Current Issue of PD: August 11, 2009
(site updated 8.10.09)
News and Business
Heat takes a toll on dairies
Hot weather helps hay crop
Ice cream sales decline due to cooler summer weather
Eastern states remain soggy
Market reports
In the news
Open house shows off Pennsylvania producer pride
What you need to do to improve pay prices
Are gifted farm workers born or made?
Good human resource management for bad times
Could benchmarking and a dairy peer group improve your profitability?
Milk can skirt marketing borders; examples of how it’s done
Mr. Chairman, Let's help the dairy industry
4X milking: Faster, more intense, but rewarding
Energy-saving options for you are around every corner
CAUTION: Stray voltage
Progressive Events: Guernsey breeders tour Texas dairies at annual convention
3 open minutes with Richard Raymond
Poor forages limit production on Chinese dairies
How to evaluate a nutritional strategy to maximize cash flow
New hires: Jim Loften
New products
Industry news
Issue Focus: Silage production
Plan now for high-quality forages
What you should know about mycotoxin testing
Timely Topic: Hoof care
Hoof problems irritating you? They annoy cows even more
Consider breeding for better hoof health
Proper hoof care is worth the upfront cost
PD Departments
Editor's notes: Now we’re talking
Yevet Tenney: Old songs and poetry
Brad Nelson: Icicles and sweat
Baxter Black: The dark side
City boy cartoon
18 Reasons to Read
Analaine's Home Cooking
Reynolds unwrapped cartoon
Letters to the editor
Northwest/Southwest insert
Short-cut corn silage eliminates TMR sorting
These simple steps can improve milk taste and quality
Summer-ize rations to avoid heat stress production loss
Plan now for this season’s silage short-comings
Know these six phases to limit aerobic instability in silage
Producers facing low prices do have options
High-quality grasses fit well in rations of high-producing dairy cows
Baxter Black: Another squeeze chute story
Mike Gangwer: Iraq is now in control of its own security
