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CentralStar Cooperative, serving dairy and beef producers in the upper Midwest, hosted their annual CentralStar Team Member Awards Program on Oct. 23, 2022. The event recognizes and honors employee team members who’ve gone above and beyond during the recent fiscal...

The Board of Directors for CentralStar Cooperative, serving dairy and beef producers in the upper Midwest, is awarding eight college and technical-school students with $1,000 scholarships to help pay for post-secondary education. In addition to being children of...

Troy Ramaker, New Holstein, Wis., has been hired as CentralStar Cooperative’s new Chief Financial Officer (CFO). Ramaker is responsible for forecasting and managing the cooperative’s financial position, as well as overseeing all finance and accounting operations, team...

Select Sires Inc. honored Trevor Yager and Darin Klevgard at the federation’s recent Trusted Advisor Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Yager and Klevgard provide unmatched support to herds that utilize CowManager’s innovative activity monitoring system throughout...

Select Sires Inc. awarded Brian Kelroy and Susie Martin as Select Mating Service® (SMS®) Genetic Consultants of the Year at the federation’s recent Trusted Advisor Conference in Green Bay, Wisconsin. Both Kelroy and Martin are vital members of the CentralStar...

Sensor technology, genetics and genomics brought together to improve individual cow health Zoetis, CowManager® and Select Sires Inc. today announced the launch of a strategic collaboration to integrate genomic tools and predictive sensor systems. The goal of this...

For the second time in less than 12 months, CentralStar Cooperative is expanding its DHI and milk‐analysis services. On Jan. 25, 2022, the board of directors and delegates of Dairy Lab Services (DLS), a national Dairy Herd Information (DHI) milk‐ testing association...

The CentralStar Cooperative board of directors recently announced Randy Nigh of Viroqua, Wis., as the 2021 Pioneer Award recipient. Established in 1977, the Pioneer Award recognizes individuals who, through selfless and dedicated service and leadership, have provided...

Lansing, Mich., Jan. 27, 2022 – Six herds with 12‐month pregnancy rates of 32 percent or higher were recently recognized with the CentralStar Cooperative ReproStar Award. Marshland Acres, Durand, Wis.; Raterink Dairy Farm, Zeeland, Mich.; Wepner Farms, LLC, Manawa,...

Dairy producers now have access to three on‐farm diagnostic tests to help facilitate the management of somatic cell count (SCC) and ketosis in their herds. The PortaSCC® Quick, PortaBHB™ milk‐ketone, and BHBCheck™ Plus blood‐ketone tests are affordable, rapid, easy to...

CentralStar Cooperative and Gallenberger Dairy Records (GDR), an independent, certified milk‐ testing association and lab in Kewaunee, Wisconsin have entered into a purchase agreement. “As a cooperative, the board of directors is committed to ongoing investments in...

The CentralStar Board of Directors announced this week that Phillip Dieter has been named Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the cooperative. “CentralStar is well-equipped with talented leaders, one of which is Phil,” said Paul Trierweiler, President, CentralStar Board...

Identifies cows at risk weeks prior to calving and gives insights into feed and transition PLAIN CITY, Ohio, November 2, 2020 – Today, CowManager® launches a new Nutrition module that provides actionable insights regarding feed and transition management on dairy...

Select Sires has developed a full-service sire search mobile application for farmer-owners. This easy-to-navigate app is available at no cost on the Apple App Store and Google Play Store. “As we set out to create an app for Select Sires’ farmer-owners, we identified...

Select Sires offers SimVitro® HerdFlex® beef embryos. Select Sires and the J. R. Simplot Company’s Animal Sciences division have teamed up to bring a new strategic breeding concept to commercial dairy farms. Select Sires is the first and only provider of Simplot’s...