Organizations Associated with Dairy Production

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Dairy and Professional Organizations
Dairy Producer Organizations
DHI Organizations
Breed Organizations
Other Organizations

Links to Many Organizations

Peter Jordan's Links: Links to organizations at the bottom of the page.

Dairy and Professional Organizations

American Association of Bovine Practitioners: Association information and other links of interest to bovine veterinarians.
American Dairy Science Association: Society and meeting information.
American Society of Animal Science: Society information and on-line journal for members.
Animal Productivity and Health Information Network: Located at Univ. of Prince Edward Island
Association of Agricultural Computing Companies: Contact listings for companies and individuals interested in the application of computer technology for agriculture.
Babcock Institute: Located at the Univ. of Wisconsin and contains dairy guides in English, Spanish, French, Russian and Chinese.
Canadian Dairy Commission: Facilitators for the Canadian Dairy Industry.
Canadian Association of Animal Breeders: Canadian Organization for the AI Industry.
Canadian Dairy Sector: Information on Canada's dairy industry in both English and French.
Canadian Dairy Research Network: Site of Canadian Dairy Researchers.
Canadian Dairy Network: Canada's Dairy Cattle Genetic Evaluation Center
Center for Animal Health & Productivity: From Univ. of Pennsylvania Veterinary School and has info on bSE, nutrient management and milk urea nitrogen.
Center for Dairy Profitability Home Page: Located at Univ. of Wisconsin, and includes information, publications and downloadable software.
International Dairy Foods Association: Includes info on cheese, ice cream and milk from the trade organization.
Minnesota Dairy Initiative: Located at the Univ. of Minnesota, with a goal of improving dairy farm profitability.
New York Dairy Initiative: Located at Cornell Univ., and working to ensure a dynamic dairy industry through agriservice partnerships helping farm managers develop a clear understanding of their business and the industry in order to make better decisions for the future.
National Milk Producers Federation: Info on the organization and an on-line version of their News for Dairy Coop's newsletter, with info on animal health, dairy food safety, government, trade issues and environmental issues.
NRAES(Northeast Regional Agricultural Engineering Service): Focused on delivering engineering-related educational materials and training opportunities in support of Northeast cooperative extension. NRAES is an interdisciplinary, issue-oriented program.
DairyMap: Dairy management program at Penn State Univ.
Dairy Practices Council: Home page with contact information.

Dairy Producer Organizations

California Dairy Research Foundation: Not-for-profit research corporation to promte activities that benefit California's producers and processors.
Dairy Australia: Info on the dairy industry in Australia.
Dairy Council of Florida: Info on the dairy industry in Florida.
Irish Dairy Board: Info on the export arm of the Irish dairy industry.
New Zealand Dairy Research Institute: Info on the institute.
United Dairy Farmers of Victoria: Info for dairy farmers in Victoria, Australia.
Dairy Farmers of Ontario: Includes info for members.
Scottish Dairy Association: Representative organization for dairy processors in Scotland.
Farmers OnLine: A project of the Hastings Federation of Agriculture in Ontario.

DHI Organizations

US National DHI: Includes their Reference Library on the changes in US DHI.
Japan National DHI: From the staffs of Genetics and Breeding Division, National Institute of Animal Industry.
Netherlands Rundvee Syndicate: Dutch National DHI
Pennsylvania DHI: Information for DHIA members, links to pertinent agricultural web sites, and other dairy resources.
Ontario DHI

Breed Organizations

US National Guernsey Association
US National Holstein Association
Canadian National Holstein Association
Ontario Holstein Association
US National Jersey Association
Canadian Jersey Association: Jersey information, Breeder's pages, and links to other dairy sites
Wisconsin Holstein Association

Other Organizations

USDA Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory: From the USDA lab that calculates bull proofs and conducts genetics research.
Mastitis Research Group: Located at the Univ. of Leige
National Mastitis Council: Home page for the leading mastitis-related organization. Includes on-line publications, papers, newsletters, meeting info and complete links to WWW sites on mastitis.
US National Farmer's Organization (NFO): Explanation of their dairy program.
Nova Scotia Dairy Services Division of Animal Industry: The Dairy Services Section provides dairy producers with comprenhensive farm and plant inspection.
Dairy & Swine Research & Development Center in Lennoxville: Info on the Center.
Research Institute for Reproduction, Artificial: Located in Yugoslavia.
Livestock Improvement Association of Japan: Description of the organization.
Dairy Land Argentina: Description of the potential for dairy farming in Argentina.
National Association of Animal Breeders: Description of the organization, access to their genetic databases and some educational materials
New Zealand Dairy Research Institute: Describes the Institute's role.
Nova Scotia Dairy Commission: Info about the commission.
US Dairy Forage Reseach Center: Info and publications by the Center, including databases and software.
Stat Publishing: Commodity trading info.
UK Institute for Animal Health: Includes info on the Institute and has publications.
UK Inst. Food Sci and Tech: Includes food info and 15 hot topics.
Western Dairy Coop: Information for members.
World Assn Buiatrics: Society information.
1996 World Internet Expo Dairy Pavillion: Includes a "cow simulator" in the virtual pavillion for the 1996 World Internet Expo. Still on-line.

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