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Flashback one year ago. The sting of 2009’s equity loss inflamed many in the industry who called for dairy reform. Ideas were plentiful, and support groups had formed around a few of them.
When Foundation ...
How much is my milk worth? It depends on who you ask. A milk producer will answer based on the incurred costs of producing the milk, but a buyer of milk, such as a milk plant, will answer based on the ...
Like any good story, the dairy market complex has done a good job of keeping viewers in suspense. Here’s the most recent storyline: As farm profitability drops to dismal levels, dairymen view positive ...
A nasty ice storm couldn’t keep dairy producers and industry representatives from attending the 2011 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, held Feb. 2 and 3 at the Lancaster Host Resort and Conference Center.
Hosted ...
Here’s another great question overheard at the Kimberly, Wisconsin, commodity marketing workshop taught by the advisers of Stewart-Peterson:
Q. “How does LGM dairy insurance fit into my approach to marketing?” ...
I confess ... the older I get, the more cynical I become. Maybe it’s because I truly care about how our elected officials run the government or because I actively participate in the economy.
Graduating ...
If the definition of farm financial stress is the inability to meet debt service payments, including principal and interest, is there a chance you will be financially stressed in your operation in coming ...
Editor’s note: The following is reprinted from materials distributed by the National Dairy Producers Organization and outlines the newly formed group’s goals and intentions.
To: U.S. dairy producers ...
Jerry Slominski (at right) is the senior vice president for legislative affairs and economy policy of the International Dairy Foods Association. Read his responses to Progressive Dairyman's questions ...
A new report analyzing the proposed Dairy Market Stabilization Program is a thorough lesson in dairy economics.
The purpose of the study, as sponsored by the International Dairy Foods Association, was ...
Between the 14th and 16th centuries, the Aztec empire ruled central Mexico, building an impressive kingdom that continues to fascinate scholars more than 500 years later.
While it’s estimated that the ...
This article was #2 in PDmag's Top 5 most-well read New Technology articles in 2011. to jump to the article.
Summary: Engineers at Promat Inc., based in Canada, used scientific real-time digital pressure ...
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Summary: In this March 1st feature, Progressive Dairyman Editor Karen Lee described the efforts of Paul, Steve and Joe Fetzer to increase cow comfort on their 800-cow dairy. ...
Stray voltage, or “leakage current” as we prefer to call it, is an issue becoming more prevalent in the dairy industry.
As our industry utilizes more electronic equipment that increases the efficiency ...
Within any confined dairy or cattle operation, ectoparasites such as house, stable, face and horn flies pose a significant threat to overall cow health, comfort and performance, and the economic losses ...
Dr. Chris Connelly is a dairy veterinarian from Pennsylvania Furnace, Pennsylvania. He obtained an undergraduate degree in animal sciences from Penn State in 1999 and finished his doctorate at Virginia ...
Technology. Innovation. Modernization. Change. Are these “scary” words for you?
As dairy producers, I’m sure you hear and read about all the new and innovative technologies available to you that will ...
Twenty-three years ago, one late afternoon in Abbeville, Alabama, seven-year-old Chance Armstrong ran out of options.
After a week of suffering, his newborn calf’s health had worsened. Anxious, worried ...
Leptospirosis is a disease that can impact the bottom line of every dairy producer, mainly through lost reproductive efficiency. Leptospirosis is a zoonotic bacterial disease that affects mammals worldwide. ...
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Summary: In his March 1st article, Red Garner explained the benefits that biochar, one of the products from the process of converting biomass into a carbon-rich soil, can have ...
Anyone who lives in or around farm country has at one time or another wrinkled their nose and said, “What’s that smell?” Too often, it’s the odor coming from a nearby livestock building. At best, these ...
The EPA on Dec. 29 issued its pollution controls aimed to restore the Chesapeake Bay and its tributaries.
Calling it a “pollution diet,” EPA established its final total maximum daily load (TMDL).
This ...
The other day I was mopping my floor with my fancy mop, one that piddles on the floor and I mop it up, cleaning the floor like magic! I smiled as I remembered my childhood and teenage years, when I was ...
It is not uncommon to open the hood of a new diesel pickup and see a slew of wires and hoses and underneath it all something which resembles an engine.
What happened to the good old days when we used ...
Imagine the header clinging to the rack on the back of a flat-bed, chasing a cow across the High Plains of Colorado with the hazer banging along beside him in a quarter-ton Ranger with a vet-box in the ...
Herd health morning ... cows are lined up and the vet is putting on a palpation sleeve. In your hand, a clipboard with the list of bred cows to check ... and off you go down the alley. “1520, 41 days ... ...
Traditionally, corn has been the major energy source for dairy rations because of the high starch content. The starch provides energy needed for high milk production; however, when too much starch is added ...
Most of us remember the medical emergency system commercials from the 1990s with the elderly lady calling out “Help, I’ve fallen and I can’t get up.”
Would you ever receive these types of calls from ...
Recommended concentrations of dietary phosphorus (P) for lactating dairy cows have been reduced in recent years in order to reduce the excretion of P in manure.
This reduction in manure P has resulted ...
Say you were climbing Mount Everest with your co-ed bowling team. You cover the last hundred yards to the summit. It takes five hours. After everyone has touched the flag pole, they begin looking around ...
It’s New Year’s Day. Here is a story of entering the field, which all field scientists do. What we see is but a fraction of what is there. So here is a photo-essay of what I see and what I imagine.
I ...
When you drive onto a farm yard, the golden rule is to always park so that you do not have to back up. If at all possible, you want to always drive forward.
This is one of the first rules most companies ...
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