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1. Issue 9 2011 (June 10): Industry Watch List: (Industry News); Click here to download the latest update from Dairy Management, Inc. This pdf features information regarding the recent milk radiation issue. PD; Created on 09 June 2011
2. Why is fluid milk consumption declining?: (From the Editor); The feature story about demand for fluid milk on the cover of this year’s June Dairy Month issue has been in development for several months. Fluid milk represents a significant portion of U.S. domestic ...; Created on 07 June 2011
3. Salvation from disaster: (Management); Measured in terms of the area affected (parts of the states of Arkansas, Illinois, Kansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Oklahoma, Tennessee and Texas), the number of refugees (over 1.5 ...; Created on 07 June 2011
4. It’s all about trust: (Management); For anyone who grew up in a small town, I’m sure you will probably agree that “everyone knowing you” is both a blessing and a curse. Unfortunately, our parents somehow already knew about the shenanigans ...; Created on 07 June 2011
5. It’s like déjà vu all over again!: (Management); There are many theories as to why milk prices have gone higher since the lows of 2009. Some will argue that the CWT cow kills removed enough production capacity so as to shorten the available milk supply ...; Created on 07 June 2011
6. Stress testing is for banks … and dairies: (Management); Over the past two years, the Federal Reserve has been performing “stress tests” on the largest U.S. banks. “Stress tests” are used to better understand a business, its weaknesses and how much financial ...; Created on 07 June 2011
7. Select and form the right business entity for your dairy: (Management); Growing up on my family’s farm, we used a number of methods to water our crops. The most prevalent was to flood irrigate the fields. On a few fields, however, we used a pressurized sprinkler system, ...; Created on 07 June 2011
8. Dairy risk management basics: (Management); Starting a risk management plan can be a daunting task for many dairy producers. You spend most of your time focusing on cow management – maximizing milk production, reproduction, cow comfort and cow ...; Created on 07 June 2011
9. Caring, compassion are the real truths of dairy: (Management); Rain poured down continuously from leaden skies overhead. Inside the calf nursery, the newest babies were settling down to rest after guzzling down their breakfast bottles. The bawling of older ones, impatient ...; Created on 07 June 2011
10. Foreign ag investors choose between employment discrimination, green cards: (Management); Foreign dairy farmers who invest at least $500,000 to establish a U.S. dairy operation can qualify for permanent residence based on their investment. Many Dutch and Canadian dairy farmers have sold their ...; Created on 07 June 2011
11. PD POLL: Should the sale of raw milk be legalized? [June 10]: (Industry News); to access that content and to see comments already received on this topic. Yes: Eastleigh Farm is one of the last remaining dairies within city limits in Massachusetts. If not for our sales of fresh raw ...; Created on 07 June 2011
12. Congress: No reform before 2012, yet new bills still proposed: (Industry News); Ag Committee chairs say no dairy policy reform before Farm Bill There seems to be consensus between the U.S. House and Senate agriculture committees about when dairy reform should move through Congress. ...; Created on 07 June 2011
13. Is Alaska’s dairy industry making a comeback? Or on the brink?: (Industry News); The loss of Alaska’s state-subsidized Matanuska Maid dairy at the end of 2007 devastated milk producers in the fertile Matanuska Valley, long the agricultural heart of Alaska. Now, more than three years ...; Created on 07 June 2011
14. 3 open minutes with Tom Gallagher: (People); Per-capita fluid milk consumption in the U.S. has been in decline for a number of years. Progressive Dairyman Editor Walt Cooley recently asked Dairy Management, Inc. CEO Tom Gallagher why fluid milk ...; Created on 07 June 2011
15. Study: Milk loses ground to water, alternative milks: (Industry News); Per capita U.S. milk consumption has declined nearly two gallons in the past decade due to increased consumption of water and alternative milk beverages and a decline in cereal consumption, a new study ...; Created on 07 June 2011
16. Dairy farmers mark anniversary of unified promotion in the West: (Industry News); Not many organizations, or couples for that matter, get to celebrate a 75th or “diamond” anniversary. But in Thornton, Colorado, this June, appropriately during “Dairy Month,” the Western Dairy Association ...; Created on 07 June 2011
17. Breakfast on the farm changes public impressions: (Management); Breakfast on the farm (BOTF) events in Michigan are connecting the public with modern agriculture and food production. BOTF events appear to be attracting the desired audience, with 46 percent of respondents ...; Created on 07 June 2011
18. The five freedoms of cattle: (Herd Health); Animal welfare is a topic of a lot of discussion across the livestock industries. One philosophy regarding welfare management and oversight centers on a concept of five freedoms livestock under our ...; Created on 07 June 2011
