- While the largest cattle industry event in the country wrapped up only a few weeks ago, plans are already underway to get “Onward to Orlando.” Mark your calendars for the 2024 Cattle Industry Convention & NCBA Trade Show, which is heading to the Orange County Convention Center in Orlando, Florida, January 31-February 2, 2024. Meanwhile, relive the 2023 convention in pictures here.
- World Dairy Expo® is delighted to announce the recipients of the 2023 Expo Recognition Awards. Dairy Producer of the Year – Randy Kortus, Lynden, Wash.; Industry Person of the Year – Tom Morris, Amery, Wis.; and International Person of the Year – Bonnie Cooper, North York, Ontario, Canada, Holstein Journal. Honorees will be formally honored during the Recognition Awards Banquet at World Dairy Expo on Wednesday, October 4, 2023. Banquet tickets will be available beginning on July 1.
- USPOULTRY and the USPOULTRY Foundation are accepting nominations for the Dr. Charles Beard Research Excellence Award through July 1. The goal of the award is to recognize outstanding completed research projects, funded by USPOULTRY or the USPOULTRY Foundation, that have made a significant positive impact on the poultry industry. The nominee may be recognized for multiple completed USPOULTRY research projects, all focused on the same subject area.
- The International Dairy Foods Association (IDFA) is accepting applications for the Dairy Industry Safety Recognition Awards. Now in its 20th year, the awards honor dairy processing facilities and trucking operations for outstanding worker safety performance and management.
- Boehringer Ingelheim Animal Health USA Inc. announces the appointment of Jean Claude Chevez, DVM as the new Executive Director of the U.S. Swine and Poultry Businesses.
- Texas & Southwestern Cattle Raisers Association met in Fort Worth last week for the 2023 Cattle Raisers Convention & Expo where more than 3,500 cattle raisers, landowners and industry partners gathered.
- Next in the Cattlemen’s Webinar Series coming up March 30th at 7:00 p.m. Central us “New Vaccine Technologies: An Addition to Our Animal Health Toolbox.” Click here to register.
