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1. 0308 PD: Davisco Foods invests $40 million in expansion: (Organizations); More milk in South Dakota recently spurred award-winning Davisco Foods, an international company that supplies a major portion of Kraft Foods cheese products, to complete a $40 million expansion project ...; Created on 04 February 2008
2. 0308 PD: Low costs drive production to large dairy farms: (Industry News); Dairy farming is undergoing striking changes. In the 1970s, a large dairy farm had a herd of 100 milk cows. Typically, the family operating the farm provided most of the labor and grew most of the herd’s ...; Created on 04 February 2008
3. 0308 PD: Standby generators for the farm foil unexpected outages: (Barns & Equipment); Power outages caused by snow, ice and high winds can raise havoc with farm businesses, which rely on electric motors, pumps and compressors to run equipment for milking, feeding, cooling and other tasks. ...; Created on 04 February 2008
4. 0308 PD: Do you have a target to shoot for?: (Management); Imagine for a moment that you are competing against the best archer in the world. He can hit the bull’s eye with one arrow, and then with his next shot, split the first arrow down the middle! Did you know ...; Created on 04 February 2008
5. 0308 PD: Encouraging input fosters teamwork: (Management); Fostering a teamwork ethic within a dairy operation enhances employee effectiveness. Forming a team is easy, but in reality, actual functioning as a team is a difficult task. Teams are made up of different ...; Created on 04 February 2008
6. 0308 PD: Dairy production and management records: (Management); Proper management is the key to success in any enterprise, and the dairy business is no exception. Each successful producer must have records which are accurate and reliable to make sound management decisions. ...; Created on 04 February 2008
7. 0308 PD: Recruiting and selecting agricultural employees: (Management); Selecting an employee is among the most important decisions a manager makes. Getting the right person in the right position is crucial for business success. But how can you do that? How can you tell if ...; Created on 04 February 2008
8. 0308 PD: Is ethanol the solution or the scapegoat?: (Industry News); Editor’s note: The following opinion editorial was submitted to Progressive Dairyman by the Ethanol Promotion and Information Council. Ethanol continues to take hits from detractors both inside and outside ...; Created on 04 February 2008
9. 0308 PD: Women in dairying … stand up and speak out: (People); A lot more women are rising before the sun these days, and it is not to make breakfast, get the kids off to school or clean the house. They are milking cows, feeding calves and doing daily work on a dairy ...; Created on 04 February 2008
10. 0308 PD: Are you getting the most out of your first-service program?: (A.I. & Breeding); It is still possible to maintain good reproductive performance in dairy herds without synchronization and timed A.I. (TAI), but it requires an effective systematic heat detection program that identifies ...; Created on 04 February 2008
11. 0308 PD: Sexed semen: Economics of a new technology: (A.I. & Breeding); Almost since the advent of A.I. breeding, producers and researchers alike have anticipated the development of the ability to sort or select semen in order to produce more female offspring. This technology ...; Created on 04 February 2008
12. 0308 PD: Make your ration a top priority for reproductive success: (Feed & Nutrition); The link between nutrition and reproduction has become more evident and supported through research in recent years. Through controlled research trials and on-farm experiences, we’ve known for some time ...; Created on 04 February 2008
13. 0308 PD: Why cows don’t get pregnant: (A.I. & Breeding); Each dairy operation has its own set of unique challenges, but most dairy producers have a common concern: reproduction. When cows don’t maintain healthy pregnancies, money spent on animal health products, ...; Created on 04 February 2008
14. 0308 PD: Sire summaries: (A.I. & Breeding); IPS releases No. 1 Red Holstein and much more As the result of the January 2008 sire summaries, International Protein Sires (IPS) added five highly qualified sires to their proven lineup, announced recently ...; Created on 04 February 2008
15. 0308 PD: Love?: (Yevet Tenney); With Valentines a few days away, I can’t help but think about the bold-faced lies the media is telling our young people about this thing called love.When I was growing up, love meant something beautiful ...; Created on 04 February 2008
16. 0308 PD: A woman’s work is never done: (Baxter Black); He was a good Dakota rancher with the stubborn Norwegian determination that allowed him to break even in the unforgiving country north of Mobridge. He raised four children on the ranch. They were his cowboys, ...; Created on 04 February 2008
17. 0308 PD: How to get more income from the dairy cow’s last crop: (Management); Looking for a few hundred extra dollars? Try beefing-up dairy cull cow condition before marketing. Weight, body condition, meat quality, mobility and a dry udder, make a huge value difference – especially ...; Created on 04 February 2008
18. 0308 PD: Milk per acre: Right for some, wrong for many: (Feed & Nutrition); Selection of corn hybrids for silage production is confusing at best. It used to be so much easier. We simply chose the hybrid with the highest grain-yield for both grain and silage. However, we now know ...; Created on 04 February 2008
19. 0308 PD: New insights into managing the neonatal calf for health and production: (Calves & Heifers); The National Animal Health and Monitoring System (NAHMS) has conducted three surveys in 1991, 1996, and 2002, of U.S. dairies that includes information on health and management practices involving dairy ...; Created on 04 February 2008
20. 0308 PD: Remodeled parlors: (Barns & Equipment); Developing a remodeled parlor can be an exciting process. It can also become complicated and sometimes overwhelming, but it can be done by following the process step-by-step. Determining your likes and ...; Created on 04 February 2008
21. 0308 PD: Managing milking on the dairy: (Management); Milking labor is a large cost on any dairy farm. Milking routine and parlor design affect the efficiency of milking and the number of cows milked per day for years after construction is completed. This ...; Created on 04 February 2008
22. 0308 PD: Cowboy Pampers: (Baxter Black); It is not uncommon to see real cowboys in the communities where cattle are part of the economy. I don’t mean posing in the street like gunfighters in Tombstone or passing out casino flyers on a corner ...; Created on 04 February 2008
23. 0308 PD: Christmas in the war zone: (Guest Blog); One year ago I sat at Bagram Airfield, in what is known as the Clamshell, and with a thousand other warriors I listened to Christmas music. Here is a story of that memorable day. In a war zone, there are ...; Created on 04 February 2008