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1. Karma Metzler Fitzgerald: Keep your friends close... you know the rest: (Guest Blog); The author of this post, Karma Metzler Fitzgerald, is a regular contributor of Progressive Dairyman and blogger at www.proudtodairy.com. It’s June. I suppose, since I’m involved in the dairy industry, ...; Created on 10 June 2013
2. Time management: It’s like feeding a ration: (From the Editor); Five years ago I wrote about what it means to have a firm digital handshake. At the time, I indicated I was working on mine. Well, I still am. One of our Proud to Dairy bloggers recently emailed to ...; Created on 05 June 2013
3. Names in the News: June 11, 2013 issue: (People in the News); Hatcher Family Dairy College Grove, Tennessee Today show host Al Roker visited the Hatcher Family Dairy in College Grove, Tennessee. His tour included a farm breakfast, feeding calves and a concert ...; Created on 05 June 2013
4. June 11, 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 05 June 2013
5. InFocus: Supply of vet services exceeds demand: (Industry News); U.S. food-animal veterinary service is inexcess supply, according to a new report publishedby the American Veterinary Medical Association(AVMA). Click hereto access the Center for Health Workforce Studies ...; Created on 05 June 2013
6. Manure management focus of Waste to Worth Conference: (Event Coverage); The National Livestock and Poultry Environmental Learning Center (LPELC) held the first national Waste to Worth Conference in Denver, Colorado. The goal of the April conference was to build a national ...; Created on 05 June 2013
7. Developing the next generation: What are we telling our kids?: (Management); The success of any family business depends on one generation’s ability to develop the next. It doesn’t matter if your business is a small 60-cow tiestall facility in Pennsylvania or a 4,500-cow operation ...; Created on 05 June 2013
8. Managing drought on two continents: (Industry News); There has been much discussion about New Zealand in recent months following the drought that impacted the end of their 2012-2013 production season. Is such an event a very big deal? Let’s take a closer ...; Created on 05 June 2013
9. Legislative proposals may affect wages, hours for employees: (Industry News); For decades, farmers across all of agriculture have become accustomed to an exemption from paying workers overtime. Generally, employers are obligated to pay their workers wages in excess of the federal ...; Created on 05 June 2013
10. What’s the real story behind aspartame in milk?: (Industry News); The way some consumer advocates see it, the dairy industry is up to no good. The reason: The industry’s desire to change federal rules regarding milk labeling and artificial sweeteners. SumOfUs.org – ...; Created on 05 June 2013
11. Maximize generational strengths to help your business succeed: (Management); Multi-generation farms scatter the American countryside. To be a member of a third-generation, fourth-generation, fifth-generation or sixth-generation farm is something to take pride in, but with it ...; Created on 04 June 2013
12. Yes, it is a race: (Management); You’ve probably heard the saying “Life’s a race,” right? So what do you think? Is it? Or do you tend to think of life as more of a journey? As for me, I’d have to argue that life is a race. Now, I’m not ...; Created on 04 June 2013
13. How to build on your dairy’s strengths at team meetings: (Management); Many dairies are making strides in becoming better and more productive – and are being helped by highly effective team meetings. Other dairies, in comparison, struggle. Regular team meetings can be a critical ...; Created on 04 June 2013
14. International dairy producers compare their industries to U.S.: (Industry News); Three dairy producers – from Mexico, New Zealand and England – traveled to Wisconsin in March to share what it is like to dairy in their respective countries at the PDPW Business Conference. Each producer ...; Created on 04 June 2013
15. You can be land rich and still have cash: (Management); During the past 10 years of my public accounting profession, I have noticed a trend among the farming clients I serve. This trend validates the old cliché “land rich, cash poor.” This article discusses ...; Created on 04 June 2013
16. Joint industry efforts tackle food safety, drug residues: (Industry News); Zero isn’t a goal farmers often set on their dairies, unless you’re talking about avoiding drug residues. As part of a broad collaboration between the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association (WVMA) and ...; Created on 04 June 2013
