University, Click here for Registration
Feb. 7-9, 2018    Southwest Nutrition Conference*, Crowne Plaza Resort Phoenix - Chandler Golf Resort, For more information click here
Feb 13-15, 2018   Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Human Food.  East Aurora, NY, Click here for Registration
Feb 13-15, 2018   Food Texture Workshop,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Feb 21-22, 2018   Specialty Cheese Making,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Feb 27-28, 2018   The Science of Artisan Ice Cream,  Brooklyn, NY, Click here for Registration
Mar 6-7, 2018    High Plains Dairy Conference*, Embassy Suites-Amarillo, TX, For more information contact Ellen Jordan e-jordan2@tamu.edu   
Mar 6-7, 2018   Dairy Science and Sanitation,  Oregon State University, Click here for Registration
Mar 6 - 8, 2018 Food Packaging Short Course , Erickson Food Science Building-252
Penn State University, for more information click here
Mar 13-14, 2018  Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Animal Food, Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Mar 20-21, 2018  Pathogen Environmental Monitoring, Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Mar 22-25, 2018  International Conference on Communication in Veterinary Medicine, Hockley Valley Resort - Orangeville, Ontario, Canada. For registration and more information click here
April 10-12, 2018   UHT/HTST Pasteurizer Workshop, Cornell University, Click here for
Registration
April 17-18, 2018  Membrane Filtration, Drying, and Separation Technology,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
May 3-Jul 26, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit  https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
May 15-16, 2018  Dairy Science and Sanitation,  Vermont Dept of Health, Colchester, VT,  Click here for Registration
May 15-17, 2018  Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Human Food,  Brooklyn, NY. Click here for  Registration
May 15-16, 2018   The Science of Yogurt-Basic Level,  Oregon State University, Click here for Registration
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 4-7. 2018       Fundamentals of Food Science Short Course, Erickson Food Science Building, University Park, PA. Click here for details
June 5-6, 2018    The Science of Yogurt-Basic Level,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
June 19-20, 2018   Foreign Supplier Verification Programs,  Location TBD, Click her for Registration
June 24-27, 2018    ADSA Annual Conference and Tradeshow*, Knoxville, TN, For more information click here
July 16-19, 2018   Certified Milk Inspectors School,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
July 24-26, 2018   UHT/HTST Pasteurizer Workshop,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Aug 7-8, 2018   Dairy Science and Sanitation,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Aug 14-16, 2018   Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Human Food,  Albany, NY, Click here for Registration
Aug 23-24, 2018   Basic Accredited HACCP,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Aug 27-28, 2018   Implementing SQF Systems, Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Aug 29-30, 2018   SQF Quality Systems for Food Manufacturing,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Sept 3 - 6, 2019     ISRP 2019 - International Symposium on Ruminant Physiology, KONGRESSHALLE am Zoo Leipzig, Germany, For more information click here
Sep 5-Nov 28, 2018  Certificate in Dairy Processing online course, CDR-UW Madison, WI. For more information, visit  https://www.cdr.wisc.edu/shortcourses
Sept 25-26, 2018    Artisan Dairy Food Safety Plan Coaching,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Sept 25-26, 2018    Dairy Science and Sanitation,  Vermont Dept. of Health, Colchester, VT, Click here for Registration
Oct 2-6, 2018   World Dairy Expo - The Next Frontier, Madison, WI, For more information click here
Oct 09-11, 2018   UHT/HTST Pasteurizer Workshop,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Oct 16-18, 2018   The Science of Cheese- Advanced Level, Cornell University, Click here for Registration
  Oct 23, 2018   Vat Pasteurizer Workshop,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Oct 23-24, 2018   The Science of Cheese- Basic Level,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Oct 29 - Nov 1, 2018  35th ADSA Discover Conference* on Food Animal Agriculture -  Effects of Stress on Health and Production in Dairy Cows , Eaglewood Resort & Spa, Itasca, IL. For more information , click here .
Nov 5, 2018,  Small Scale Charcuterie,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Dec 3-4, 2018   Food Safety Plan Development,  Location TBD, Click here for Registration
Dec 4-6, 2018   Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Human Food, Cornell University, Click here for Registration
Dec 11-12, 2018  Preventive Controls Qualified Individual for Animal Food,  Cornell University, Click here for Registration
*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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