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1. Market Watch: Cattle: (Organizations); Click a link below to see updates on Cattle from a specific issue of Progressive Dairyman. 2020 Issue 2, 2020: January 19, 2020 Issue 1, 2020: January 1, 2020 2019 Issue 20, 2019: December 12, ...; Created on 16 October 2019
2. March 1, 2013 issue: Checkoff Watch: (Organizations); Click here to download a pdf of the latest Dairy Checkoff in Action provided by Dairy Management Inc.™ (DMI) PD; Created on 26 February 2013
3. Blackouts, cruise ships and your own emergency: (From the Editor); Earlier this year, I attended PDPW’s annual Managers Academy. Last issue, I wrote about one of the topics the three-day program addressed – leadership. In light of recent events, I think the seminar’s ...; Created on 25 February 2013
4. Names in the News: Brad Scott: (People in the News); Q&A with Brad Scott, a fourth-generation producer and partner with his brother, Bruce, and father, Stan, in Scott Brothers Dairy in southern California. He shares his experiences from a recent on-farm ...; Created on 25 February 2013
5. In Focus: Virginia Tech will serve students milk from campus dairy: (Organizations); Virginia Tech Dining Services has partnered with the Department of Dairy Science to offer “Virginia Tech Milk.” Whole milk, skim milk and 1 percent chocolate milk will all be offered. Students will ...; Created on 25 February 2013
6. March 1, 2013 issue: New Products: (Products & Services); KlaTox Gel supports during digestive discomfortVets Plus, Inc. has developed KlaTox Gel to provide support for large animals undergoing digestive discomfort and disorders. KlaTox contains attapulgite clay, ...; Created on 25 February 2013
7. 2013 World Ag Expo: (Event Coverage); Read what our editors thought was “cool stuff” on display at the show in the Feb. 21st e-newsletter. Click here to catch it online. Progressive Dairyman hosted seven seminars throughout the three-day ...; Created on 25 February 2013
8. Federal milk marketing orders: History, purpose and future: (Industry News); Legislation authorizing the beginning of federal milk marketing orders started in 1933. Since then, orders have been implemented, amended, terminated, challenged in the courts, tinkered with by Congress, ...; Created on 25 February 2013
9. True leadership isn’t always popular: (Management); Chances are when you were growing up, your parents were a lot like mine ... strict and frugal. The first time my dad took my brother and I fishing on Lake Michigan, we were about 10 or 11 years old. A ...; Created on 25 February 2013
10. Motivating your team: How to invest in your workforce: (Management); Too many managers are trying to “teach hens to swim.” It’s a simple analogy that can refocus a business and give managers a new question to ask themselves, “Are we empowering potential in our workforce?” ...; Created on 25 February 2013
11. Be a feed zealot: Make sure to cover yourself: (Feed & Nutrition); In a previous issue, we spent some time discussing the need to address feed costs. While I believe that the discussion was simple enough for all to comprehend, I am reminded of a quote once shared with ...; Created on 25 February 2013
12. Mr. Chairman, Immigration reform must address workforce needs: (Guest Blog); The first hearing of the Judiciary Committee in the 113th Congress was held on February 5. With Congress poised to engage in a considerable debate on immigration, opportunities for legal immigration and ...; Created on 25 February 2013
13. DMI: Checkoff dollars can be spent on the National Dairy FARM program: (Organizations); Last September, the management board for Dairy Management, Inc. voted in the majority to endorse the spending of check-off dollars by the National Dairy Board to cover the cost of third-party verification ...; Created on 25 February 2013
14. Cow psychology: Handle them by getting into their heads: (Herd Health); Animal welfare is a front-and-center issue that requires careful communication of real procedures used on farms by hoof trimmers. Many of my colleagues and I realize that public perception matters. ...; Created on 25 February 2013
15. Software connects dots between trimming, record-keeping: (Herd Health); The Hoof Supervisor System tablet device launched at World Ag Expo in 2010 now has a related software program that aims to make hoof records a smooth process. The Hoof Connect software arrives with a ...; Created on 25 February 2013
16. Seven tips to help you find the time to combat lameness: (Herd Health); Lack of time is the number one reason I hear farmers say they don’t have a preventative hoof care plan in place. However, there are some farmers who have found a way to do all their daily chores plus ...; Created on 25 February 2013
17. Visalia hosts 2013 Hoof Trimmers Association conference: (Event Coverage); Nearly 200 professional hoof trimmers traveled to California dairy country in February to expand their knowledge and sharpen their skills. Hoof Trimmers Association’s (HTA) 2013 hoof health conference ...; Created on 25 February 2013
18. Progressive panel: Herd health and hoof protocols: (Herd Health); Our progressive panel participants have provided responses for one last roundtable discussion about managing herd and hoof health issues. We’d like to thank the participants for opening up about their ...; Created on 22 February 2013
19. Meeting post-fresh transition cows’ energy, protein challenges: (Feed & Nutrition); The transition period for dairy cows is often defined as three weeks prior to calving until three weeks after calving. During this time, the cow experiences dramatic changes in feed intake, nutritional ...; Created on 22 February 2013
