Dairy Interest Groups
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All Dairy Domains

National, Regional & State Organizations/Groups

Extension Contact(s)

Alabama Farmers Federation
Alliance of Western Milk Producers
American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF)
American Registry of Professional Animal Scientists (ARPAS)
Dairy-L Discussion Group
Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Idaho Dairymen's Association
Indiana Professional Dairy Producers, Inc.
Maryland Dairy Industry Association
Mid Atlantic Dairy Association
Minnesota Milk Producers Association
National Farmers Organization (NFO)
National Farmers Union (NFU)
National Grange
Pennsylvania Dairymen's Association
Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin (PDPW)
Texas Association of Dairymen (TAD)
Vermont Organic Milk Producers Association
Virginia State Dairymen's Association
Wisconsin Milk Marketing Board (WMMB)
 

Selected Dairy Domains

Animal Welfare

American Association of Public Health Veterinarians (AAPHV)
Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA)
Council of State and Territorial Epidemiologists (CSTE)
National Animal Interest Alliance (NAIA)
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
State Veterinarians
USDA-Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS)
 

Business Management

Internal Revenue Service (IRS)  

Calves/Heifers

Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association (PDHGA)  

Dry Cows/Maternity

American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)  

Facilities/Equipment

American Society of Agricultural Engineers (ASAE)  

Farm Safety

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
National Institute for Farm Safety, Inc. (NIFS)
U.S. Dept of Labor-Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA)
 

Feeding & Nutrition

American Feed Industry Association (AFIA)
American Soybean Board (ASB)
National Corn Growers Association (NCGA)
U.S. Feed Ingredients Association (USFIA)
 

Food Safety

American Dairy Science Association (ADSA)
Institute of Food Technologists (IFT)
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)
USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
U.S.FDA-Center for Food Safety & Applied Nutrition (FDA-CFSAN)
 

Forages

American Forage and Grasslands Council (AFGC)
American Society of Agronomy (ASA)
National Forage Testing Association (NFTA)
 

Genetics

ABS Global
Accelerated Genetics
Alta Genetics
American Guernsey Association (AGA)
American Jersey Cattle Association (AJCA)
American Milking Shorthorn Society (AMSS)
Ayrshire Breeders Association (ABA)
Brown Swiss Association (BSA)
CRI - Genex
Holstein Association USA
National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB)
Red and White Dairy Cattle Association (RWDCA)
Select Sires
Taurus Service Inc.
USDA-ARS-Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory (AIPL)
USDA-ARS-National Animal Germplasm Program (NAGP)
 

Grazing

U.S. Dairy Forage Research Center  

Herd & Animal Health

American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)
American Veterinary Medical Association (AVMA)
National Association of Public Health Veterinarians (NAPHV)
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
National Mastitis Council (NMC)
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)
USDA-ARS-Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory (AIPL)
 

Human Resources

U.S. Department of Labor-Occupational Safety and Health Organization (OSHA)  

Manure/Waste Management

Animal Agriculture Alliance (AAA)
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)
National Institute for Animal Agriculture (NIAA)
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)
 

Marketing & Policy

Dairy Management Inc. (DMI)
Family Dairies USA
Michigan Milk Producers Association
Midwest Dairy Coalition
Milk Producers Council
National All-Jersey Inc.
National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF)
USDA-Agricultural Marketing Service (AMS)
Washington State Dairy Federation
Western United Dairymen
 

Milking Management/Quality

Dairy Practices Council (DPC)
Dairy Quality Assurance (DQA)
Indiana Milk Quality Professionals
National Mastitis Council (NMC)
 

Records

Agri Tech Analytics
AgSource Cooperative Services
California DHIA
Dairy Lab Services
Dairy One
Dairy Records Management Systems (DRMS)
DHI Computing Services, Inc. (DHI-Provo)
DHI Cooperative Inc.
Heart of America DHIA
Holstein Association USA
Indiana State Dairy Association
Lancaster DHIA
Mid-South DHIA
Minnesota DHIA
National Dairy Herd Improvement Association (NDHIA)
North American Lab Manager Association (NALMA)
NorthStar Cooperative
Texas DHIA
USDA-ARS-Animal Improvement Programs Laboratory (AIPL)
 

Reproduction

ABS Global
Accelerated Genetics
Alta Genetics
American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP)
CRI - Genex
National Association of Animal Breeders (NAAB)
Select Sires
Taurus Service Inc.
 

Small Scale

U.S. Small Farm Conference  

Veal/Dairy Beef

USDA-Food Safety and Inspection Service (FSIS)
Veal USA
 

Youth

Farm Safety 4 Just Kids
National 4-H Foundation
National FFA Organization
 

Updated September 10, 2006 - webeditor@usextension.org