DairyCast update for October 7, 2009, Can you use peer-to-peer communication to tell your dairy story?

Submitted by John Blue on October 7, 2009 - 10:27pm.

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Wow, what a great week last week at the World Dairy Expo! Thanks to all you DairyCast fans that took time to say hello. There were a lot of great conversations and educational opportunities. Several educational seminars sessions are available now, focusing on everything from raising heifers to using social media in dairy operations.

If we didn’t have a chance to catch up in Madison, drop me a note.

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DairyCast 0303 How to utilize peer-to-peer communication to tell your story. Polly Ligon O'Grady, Vice President of Weber Shandwick, shares how to utilize peer-to-peer communication to tell agriculture's story, reinforce and build its positive image, and counter inaccurate or uninformed online commentary about modern production practices.
DairyCast 0302 Is your dairy operation estate plan ready? Rod Bain of the USDA walks us through a recent study of estate taxes in agriculture. Who pays the most and what we may see in the near future.
DairyCast 0301 Artificial breeding unit opens at K-State? Jeff Stevenson, Reproductive Physiologist, highlights the newly opened Kansas Artificial Breeding Service Unit at Kansas State University.

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Beware of the Latino that says: "Yes, yes, I understand...". Post by Orlando Gil That Latino employee that nods his head up and down and says: “Yes, yes, I understand…” may not really understand what is being said and that can be a real problem for your operation. So what’s the big deal, you might ask?
Disease Outbreak and Consumption of Raw Milk in Wisconsin. Post by Dr. Terry Etherton Dr. Etherton posts thoughts from a ProMed-mail post (September 16, 2009) "DNA test results and other evidence have now established that an outbreak of illness involving at least 35 people, the majority children and teens, was linked to drinking unpasteurized milk. Wisconsin food safety officials are cautioning consumers not to drink raw milk and farmers not to sell it to the public."

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Selected educational seminar presentations from the 2009 World Dairy Expo, September 29 - October 3, 2009 Madison, Wisconsin, USA.
- Video presentation: Part 1, Genomic Selection of Dairy Cattle: Opportunities and Challenges Dr. Kent Weigel, University of Wisconsin; and Dr. C. Michael Cowan, Genetic Visions.
- Video presentation: Relief for Your Employee Management Headache Tom Wall, Language Links, LLC.
We continue to provide you with information, in partnership with the National Institute for Animal Agriculture, from the ID-INFO Expo 2009, held August 25 - 27, 2009 in Kansas City, Missouri, USA.
- Audio presentation: Providing Value to Animals Through ID: Dairy from Susie Riser, JoBo Holsteins
- Audio presentation: Confusing Messages about National Animal Identification from Pam Jahnke, Wisconsin Farm Report Radio.