20. Updates on feeding transition cows: (Feed & Nutrition); During the postpartum period, dairy cows enter a period of tissue catabolism called negative energy balance (NEB). Simply put, the amount of energy consumed is less than what’s required; this imbalance ...; Created on 22 February 2013
21. Feed efficiency may prove key to profitability: (Feed & Nutrition); When feed costs were cheap, you probably thought more about how to get the most milk and less about how efficiently your cows were converting that cheap feed to milk. Now that feed costs are skyrocketing, ...; Created on 22 February 2013
22. Be proactive to prevent post-fresh problems: (Herd Health); The importance of post-fresh health in dairy cows has been well documented. Cows that get off to a good start peak higher, milk more, breed back quicker, have lower 60-day cull rates and are more profitable. ...; Created on 22 February 2013
23. What extra nutrients are in your close-up, fresh cow rations?: (Feed & Nutrition); Rations for close-up cows and fresh cows are arguably the most important and expensive rations on the farm. Investment in the nutrients given to these cows pays off in reduced metabolic disorders and a ...; Created on 22 February 2013
24. Eat and run: Quality control on fresh cow diets: (Feed & Nutrition); Track stars that run the 100-meter dash know that getting out of the blocks, accelerating quickly and maintaining speed as long as possible are the keys to winning. We expect the same from our dairy cows. ...; Created on 22 February 2013
25. Producers take control of quality with complete dry cow care: (Herd Health); As demand rises for higher-quality milk, dairy producers must find ways to decrease somatic cell counts (SCC) and increase production. Many dairy producers are turning their attention to the dry cow period ...; Created on 22 February 2013
26. Keep fresh cow health simple: (Feed & Nutrition); The most profitable cows on your dairy are the fresh cows. Attending to their good health should be one of the top priorities of your herd management. There are essentially two critical areas of focus ...; Created on 22 February 2013
27. National Dairy FARM Program, like a 3-year-old, asks ‘Why?’: (Industry News); The most commonly asked question of any 3-year-old is “Why?” It displays their curiosity to learn more about the things they already know in life. In its third year, the National Dairy FARM Animal Care ...; Created on 22 February 2013
28. Feeding: How, when and what: (Feed & Nutrition); Presenting a nutritionally correct diet is important when caring for a dairy cow, but to assume that it is all that is required in terms of the animal’s nutritional well-being is incorrect. “We need to ...; Created on 22 February 2013
29. Let the cows be cows: (Guest Blog); As far as possible, I always try to let the cows be cows. What do I mean by that, you may ask? Cows, by their very nature, can at times do some pretty interesting things. Being on a farm where the grazing ...; Created on 22 February 2013
30. Just dropping by ... Teach your children the world doesn’t owe them anything: (Yevet Tenney); My Wage “I bargained with Life for a penny, And Life would pay no more, However I begged at evening When I counted my scanty store. For Life is a just employer, He gives you what you ask, But once ...; Created on 22 February 2013
31. HERd management: Don’t let go: (Guest Blog); I think my dad knew I was in it for the long haul when he handed me the halter to my first Holstein heifer, Starjet. He simply told me, “Don’t let go.” Excitedly, I took the halter, ready to lead my ...; Created on 21 February 2013
32. The Milk House: A manifesto on fire: (Ryan Dennis); Several years ago, my friend brought me to her house in the suburbs. I can’t recall the rows of houses we passed to reach hers, only that it seemed indefinite because I couldn’t tell them apart. Her car ...; Created on 21 February 2013
33. March 1, 2013 issue: Industry Honor Roll: (Organizations); • Dairywoman Irene Osborne, who operates Santee-Acres in Millerstown, Pennsylvania, is a new addition to the All-American Dairy Foundation Board of Trustees. • Reinke Manufacturing Company, Inc. has recognized ...; Created on 21 February 2013
34. I belong to... YSD: Jeremy Beebe: (People); Age: 34 Location: Whittemore, Michigan, the “Milk Quality Capital of the Dairy Industry” My dairy’s history: I started my dairy in 2001 on my parents’ crop farm with 17 heifers that I purchased as ...; Created on 21 February 2013
35. On the Edge of Common Sense: Spousal training: (Baxter Black); One of the most important things in the success of a marriage is spousal training. Many stories exist when a “cowboy type” (male or female) marries someone with an urban upbringing. Usually it is the male ...; Created on 21 February 2013
36. On the Edge of Common Sense: My new horse and Tom: (Baxter Black); I traded for a new horse a while back. He’s a buckskin, 11 years old by his teeth, no papers, 15 hands and sound. It was not long after my friend Tom, had been diagnosed with cancer. It was a bad one. ...; Created on 21 February 2013
37. The View from Here: What should we be worried about?: (Guest Blog); This year marks my 20th year writing for Progressive Dairyman. I began when I was 40 years old, and just a month ago I turned 60. I have written to you from a dozen countries, including some of the most ...; Created on 21 February 2013
38. Mastitis Council meeting sheds global light on milk quality: (Event Coverage); The National Mastitis Council annual meeting was held January 27-30 in San Diego, California. More than 400 experts in mastitis research and milk quality from around the world gathered to share ideas ...; Created on 18 February 2013