Current Issue of PD:
November 21, 2009
(site updated 11.20.09)
News and Business
Production needs unmet
Milk supply remains adequate
Cheese lacks aggressiveness
Rockslide delays transports
Market reports
In the news
Beaver Springs, Pennsylvania is Proud to Dairy
Industry Watch List
Planning ahead for 2010
Watch out for blind spots
What to discuss with your banker before the end of 2009
Improve your business communications
New office opens in Southwest
Industry news
New products
New hires – October
Issue Focus: Parlor management
Teamwork in your parlor
Progressive Events: Heifer facilities go on display
Gloves are elementary for milking
3 open minutes with Skip Hardie
Battling the unseen enemy
Could you make an extra $150,000 a year?
If cows aren’t producing up to par, maybe they need a career change
The most important 20 minutes on a dairy
Amino acids: A complex concept with profound results
Oregon State cows monitored 24-7
Are you in hot water?
Timely Topic: Hoof care
Dairy lameness roundtable
Virginia Tech veterinarian provides international hoof care
Maximizing comfort for uncomfortable cows
5 Things I can't do without
12,000 hooves: Trim them all at once, twice per year
PD Departments
Editor's notes: Win community favor: Support local schools
Yevet Tenney: The power of gratitude
Brad Nelson: For the want of a cheerleader, a life was wasted
Baxter Black: Food, clothing and shelter
City boy cartoon
Reynolds unwrapped
18 Reasons to Read
Analaine's Home Cooking
Crossword puzzle
Midwest/Northwest/Southwest insert
Dairymen get motivated for 2010 at annual Idaho convention
How good is your accounting system?
Culling dairy cattle for reproduction: What you need to know
Ten marginal milk quick tips
Breeding and genetic change in the Holstein genome
Tips for cold weather calf and replacement heifer comfort
Baxter Black: “How’d ya hurt yer nose?”
Mike Gangwer: Iraq’s future will not be funded by the U.S.