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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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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, ...
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 ...
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?” ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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, ...
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. ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
• 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
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. ...
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 ...
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 ...
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