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1. Market Watch: Cattle: (Organizations); Click a link below to see updates on cattle from a specific issue of Progressive Dairy. 2021 Issue 2, 2021: January 19, 2021 Issue 1, 2021: January 1, 2021 2020 Issue 20, 2020: December 12, ...; Created on 07 December 2020
2. What is the best part of your job?: (From the Editor); From time to time, many of us are called to give back in some way to the industry that has given us so much. Sometimes, it is in giving back that we gain even more. Recently, I was just one of more than ...; Created on 16 May 2014
3. Export Watch: World market prices pull back in first quarter: (Industry News); World market prices pull back in first quarter After a year of historically high world commodity prices that led to record U.S. export volumes and record U.S. milk prices, global prices have pulled back ...; Created on 16 May 2014
4. InFocus: What ag employees want: (Management); AgCareers.com is the leading online job board and human resources service provider for the agricultural, food, biotechnology and natural resources industries. They conduct sever market research projects ...; Created on 16 May 2014
5. Pagel’s Ponderosa hosts Ag Career Days: (Event Coverage); More than 1,000 junior high school students attended Ag Career Days at Pagel’s Ponderosa Dairy in Casco, Wisconsin, to learn about the breadth of agricultural job opportunities in Kewaunee County. Situated ...; Created on 16 May 2014
6. Where in the world is the milk?: (Industry News); With more than 15 percent of the nation’s milk production (on a total solids basis) exported in 2013, the U.S. is a global dairy marketer. Milk production in New Zealand, the European Union (EU) or other ...; Created on 16 May 2014
7. Will you have a seat when the music stops?: (Industry News); It is quite likely that as a child you were exposed to a game known as “Musical Chairs.” A room full of children would race around an ever-declining number of chairs assembled back-to-back while a song ...; Created on 16 May 2014
8. Producers still calibrating their real-time dairy margins: (Management); Two dairymen who have been test-driving web-based margin projection software since the start of the year say they are now getting a better handle on their real-time operating margins. Dan Brick of Brickstead ...; Created on 16 May 2014
9. How I work: Matt Mattke and the pursuit of calm and order: (People); Here’s the story of one methodical, unflappable guy whose relentless pursuit of calm and order means “no surprises” and that confident feeling of being prepared for anything. As I write this column, ...; Created on 16 May 2014
10. Deal is in the details: A look at new Margin Protection Program: (Industry News); There has been a lot of talk about the Margin Protection Program (MPP) introduced in the new farm bill. As the saying goes, “Out with the old and in with the new.” The MPP replaces the Milk Income Loss ...; Created on 16 May 2014
11. The who, when, what and how for handling a down cow: (Herd Health); “Down cows are one of the unfortunate realities of dairy production,” according to Robert Leder, DVM, chairman of the Wisconsin Veterinary Medical Association’s Dairy Welfare Committee. “When a cow goes ...; Created on 16 May 2014
12. Test your drug residue I.Q.: (Herd Health); You may know that cull cows and bob veal calves are the dairy industry’s drug residue vectors, but how much do you really know about tissue violations and what are you doing to prevent them? When it comes ...; Created on 15 May 2014
13. Consider your veterinarian as an investment: (Herd Health); A cooperative team effort is required to keep your herd healthy, producing to potential and profitable. You, your staff, your nutritionist or feed adviser, other professionals and your veterinarian are ...; Created on 15 May 2014
14. Taking metritis treatment shortcuts? It will cost you: (Herd Health); Metritis is a common fresh cow disease that can affect up to 30 percent of a dairy herd. It can have serious impacts, including reduced fertility, lower milk production, a greater risk of culling and increased ...; Created on 15 May 2014
15. What you didn’t know about milk fever, metritis, toxic mastitis: (Herd Health); What you don’t know can hurt you, and it could hurt your cows, too. As an associate professor with the University of Wisconsin School of Veterinary Medicine, Dr. Gary Oetzel is training the next generation ...; Created on 15 May 2014
16. Close-up cow conundrums: What really matters?: (Herd Health); The critical period prior to calving is often considered a time to reduce stress for the ladies in waiting, but at what point do factors like re-grouping and stocking density negatively impact fresh cow ...; Created on 15 May 2014
17. 3 Open Minutes with Rodrigo Bicalho: (People); Dr. Rodrigo Bicalho of Cornell University’s College of Veterinary Medicine recently published promising new research indicating the possibility for a future vaccine that would be effective at preventing ...; Created on 15 May 2014