19. Lameness: Effects on performance, profit and welfare: (Herd Health); There are few if any diseases in dairy cattle that impact the performance, profitability and welfare of animals more than lameness. Indeed, it justifies a conscious effort on the part of every dairy to ...; Created on 07 June 2011
20. Behavioral predictors of claw lesions: (Herd Health); Lameness is an animal welfare issue and a major economic loss on many dairy farms. Common causes of lameness include sole hemorrhages, white line hemorrhages and sole ulcers, which can be categorized as ...; Created on 07 June 2011
21. Keep dairy cows on full rations despite high corn prices: (Feed & Nutrition); Increasing corn prices and lowering milk prices are causing dairy producers to think twice about what they feed their cows this spring. “Dairy farmers can’t afford to take cows off feed now, because it ...; Created on 07 June 2011
22. Ask the hoof trimmer: Hairy heel warts: (Herd Health); Question: We have a lot of lameness in our herd and it seems to be mainly caused by hairy heel warts. We are desperate and we need advice on how to tackle this problem. How often should we run a foot bath ...; Created on 07 June 2011
23. Cow comfort and health: Part 2: (Barns & Equipment); In a previous article, Nigel Cook discussed the impact of inadequate rest on cows and stall surfaces. Click here to read the first part. This article will review some specifics in freestall design. In ...; Created on 06 June 2011
24. I belong to... HTA: Jeff Heeg: (People); Age: 35 Location: Clintonville, Wisconsin My experience as a trimmer: Nine years as a professional hoof trimmer I got started in trimming because … I wanted to be self-employed If I wasn’t a trimmer, ...; Created on 06 June 2011
25. Just dropping by ... Old is good: (Yevet Tenney); (Click here to listen to a podcast of this column.) The other day, my dad, who is nearly 90, was hooking up the horse trailer to haul some cows out on the range. He gripped the steering wheel of the truck ...; Created on 06 June 2011
26. Mechanics Corner: Dry technology: 37º flare fittings: (Barns & Equipment); Editor’s note: The following article is the first of a two-part series regarding hydraulic tube fittings. This article will discuss 37º flare fittings. The second article will discuss O-ring face seal ...; Created on 06 June 2011
27. The Milk House: The Lime Pile Field: (Ryan Dennis); Editor’s note: Ryan Dennis is the son of a dairy farmer from western New York and a literary writer. One of his first published essays originally appeared in Progressive Dairyman in 2009 – “Tempting the ...; Created on 06 June 2011
28. Letters to the editor: FFTF policy: (From the Editor); Editor, National Milk Producers Federation does not represent the nation’s dairy producers. They represent co-ops and processors. In their new FFTF policy, they want to eliminate the minimum pay price ...; Created on 06 June 2011
29. On the Edge of Common Sense: Consolation: (Baxter Black); To my aching friend, Thanks for writing about your mother. I empathize with your need to let the air out before you blow your top. It’s the reversal of roles. Now you are the parent, the responsible one. ...; Created on 06 June 2011
30. Wet conditions can spawn more mastitis: (Herd Health); Spring opens new windows of opportunity for mastitis infections to take hold. Wet, muddy conditions, especially in areas hit by heavy rainfall or flooding caused by snow melting, make it more difficult ...; Created on 06 June 2011
31. Presentation introduces ‘biologically appropriate nutrition’: (Calves & Heifers); What’s become conventional calf feeding isn’t necessarily what’s closest to “natural” calf growth programs. That’s according to Dr. Jim Drackley of the University of Illinois during his presentation at ...; Created on 06 June 2011
32. The importance of heat detection: (A.I. & Breeding); It’s simple – accurate heat detection programs lead to higher pregnancy rates. Higher pregnancy rates result in more pregnant cows, fewer days open and more profitability for the dairy. Having spent 11 ...; Created on 06 June 2011
33. On the Edge of Common Sense: The middle of nowhere: (Baxter Black); Branding season. Springtime west of the Mississippi. Long days in the saddle. Sitting on a horse miles from nowhere, it seems, trying to spot cows on the gather, silence except for the thud of your horse’s ...; Created on 03 June 2011
34. The View from Here: Change in human behavior: (Guest Blog); During Christmas of 2010, I was assigned to Embassy Islamabad, Pakistan. I wrote four articles about the assignment there. One day about the end of December, I received a Christmas package from my wife, ...; Created on 03 June 2011
35. Indiana dairy farm mom has passion for school tours: (People); Opening up a dairy farm to more than 18,000 people over the course of a year is pretty impressive. When you take into account that the majority of those people are under the age of six, you gain a whole ...; Created on 26 May 2011
36. Swedish dairy farm shows off world's first robotic milking rotary: (Barns & Equipment); This article was #1 in PDmag's Top 5 most-well read New Technology articles in 2011. to jump to the article. Summary: The public display of a robotic rotary was arguably one of the most important announcements ...; Created on 19 May 2011