Current Issue of PD: July 8, 2008
(site updated 7.3.08)
News and Business
In the news
High temperatures slow milk supply on East Coast
Flooding in Midwest causes concern for dairy producers
Cold conditions affect hay growers, corn silage cropz
Market report
Progressive Events: Scottland
Do the pastures get any greener than this?
Symposium discusses ensiling, feeding distillers grains
Study: Efforts to stop illegal immigration has no effect
Long-day lighting: Now a profit tool for all dairy operations
What can your milking parlor do for you?
What’s your genetic selection strategy for 2016?
Effective forward contracting equals forward profiting
Nitrogen excretion in dairy cows: Is 1 percent crude protein important?
Manage for nutrition and welfare of the dairy cow
Animal Welfare: Nutrition
Industry news
New products
Issue Focus: Cow Cooling
Swamp coolers for cows
What’s behind heat-stress-induced milk depression?
Help cows beat the heat with good management
Which heat-abatement systems are effective for cooling cows?
Summer heat stress and nutrition
Heat stress in pasture-based dairies
Decreasing the impact of heat stress
The five key comfort zones of the dairy cow
Timely Topic: Nutrition
Guidelines for corn silage-based rations
Feeding a top performer to beat the summertime heat
Balancing amino acids in dairy nutrition from concept to practice
Can “Trit” do the trick?
Cottonseed scarcity may cause concerns this fall
PD Departments
Editor's notes:The sun never sets on feed & fuel consumption
Yevet Tenney: Symbols of our nation
Brad Nelson: Steel tennis shoes and the party crouch
Baxter Black: High price of wheat
City boy cartoon
18 Reasons to Read
Northwest/Southwest Editions
The feeder’s job: The second priority
How to select and then maintain your fans
Don’t let feed sorting lead to acidosis
International basics for parlors and maintenance
Technology use in animal production
Managing the heat-stressed cow to improve reproduction
Udder preparation for quality milk production
Steps to good heat detection
Baxter Black: Horse slaughter ban a year later
Mike Gangwer: Let us never forget
What are other solids?
