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When did the first cows arrive at the Jamestown colony

1611

when did first cows arrive at plymouth colony

1624

when did first dairy cooperative in the U.S. organized in Goshen, Conneticut

1810

when did first commercial cheese factory established in New York

1851

when did first patent for condensed milk/first commercial butter factory established in New York

1856

when did First successful condensery built by Gail Borden in Burrville, Connecticut

1857

when did Morrill Act enacted (created the Land Grant College System)

1862

when was American Jersey cattle club founded

1868

when was american Guernsey cattle club founded

1877

when was Centrifugal cream separator invented by Dr. Gustaf de Laval

1878

when was brown swiss breeders association founded

1880

when was Milk bottle invented by Dr. Harvey Thatcher in Potsdam, NY

1884

when was Hoard’s Dairyman magazine first published; Holstein-Friesian Association of America formed

1885

when was automatic bottle filler and capper patented

1886

when was Hatch Act enacted (created state agricultural experiment stations)

1887

when was babcock test for butterfat developed

1890

when was the pulsator invented

1895

when was american dairy goat association organized

1904

when was First cow testing association in the U.S. organized in Michigan

1905

when was American Dairy Science Association founded | First National Dairy Show held in Chicago | Brown Swiss cattle recognized as an official dairy breed in the U.S

1906

when was national dairy council organized

1906

when was Smith-Lever Act signed (established the Cooperative Extension Service)

1914

when was national milk producers federation dounded

1916

when was journal of dairy science first published

1917

when was Capper-Volstead Act passed (empowered farmers and agricultural producers to market, price, and sell their products through cooperative means)

1922

when was Cow Testing Association renamed Dairy Herd Improvement Association (DHIA)

1927

when Hoard’s Dairyman cow judging contest begun

1931

when did first plastic-coated paper milk cartons get introduced commercially

1932

when was National Cooperative Sire Proving Program initiated

1935

when was First dairy cattle A.I. organization in Denmark

1936

when was First list of sires proven in DHIA testing published by USDA | Federal Agricultural Marketing Agreement Act passed establishing Federal Milk Marketing Orders

1937

when did Artificial insemination began in the U.S. | First A.I. cooperative in the U.S. organized in New Jersey by E. J. Perry | First bulk tanks used on farms

1938

when was American Dairy Association founded | Purebred Dairy Cattle Association formed

1940

when was National Association of Animal Breeders organized

1942

when was PDCA Dairy Cow Unified Scorecard was first copyrighted

1943

when was First edition of National Research Council’s Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published

1945

When was National Dairy Shrine Founded

1949

when was Computer first used to calculate DHIA records in Utah | First U.S. young sire sampling program established | First successful embryo transfer in dairy cattle | First commercial milk replacer for calves introduced

1951

when was Frosty, the first U.S. calf resulting from frozen semen, was born

1953

when was Flavor control equipment introduced commercially

1955

when was National Mastitis council founded

1960

when was Commercial introduction of plastic milk jug | Red and White Dairy Cattle Association organized

1964

when was National Dairy Herd Information Association organized

1965

when was World Dairy Expo founded and held first show

1967

when did Nutrition labeling of fluid milk products begin

1974

when was INTERBULL developed; Dairy and Tobacco Adjustment Act passed (created National Dairy Promotion and Research Board and a 15-cent dairy check-off)

1983

when was Multiple component pricing was first used by a Federal Milk Marketing Order

1988

when was Animal Model first used for USDA genetic evaluations

1989

when was Bovine somatotropin, first product of biotechnology for animals, approved

1993

when was Holstein-Friesian Association officially changes its name to Holstein Association USA, Inc.

1994

when was Multi-trait Across Country Evaluations (MACE) for bulls implemented by INTERBULL

1995

when was Dairy Calf and Heifer Association founded

1998

when was First U.S. commercial robotic milker installed in Wisconsin

2000

when was North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge established

2002

when did Sexed semen becomes commercially available

2003

when was Dairy Cattle Reproductive Council founded

2006

when was Genomic predictions of genetic merit officially released by USDA-AIPL | Jersey Youth Academy established

2009

when was Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding assumes responsibility for publishing U.S. dairy genetic evaluations

2013

when was Eighth revised edition of the Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle published

2021

when was