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1. Just dropping by ... True love: (Yevet Tenney); Sometimes I am puzzled at the respect we pay to the idea of falling in love. We watch television, movies, read romance stories and listen to songs in the media. They always are filled with glorious ...; Created on 02 January 2020
2. The Milk House: A brief look at dairy policies around the world: (Ryan Dennis); The nature of agriculture has changed consistently through the decades, becoming largely a global phenomenon. The events farmers experience on one side of the planet, from weather to low prices, often ...; Created on 02 January 2020
3. What we learned from being ‘confidently curious’: (From the Editor); Last year, your Progressive Dairyeditors chose to have a common theme for their work. We adopted the goal to be “confidently curious.” We have some seasoned editors on our staff and some bright, young ...; Created on 27 December 2019
4. Progressive Events: CDCB discusses the genetics of dairy feed efficiency: (Event Coverage); CDCB hosted its fifth annual industry meeting at World Dairy Expo in Madison, Wisconsin, on Oct. 1, drawing dairy producers and representatives from artificial insemination (A.I.), genomic nominators, ...; Created on 27 December 2019
5. What Happened? What's next? - NMPF reaches $220 million settlement agreement over CWT herd retirement progra: (Industry News); You’re busy milking cows, thawing water pipes and attending dairy conferences. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business. In recognition ...; Created on 27 December 2019
6. Have you hedged your interest rate risk?: (Management); Like milk prices, no one can accurately predict the direction of interest rates in the future. That being said, I firmly believe farm loan interest rates will rise (and possibly sooner rather than later), ...; Created on 27 December 2019
7. Make plans to attend Dairy Strong 2020: (Event Coverage); The dairy community is creative and innovative. Dairy Strong brings farmers and industry professionals from diverse management philosophies together to focus on what matters by providing content that is ...; Created on 27 December 2019
8. What the Census of Agriculture tells us about dairy farms: (Management); Last year, the USDA released the 2017 Census of Agriculture. The agriculture census is taken every five years going back to 1840. Many, including me, filled out and returned a 2017 census form, providing ...; Created on 27 December 2019
9. Learning for future personal and business success: (Management); Imagine what the dairy business and agriculture will look like in 30 years. We all recognize that dairy and everything else is changing at unprecedented rates. In this article, I suggest leadership, team ...; Created on 26 December 2019
10. Emotional intelligence is key to good animal care and team culture: (Management); When I was a youngster, I had a hot temper and was involved in more than my share of fights. There’s a story in my family about the time an older, bigger kid took a donut from me. The ensuing brawl ...; Created on 26 December 2019
11. Emotional intelligence amplifies training on proper livestock handling: (Management); The production of high-quality proteins, either meat or milk, has never been under greater scrutiny. Social media has virtually unbounded people’s ability to share their voice with the world. The days ...; Created on 26 December 2019
12. Managing reproductive tract inflammation in dairy cows: (A.I. & Breeding); Taking steps to positively impact the dairy cow reproduction system is always a smart economic move. One of those steps is managing inflammation related to calving. The transition period is one of ...; Created on 26 December 2019
13. Whole-farm pathogen control starts with calves: (Calves & Heifers); Harmful pathogens lurk everywhere on a dairy. Taking a whole-farm approach to pathogen reduction can break the cycle of infection and re-infection that may prevent your herd from performing at its best. ...; Created on 26 December 2019
14. Give calves the energy they need to grow through the winter: (Calves & Heifers); Have you ever wondered why calves don’t grow as well in the winter as they do at other times of the year? Understanding some basic concepts on how colder temperatures impact calf growth will help you counteract ...; Created on 26 December 2019
15. On The Edge of Common Sense: The cost of recycling: (Baxter Black); We try to be faithful recyclers around the house. I make regular runs to town with the pickup full of newspapers, bottles, aluminum cans, cardboard boxes and tin. I take old pipe and steel to the scrap ...; Created on 26 December 2019
16. Milk can make you grow: (Guest Blog); In myth and legend, there is no other food that compares to the respect given to milk. Milk was known to the ancients as the “food of the gods,” the premier source of power and strength. The heroes in ...; Created on 20 November 2019
17. Fair Oaks Farms opens robotic milking facility, observation area: (Barns & Equipment); Fifteen years after Fair Oaks Farms opened its doors to the public to showcase modern agriculture and innovation in the industry, the farm’s founders, Mike and Sue McCloskey, held a ribbon cutting ceremony ...; Created on 20 November 2019
18. Cost per pound of gain: A better measure for calf investment: (Calves & Heifers); When making decisions on feed and management for calves and heifers, it’s easy to choose the cheapest option. However, we need to view these costs as an investment and think about how the decisions we ...; Created on 19 November 2019
19. Dystocia: The struggle isn’t over after the pull: (Calves & Heifers); If you raise cattle, you likely know about and have dealt with dystocia or calving difficulty. How dystocia is scored and assessed can prove quite variable. A study published in 2001 looked at over ...; Created on 19 November 2019
20. Modern calves need modern milk rations: (Calves & Heifers); We expect a lot from heifer calves in today’s modern dairy world, which requires more efficiency and consistency for success. Populating the milking herd with any heifer is no longer viable. Calves ...; Created on 11 November 2019
21. When a $60 part becomes a $100K bill: (Barns & Equipment); Earl Creech, Utah State University extension agronomist, recently related a story you need to hear. I’ll let him tell it in his own words: When I returned to Utah, I bought some farm ground next to the ...; Created on 22 October 2019
22. Finding hope and help for mental health in rural America: (Guest Blog); “My husband came in at lunch and told me the statistics on farmer suicide. He told me how hopeless he felt. I was scared to let him go back to the field.” “I am always so angry. I yell at the kids and ...; Created on 17 July 2019
23. It’s time to hit reset on weaning with autofeeders: (Calves & Heifers); Capturing calf growth potential is one of the greatest benefits of automatic calf feeders. But by the time weaning comes around, we tend to take our eyes off the ball in a hurry to move calves out the ...; Created on 02 July 2019
24. Beef-on-dairy: First things first: (A.I. & Breeding); Have you chosen to put your breeding strategy in high gear? If so, that means beef semen may be a part of your genetic planning process. Creating those black, beef-looking calves can generate a premium ...; Created on 11 April 2019