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1. Issue 4 2011: Industry watchlist: (Industry News); Click here to download a pdf of the latest industry update, provided by Dairy Management, Inc. This update focuses on antibiotic residues and how to respond to consumers. PD; Created on 28 February 2011
2. Room for a third party in the dairy industry?: (From the Editor); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
3. How much cheese is there in a hundred pounds of milk?: (Management); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
4. Just in the nick of time ...: (Management); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
5. Presenters, attendees brave ice and snow for PA dairy summit: (Event Coverage); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
6. Risk management marketing: ‘Where does LGM fit?’: (Management); 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?” ...; Created on 25 February 2011
7. No regrets … really!?!?: (Guest Blog); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
8. Farmgate: Will you be able to weather a financial storm?: (Management); 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 ...; Created on 25 February 2011
9. New dairy organization signs ‘Contract with Producers’: (Organizations); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
10. 3 open minutes with Jerry Slominski: (People); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
11. New report analyzes proposed supply management program: (Industry News); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
12. No need to sacrifice with new solar technologies: (Management); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
13. New Technology: New gel mattress provides the comfort of sand bedding: (Barns & Equipment); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
14. Cows are comfortable at Fetzer Farms: (Barns & Equipment); to jump to the article. 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. ...; Created on 24 February 2011
15. Leakage current: Don’t let stray voltage shock your cows: (Barns & Equipment); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
16. Study: Larvicide a key component in controlling flies: (Herd Health); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
17. 5 things I can't do without: Dr. Chris Connelly, dairy veterinarian: (Herd Health); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
18. Is it time for a CIP upgrade?: (Herd Health); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
19. Chance Armstrong's road to becoming a veterinarian: (People); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
20. Leptospirosis: Understand, protect and prevent: (Herd Health); 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. ...; Created on 24 February 2011
21. Can biochar help you realize more value from manure?: (Manure); to jump to the article. 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
22. New biofilter reduces odor and saves money: (Manure); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
23. EPA sets final daily pollution load limits for Chesapeake Bay watershed: (Industry News); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
24. Just dropping by... Cinderella cleaning: (Yevet Tenney); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
25. Mechanics Corner: Diesel engines, then and now: (Barns & Equipment); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
26. On the Edge of Common Sense: Headin’ and heelin’ on the High Plains: (Baxter Black); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
27. A fresh look at the reproductive efficiency of high-producing cows: (A.I. & Breeding); 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 ... ...; Created on 24 February 2011
28. Using distillers grains for starch: (Feed & Nutrition); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
29. Minimize emergency calls from freestall-housed cows: Provide adequate lunge space: (Barns & Equipment); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
30. More calcium may reduce phosphorus excretion from feces: (Feed & Nutrition); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
31. On the Edge of Common Sense: Port-a-gone: (Baxter Black); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
32. The View from Here: Good afternoon from my Pakistan post: (Guest Blog); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011
33. Embracing safety on the farm: (Management); 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 ...; Created on 24 February 2011