17. Farm bill moves forward in Congress: (Industry News); The House Agriculture Committee approved a $940 billion farm bill in a 36-10 vote in May. Nearly 100 amendments were thrown out during the session, many relating to food stamps. The dairy program was ...; Created on 04 June 2013
18. 3 Open Minutes with Dr. Peggy Hsieh: (Feed & Nutrition); In 2000, Dr. Peggy Hsieh’s (Professor & Researcher, Florida State University) research brought to market a commercial test to aid regulators in enforcing a new ban on ruminant meat bone meal in cattle ...; Created on 04 June 2013
19. Go ahead, dairymen – impress me: (Management); I don’t want this article to make me out to be more important or any more special than any other person who visits your dairy, but I have been invited to quite a few dairies over the past 14 years as a ...; Created on 04 June 2013
20. Opening your farm and connecting with fellow consumers: (Management); It’s June Dairy Month – a time when our industry does an especially great job of promoting wholesome dairy foods and showcasing dairy farms. Here in Wisconsin, you can attend a “breakfast on the farm” ...; Created on 04 June 2013
21. Carton, jug or bag: Milk sells in many forms: (Management); Milk is milk, but when it comes to what consumers reach for in the dairy case, packaging matters. Suley Muratoglu, vice president of marketing and product development, Tetra Pak Inc., a food processing ...; Created on 04 June 2013
22. Online conversations connect producers and consumers: (Industry News); Ellen Malloy and Grant Kessler are sitting down to dinner. One hundred dinners, to be exact. Kessler and Malloy are the organizers of the 100 Meal Project. The goal – learning about their food and the ...; Created on 04 June 2013
23. Deborah Kurtz: Talking up milk: (People); False information in public media about farms and food remains common. As producers make the reach out in their communities, many misconceptions can be avoided. “Educating the public on their food source ...; Created on 04 June 2013
24. Children’s book inspires learning of farm life: (Industry News); “Prancing, Dancing Lily” lives on One Dairy Road in Ayrshire, Wisconsin, and soon realizes she is not the bell cow the other cows expect her to be. She leaves the farm and tries to find her place by traveling ...; Created on 04 June 2013
25. 5 Things I can't do without: Charina and Ryan Dellar, milk quality and udder health: (Herd Health); Charina and Ryan Dellar of Dellar Dairy in Harrisville, Michigan, were featured as a virtual farm tour during the 2012 World Dairy Expo and were named platinum national dairy quality award winners from ...; Created on 04 June 2013
26. Panel shares how they hurdled under 100,000 SCC: (Event Coverage); At the 2013 Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Frankenmuth, Michigan, Dr. Roger Thomson from Team Management Concepts and Dr. Ron Erskine from Michigan State University hosted a talk titled “Treat ...; Created on 04 June 2013
27. Case study: Fungal organisms preyed on weakened calves: (Herd Health); A busy postmortem room is a very exciting, entreating environment. It is also an important diagnostic tool for a practitioner and a dairy farmer. I remember a case coming from a large dairy farm in the ...; Created on 04 June 2013
28. What can we learn from low-activity monitoring?: (Herd Health); Individual-cow activity monitors have helped many dairies improve their heat detection rates in recent years. By tracking increased levels of cow activity, the monitors help producers identify animals ...; Created on 03 June 2013
29. Disease surveillance 101: Keeping accurate health records: (Herd Health); When your veterinarian asks how your herd is doing, how do you respond? Do you provide a snapshot of how things are that day? Do you share anecdotal stories about calf health and reproductive loss? Do ...; Created on 03 June 2013
30. Close the door to the risks of salmonella this summer: (Herd Health); When you think about summer, do the words “heat” and “humidity” instantly come to mind? How about the words “salmonella” and “outbreak”? The truth is the heat and humidity of summer can create the ideal ...; Created on 03 June 2013
31. Mentoring dairy veterinarians for a brighter future: (People); Dr. Janet Helms knows what it’s like to be a young person with a big dream. Helms dreamed of being a veterinarian ever since she was a 7-year-old girl growing up in Long Island, New York. Although there ...; Created on 03 June 2013
