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INDUSTRYROUNDUP Worthy investment T Eastern Breeders Inc. gives the University of Guelph $10,000 to help fund dairy education centre that Eastern Ontario dairy farmers continue to compete globally.” “EBI is glad to be associated with a forward-thinking project, which highlights technology and education,” says EBI president John deVries. he University of Guelph recently received a $10,000 cheque from Eastern Breeders Inc. (EBI) to help fund a new dairy education and research facility. The new state-of-the-art centre, which will replace the old Kemptville campus dairy barn, will feature a robotic milking system and a renovated bull test station. “The dairy education and demonstration centre is an important investment in the future of the Kemptville campus,” says Claude Naud, University of Guelph, Kemptville campus director. “It will provide a training and learning environment that prepares Study reveals Canadians have positive view of farmers Pictured above from left: EBI 1st vice-president Charles Bennett, University of Guelph, Kemptville campus director Claude Naud and EBI president John deVries. our students well for the challenges of tomorrow’s economy and help ensure Canada’s love affair with food and farming is intensifying, a new survey shows. According to an Ipsos Reid online study, 57 per cent of respondents have a positive impression of Canadian agriculture. This figure has risen 16 percentage points since the survey was first con- Calendar of events Ontario Holstein Annual Meeting East-Central Ont. District Farm Tour February 22 to 24 Ramada Inn Belleville, Ont. Prince Edward County (Farm Tour) www.ontario.holstein.ca Canadian Federation of Agriculture Annual Meeting February 22 to 24 Crowne Plaza Ottawa, Ont. www.cfa-fca.ca, email info@cfa-fca.ca or call 613-236-3633 Western Canadian Dairy Seminar March 8 to 11 Capri Centre Red Deer, Alberta www.wcds.ca, call 780-492-3236 or email wcds@ualberta.ca Ontario Spring Discovery Show Ontario Holstein Branch March 28 to 31 Ancaster Fairgrounds www.ontario.holstein.ca Canadian and Ontario Guernsey Annual Meeting March 31 10:30 a.m. Gencor, Guelph www.gencor.ca Jersey Canada Annual Meeting April 2 Alliston, Ont. www.jerseycanada.com Ontario Farm Animal Council Annual Meeting April 5 Victoria East Golf Course Guelph, Ont. www.ofac.org Gencor 2011 Annual Meeting April 6 Holiday Inn Cambridge, Ont. email lwietzke@gencor.ca or call 888-821-2150 Canadian Brown Swiss Braunvieh Annual Meeting April 12 to 14 Holiday Inn Express St Hyacinthe, Que. www.gencor.ca 20 | February 2011 | MilkPRODUCER http://www.wcds.ca http://www.ofac.org http://www.ontario.holstein.ca http://www.ontario.holstein.ca http://www.cfa-fca.ca http://www.gencor.ca http://www.jerseycanada.com http://www.gencor.ca

Table of Contents for the Digital Edition of The Milk Producer - February 2011

The Milk Producer - February 2011
Contents
Editor's Notes
DFO Chair's Message
Dairy Update
Industry Roundup
DFC Promotion
Issues Update
Research
Applied Science
Ruminations
Rearing Replacements
Calf Health
Markets
Markets
New 'N' Noted
Back Forty

The Milk Producer - February 2011