The Dairy Cattle Reproduction Council (DCRC) is hosting a series of webinars highlighting presentations from the 2012 DCRC Annual Meeting, with the goal of allowing all sectors of the dairy industry to learn about practical and applied ways to improve reproduction.

A new campaign aimed at building interest in REAL Seal through social media launched this month, which, using Facebook, blogs and digital advertising, allows consumers to learn the benefits of American-made dairy products.

Six farmers from the Golden State, with help from conservationists at USDA’s Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Audubon California, have resulted in saving more than 65,000 rare tricolored blackbirds. The farmers, from Tulare and Kern County, are members of Western United Dairymen (WUD).

Adisseo, a manufacturer of nutritional solutions for animals, recently expanded and upgraded its website and introduced a MilkPay App for Android devices.

Recent trends show mainly increasing farm sizes and yield per cow in developed countries, according to the International Farm Comparison Network, which held its 14th IFCN Dairy Conference June 3-5 in Tekirdağ, Turkey.

The final chapter has been written in an ongoing antitrust suit led by law firm BakerHostetler. On May 17, Judge J. Ronnie Greer of the U.S. District Court for the Eastern District of Tennessee approved a final settlement agreement in the Southeast Milk Antitrust Litigation.

The law firm represented plaintiff dairy farmers who had brought a class action against major dairy sellers and marketers.

Pennsylvania’s dairy promotion organizations celebrated June Dairy Month with the creation of a colossal ice cream sundae built recently during the Family Favorites Festival in Harrisburg.

Volunteers created the giant sundae using 90 gallons of Turkey Hill vanilla ice cream.

For 10 days in September, visitors to the Tennessee State Fair will have the chance to learn from professional dairy farmers as they milk cows at the fair’s traditional milking facility.

The fair runs Sept. 6-15.

After 14 years, a well-known bull at ABS Global — End-Road PVF Boliver — has passed. Boliver was a favorite of everyone at the DeForest, Wisconsin-based bovine genetics and technologies company, said sire selection manager Ryan Starkenburg.