Current Issue of PD: February 12, 2008
(site updated 2.8.08)
News and Business
In the news
Market reports
North and Southeast states see small production
Davisco Foods expands
Low costs drive production to large dairy farms
Fatal business planning assumptions
Standby generators foil unexpected outages
Do you have a target to shoot for?
Encouraging input fosters teamwork
Time management: making the most of a limited resource
Dairy production and management records
Recruiting and selecting agricultural employees
Is ethanol the solution or the scapegoat?
Progressive Events: Managers Academy
Progressive Events: Keystone Farm Show
A woman's work is never done
Industry news
New products
Issue Focus: Women in dairying
Women on dairy farms: Juggling roles and responsibilities
Women in dairying . . . stand up and speak out
Communication in the family
More women go into farming
Timely Topic: A.I. & Breeding
Are you getting the most out of your first-service program?
Solving postpartum breeding problems
Sexed semen: Economics of a new technology
Make your ration a top priority for reproductive success
Why cows don't get pregnant
Easy does it: The value of calving ability
Sire summaries
PD Departments
Editor's notes: How can women contribute to dairying?
Yevet Tenney: Love?
Baxter Black: A woman's work is never done
Tales of a Hay Hauler: Maintenance and repairs
City boy cartoon
Crossword Puzzle
Northwest/Southwest Editions
How to get more income from the dairy cow's last crop
It's a zoo out there!
Milk per acre: Right for some, wrong for many
New insights into managing the neonatal calf
for health and production
Reducing feed variability in practice
Remodeled parlors
Usage of mechanical brushes by lactating dairy cows
Farm and ranch stress test
Managing milking on the dairy
Amino acid balancing helps Idaho herd
Feedstalls reduce competition at the feedbunk
Let the cows tell the story
Baxter Black: Cowboy Pampers
The View from Here
When was the last time you saw a fat cow?