18. Improving your herd’s genetics using sexed semen: (A.I. & Breeding); With the use of sexed semen firmly established in the dairy industry, dairy farms have been presented with an opportunity to improve herd-level genetics through heavier culling of animals with lower genetic ...; Created on 15 May 2014
19. Activity monitors can assist with herd management decisions: (A.I. & Breeding); Estrus detection has always been one of the most important topics to discuss when implementing an A.I. program in a dairy herd. With the changes physiologically correlated with the modern, high-producing ...; Created on 15 May 2014
20. Producer roundtable: Rumination and activity monitoring systems: (Management); Cow monitoring technologies bring real-time data to the dairy, finding their place as a tool for both reproductive management and herd health. Three dairymen who installed rumination and activity monitoring ...; Created on 15 May 2014
21. Implement new technologies to mitigate heat stress: (Management); The negative effects of heat stress are well known and documented on dairies today. Rising temperatures and humidity are associated with a decline in milk production and reproductive performance. Solutions ...; Created on 15 May 2014
22. Technology aids heifer reproductive performance: (A.I. & Breeding); Heifers are generally the most fertile animals on a dairy. Research shows that the mean U.S. conception rate for dairy heifers is 57 percent, so it’s not unusual for dairy heifer reproductive performance ...; Created on 15 May 2014
23. Sire selection vs. mating: (A.I. & Breeding); A dairyman recently asked, “What is the true value of a mating program?” This common question certainly deserves some attention. Many producers around the world employ a mating program within their herd ...; Created on 15 May 2014
24. Genomics: How far have we come, how far can we go?: (A.I. & Breeding); Recent scientific developments have opened up unprecedented opportunities to improve dairy cattle genetics … and production. A friend and dairy client of mine, who has a noted, high genetic merit purebred ...; Created on 14 May 2014
25. Just dropping by ... A true success story: (Yevet Tenney); Mother’s Day was a few weeks ago, and we bought flowers, cards and trinkets to honor our mothers, but I wish I could once more honor my grandmothers, who gave so much. They were the pioneers who, quietly ...; Created on 14 May 2014
26. Mechanics Corner: Get tires rolling and hay baling: (Barns & Equipment); There are a variety of equipment styles and different techniques for the hay and forage process, but regardless of your philosophy, the old adage still applies: Make hay while the sun is shining. Whether ...; Created on 14 May 2014
27. The Milk House: Behind the glass: (Ryan Dennis); It was 9 p.m. when we arrived at the Cowshed Café, but since they knew we were coming, they still waited. I had convinced Matt, a Canadian friend, to go on an “agritourism trip” through Iceland with me. ...; Created on 14 May 2014
28. HERd management: Conversations with the cows: (Guest Blog); If cows could understand me, we would have countless conversations. It would make my job simpler and less stressful. These would be some of the discussions bound to happen. First, I would introduce ...; Created on 14 May 2014
29. Industry Honor Roll: Stephanie Roggenbuck of Harbor Beach, Michigan, has been chosen as a scholarship recipient: (Organizations); Stephanie Roggenbuck of Harbor Beach, Michigan, has been chosen as the 2013-2014 recipient of the Harold and Lillian Gremel endowed scholarship through the Michigan Dairy Memorial and Scholarship Foundation ...; Created on 14 May 2014
30. New Products: DeWolf & Associates upgrade Electric Hoof Knife: (Products & Services); DeWolf & Associates upgrade Electric Hoof Knife The Merlin Hoof Trimming Tool has been re-branded the Electric Hoof Knife and has undergone a redesign to make it more durable and effective for use in ...; Created on 14 May 2014
31. On the Edge of Common Sense: The saga of the spotted skunk: (Baxter Black); If it weren’t so ridiculous, it would make you cry. The Endangered Species Act has popped up again like a stinky diaper at day care. This time it is the Plains spotted skunk, one of four species of spotted ...; Created on 14 May 2014
32. The View from Here: Building conservation plans on farm family goals: (Guest Blog); I am visiting a young dairy farmer today. He has purchased the farm, the equipment and the herd from an older gentleman who now lives in a rest home. With an engineer colleague, we are spending the middle ...; Created on 14 May 2014
33. On the Edge of Common Sense: The Illinois cowboy revisited: (Baxter Black); It’s nice to hear that my friends Chet and Dale are still holding up the reputation of the “mounted cowboy” in the land of Lincoln and John Deere. Due to a case of porphus ileades (Latin for poor facilities) ...; Created on 14 May 2014