32. Treatment protocols: Addressing the use of drugs on dairies: (Herd Health); Earlier this year, Dr. Dave Rhoda, a Wisconsin veterinarian, shared treatment protocol planning with a group of dairy and beef producers at the beef checkoff’s annual Dairy Producer Communications breakfast ...; Created on 03 June 2013
33. Mastitis treatment decisions – just the facts: (Herd Health); Mastitis is among the most costly diseases of dairy cattle. It is a complex disease with many causes, many presentations and many treatment options. Prevention remains the most effective means of controlling ...; Created on 03 June 2013
34. HERd management: Six truths herd managers should know: (Guest Blog); I never thought that I would be where I am right now. I knew I would be here. I have always known. As a little girl, I dreamed of walking into a barn full of cows every day and smiling ear to ear because ...; Created on 03 June 2013
35. Just dropping by ... Teach your children to honor their parents: (Yevet Tenney); “Honour thy father and thy mother: that thy days may be long upon the land which the Lord thy God giveth thee.” —Exodus 20:12 This commandment thundered from Mount Sinai thousands of years ago, written ...; Created on 03 June 2013
36. Mechanics Corner: How to pick a wheel loader for your dairy: (Barns & Equipment); The dairy environment for wheel loaders is extremely harsh and provides some unique challenges. To ensure a long working life, there are some characteristics you should make sure the loader you choose ...; Created on 03 June 2013
37. The Milk House: The South African farm attacks: (Ryan Dennis); I find it especially annoying when someone tells me to consider myself lucky and then names a far-away country they know little about. (While I hope, growing up, I had sufficient empathy for the children ...; Created on 03 June 2013
38. For grand dads everywhere: (Guest Blog); “Oh, sir, your grandson is absolutely adorable!” “Well, thank you. But he’s my son.” “Oh, I ... I ... I’m sorry; I didn’t ... ” “Don’t worry about it – happens all the time.” Such is the conversation ...; Created on 03 June 2013
39. June 11, 2013 issue: Industry Honor Roll: (People in the News); • Newly elected 2013 officers of the California Milk Advisory Board (CMAB) Executive Committee are Treasurer Dante Migliazzo of Atwater; Secretary Jeff Wilbur of Tulare; Chairman Richard Michel of Waterford; ...; Created on 03 June 2013
40. June 11, 2013 issue: New Products: (Products & Services); Silostop Orange now available Bruno Rimini Corp., makers of Silostop oxygen barrier film, have introduced Silostop Orange. According to the company, the new product is strong and stretchy. It is advertised ...; Created on 03 June 2013
41. I belong to... DFA: Kathy Davis: (People); Age: 41 Location: Perrysville, Ohio My dairy’s history: My grandparents, Edwin and Ina Ayers, first purchased the farm in 1947. The farm, which started with 30 milking cows, has since expanded to ...; Created on 31 May 2013
42. I belong to... DFA: Chris Kraft: (People); Location: Fort Morgan, Colorado My dairy’s history: Mary and I started our own dairy business (Badger Creek Farm) near Fort Morgan 25 years ago with 240 cows after being in partnership with Mary’s family. ...; Created on 31 May 2013
43. I belong to... American Guernsey Association: Kevin Stoltzfus: (People); Age: 42 Location: East Earl, Pennsylvania My dairy’s history: My grandparents had a herd of registered Guernseys and a home delivery business for Golden Guernsey milk. They started Warwick Manor Farm ...; Created on 31 May 2013
44. On the Edge of Common Sense: Unsuitable topics for columns: (Baxter Black); When I’m asked where I get ideas for this column, I explain that in my travels among the agricultural masses, everyone has a story to tell … and they tell me. Almost always, they include getting bucked ...; Created on 31 May 2013
45. On the Edge of Common Sense: The faces of the cattle business: (Baxter Black); The cattle business today has evolved into several distinct segments. Each draws certain people whose personality, skill and savvy make them best suited to that segment. We’ll start with the purebred breeders, ...; Created on 31 May 2013
46. The View from Here: Entering the field as a participant: (Guest Blog); While doing some fieldwork recently, I recalled my early years on the farm. Back then I knew certain things, but I did not yet have the formal training to understand why the world worked a certain way. ...; Created on 31 May 2013