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June Dairy Month is quickly approaching, and as usual, those involved with the Proud to Dairy site are pretty excited about it. This year, we thought we would try another photo contest.

Current members may recall our 
2010 photo contest with 10 submissions from members.




Below are the details for the 2012 photo contest.




How to enter:

Beginning…

Hundreds joined Lely March 28 – 30, 2012, to celebrate the Grand Opening of its production facilities in Pella, Iowa. Progressive Dairyman was among those in attendance and shares their experience in the May 1, 2012 issue: In Focus.

Included below is an excerpt from the online…

If you're an avid tweeter, Facebooker or some other "er" that deals with social media, you probably saw this graphic "Social media explained... with donuts" that made the Internet rounds in February and March.

Progressive Dairyman Editor Walt Cooley recently received an email from…

An inquiry held amongst 104 North American farmers, who started with robotic milking between 2008 and 2010, has given us insight into the factors that are critical for a successful transition to robotic milking.

Results for Milk Production and Quality (pre-post robotic milking):

• Milk yield improved by 6.3% over all herds.
• Milk yield improved…

March 15, 2012  The members of Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW) elected one new individual to the board of directors and re-elected two individuals to the board. Linda White, Reedsburg, Wis., was elected to a three-year term on the board while Walter Meinholz, DeForest, Wis., and Keith York, Lake Geneva, Wis., were re-elected to their second three-year term.

White owns and operates Kinnamon Ridge Dairy in partnership with her…

Last week, we shared Karsten Jensen’s robotic milking story in the March 2nd blog, Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Karsten Jensen.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Gaylord Bernard and Emmanuel Decorse, managers at Gaec de la Voivre farm in France. They currently milk…

Diane Gress of Shreve, Ohio, put her creativity and passion for agriculture to work for the National Ag Day video contest. In her less-than-two-minute video, she explains how technology, government regulations and industry innovations have enabled the…

Last week, we shared Arnold van Dorp’s robotic milking story in the February 24th blog, Lely Astronaut A4 users tell their story – Van Dorp dairy farm.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Karsten Jensen from Denmark. Karsten currently milks 130 cows…

Hi there!

My name is Kara Hansen and I am serving as the 2012 Oregon Dairy Princess Ambassador First Alternate. I was invited to start this Proud to Dairy blog so I can share photos and write about events that I attend throughout Oregon as I travel the state sharing with the public about our fabulous dairy industry – including the dairy cows, dairy farmers and of course all of the delicious dairy products.

Thank you for stopping by, and I hope you enjoy!

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Last week, we shared Jan and Chris Kappers’ robotic milking story in the February 13th blog, The longest running Lely Astronaut in Northern America.

Today, we’d like to introduce you to Arnold van Dorp, owner of Van Dorp dairy farm in Holland. Arnold currently milks 175 cows with four Lely…

If you haven’t visited the Proud to Dairy site recently, you may not be aware of how easy it is to share videos, blogs and photos with members of your favorite social networking sites.



• The “Favorite” button featuring an image of a thumb

This “thumbs-up” button is for Proud to Dairy members only.…

Most American’s have never been to a dairy farm. They haven’t had the opportunity to walk through a freestall barn, smell a handful of fresh cattle feed, seen the inside of a milking parlor, or pet a calf in her hutch.…

In 1999, Jan and Chris Kappers, owners of Oldspank Farms in Ontario Canada, became one of the first Lely Astronaut milkers in North America. Their first robot is still running. In 1998, Jan and his family emigrated from Holland and purchased a vacant dairy farm in the Woodstock area. While they started milking in the tie barn, they immediately made plans for a free stall barn and parlor.

By chance, Jan met Aart van ’t Land (at that time VP Dairy Equipment at Lely Industries) and Talo…

Dairies are finding new ways to hire qualified employees and properly train, compensate and motivate them for their work. To help producers in that quest, the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin will offer three experts on the topic among the presenters at the PDPW Business Conference, March 13-14 in Madison, Wis.

Tom Drendl, an agricultural safety specialist for the National Farm Medicine Center, will present a workshop on OSHA requirements on the farm. Drendl…

Last November an impressive milestone was reached in Dairy automation. The 12,500th Lely Astronaut milking robot was produced at our factory in Rotterdam, the Netherlands. The history of the Astronaut is a story that is just as impressive as the milestone itself. The development of what would later be called ‘the most important invention of the 20th century for…

Kristen Kaste, representing Tillamook County, was crowned the 2012 Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambassador during ceremonies January 14, 2012 at the 53rd Annual Coronation Banquet hosted by the Oregon Dairy Women.

Kaste was crowned by outgoing 2011 Oregon Dairy Princess-Ambassador, Jessica Budge, to the theme “Main Street USA” amid over 300 guests and seven other Oregon County Princess-Ambassador finalists.

The finalists were evaluated by a three judge panel over the…

Calling all past participants of the Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium – your creativity is requested. Progressive Dairyman is asking you to take your past experiences and turn them into a design, featuring a logo and/or slogan for the 2012 Southern Great Plains Dairy Consortium. 

Submissions will be uploaded to the Proud to Dairy website at: www.proudtodairy.com, and readers will vote through the buttons below each…

The following information is courtesy of Lely.com:

Almost twenty years after the launch of the first automated milking system by Lely, the 12,500^th Lely Astronaut milking robot was installed…