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Rollins hits brakes on funding for ESG, GHG, Net-Zero, FARM ES
USDA Secretary Brooke Rollins announced Sept. 17 that the Department is hitting the brakes on mandatory dairy checkoff funds being used for Environmental, Social and Governance (ESG) activities. This includes the nearly two decades of checkoff-funded greenhouse-gas (GHG) accounting driven by net-zero emissions targets in what have become de facto mandatory FARM ES audits for…
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Color breeds garner all three Supreme titles at PNJS
Kyra Lamb, 11, of Oakfield, N.Y. led her Jersey grand champion aged cow Kevetta Colton Delilah to Supreme honors at the Premier National Junior Show on Monday, Sept. 14. The competition was held during All-American Dairy Show week at the Farm Show Complex.
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Caroline Winterstein named Maryland Dairy Princess
Eastern Shore Dairy Princess Caroline Winterstein was named Maryland Dairy Princess at a pageant held here on September 4th during the Maryland State Fair. A graduate of Queen Anne’s County High School, the new dairy princess is a freshman at the University of Maryland majoring in agricultural and resource economics.
