israuuma mm, -i MMI STRONGSVILLE, Ohio Milk Market ing’s strong operating results will be the focus of the Milk Marketing Inc. (MMI) annual meeting of delegates on Dec. 14. The meeting, held at the Fawcett Cen ter, Columbus, Ohio, begins at 10 a.m. “Milk Marketing marketed and processed 4.75 billion pounds of milk in fiscal year ’94, up 25 million pounds from fiscal year ’93,” said Don Schriver, MMl’s CEO and execu tive vice president. “Net revenues were $725 million, up over $36 million from the previ ous year.” Utilizing the theme “Building Blocks of Value,” Don Schriver and Chairman of the Board, Herman Brubak er, «re to report to the delegates on MMl’s strategies to prepare for the future. Brubaker will speak on the broad issues fac ing the dairy industry and how MMI is prepar ing for the realities in the marketplace with GATT, the 1995 Farm Bill, and moving farm ers closer to the con sumer through promo tional issues. Schriver will present MMt’s state-of-the union address and spell out what steps MMI is taking to reposition members for the new environment. He will explain how the cooper ative is adding value to the benefits, operations and services MMI offers to members and customers. Seminars Delegates will be offered a choice of three seminars. “Milk Components: Pieces Parts that Sell” will inform members how milk is broken down into its compo nents. The industrial uses of milk compo nents and who uses them will be answered in this 30-minute ses sion. “Competitive Posi tion i n g Dairy ’ s Future” is designed to make members aware of the changing compet itive dairy environment. Session focuses on eco nomic and market reali ties facing dairy farmers in the future. “Milk Makes a Splash” explores new promotions in market ing milk and cheese. How Dairy Management Inc. (DMI) impacts the sale of milk and cheese with the dairy promo tion checkoff will be answered in this semi- nar. 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Head quartered in Strongsville, Ohio, MM! is owned by 5,700 dairy farm fami lies in an eight state Midwestern area includ ing Ohio, Indiana, Pennsylvania, Michi gan, New York, Ken tucky, Maryland and West Virginia. Ayrshires Set Records BRATTLEBORO, Vt. Several Ayrshire-breed, age-class production records have been broken recently, according to a news release from the Ayrshire Breeders Association, headquar tered in Brattleboro, Vt. In October, Mini-Ayr Fay Mick Fayre set a record for die the 10-year-old and older age class with a 305-day lactation produc tion of 35,090 pounds of milk, 1,149 pounds of fat, and 1,108 pounds of protein. According to Julie Nichols, Dairy Herd Improvement Records coordinator for ABA, “This is the second time this year that the record for this 10-years-and-over class has been broken. And it’s the fourth time this year Ayrshire catde have established new class records. In the news release, Nichols stated that in June this year, Ardrossan C. 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According to Jim McConnel, president of the ABA, the series of production records being broken this year is an indication that the breed is making strong genetic progress. “I think this shows that we are not just talking about the Ayrshire breed ‘bold changes* in a general sense. These new national class leaders are proof that all the Ayr shire breeders are committed tow ards improving the Ayrshire breed.”
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