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1. This June Dairy Month, don’t forget to thank a trucker too: (From the Editor); I’ve often wondered over the years if other professions were encouraged to advocate for themselves in the way farmers and ag industry representatives are. I’ve seen my fair share of teacher appreciation ...; Created on 09 June 2017
2. Most U.S. dairy owners prefer to be called farmers: (Industry News); U.S. dairies owners overwhelmingly prefer to be called “farmers” as opposed to “producers.” That’s according to recent online and phone surveys conducted by Progressive Dairyman. Readers said they prefer ...; Created on 09 June 2017
3. It's That Time of the Year: Don’t forget about feet during summer heat: (Herd Health); A good hoof maintenance schedule is one of the most important contributors to a successful dairy operation. Foot health has a direct impact on milk production, and ignoring lameness in a herd can be far ...; Created on 09 June 2017
4. Stephanie Kasper with Stephanie Lynn Photography: (People); How did you get started in photography? Kasper: Growing up, I always loved taking pictures of our animals on the farm. Kittens, ducks, piglets, calves and cows … everything got their picture taken. I ...; Created on 09 June 2017
5. Best Builds: Kreider Farms’ silo gives guests a view of Lancaster County: (Barns & Equipment); A unique observation deck at Kreider Farms in Manheim, Pennsylvania, gives visitors a true birds-eye view of Amish country – from atop a silo. Last year, more than 13,000 guests toured Kreider Farms ...; Created on 09 June 2017
6. Dairy research centers celebrate 30 years of innovation: (Organizations); There was a time in our industry when whey was more waste product than valuable byproduct. The whey that remained from cheese making was either discarded or spread on farmers’ fields years ago. It ...; Created on 09 June 2017
7. More cows, higher productivity, but less income: (Management); More U.S. dairy cows are working, and they’re more productive than ever. However, continuing a two-year trend, they again brought home less money in 2016. The USDA’s annual Milk Production, Disposition ...; Created on 09 June 2017
8. Lead, not manage, employees with A.R.C.: (Management); Do you want your farm to be the farm of choice, the place where employees want to work? Jennifer Blazek, dairy and livestock educator with the University of Wisconsin Extension, said many employees become ...; Created on 09 June 2017
9. Progressive Dairyman’s ice cream road trip: (People); Across America, ice cream shops give flavor to small towns, large cities and even college campuses. Members of the Progressive Dairyman editorial team, along with a couple of our producer bloggers, shared ...; Created on 09 June 2017
10. A dairy farmer for every consumer through ‘Undeniably Dairy’: (Organizations); Should everyone know a dairy farmer? Yes, I believe they should. But you might be thinking, “Why would anyone want to know a dairy farmer?” For the past four years working for Dairy Management Inc. ...; Created on 09 June 2017
11. Biosecurity measures can prevent disease from entering dairy goat operations: (Herd Health); Keeping diseases off goat farms can be difficult even if you are familiar with how diseases are transmitted and how to identify signs. Many disease-causing agents can only be identified by serological ...; Created on 09 June 2017
12. Minnesota dairyman finds success with crossbreds on grazed corn: (Feed & Nutrition); If you are looking for higher yields, stockpiled feed for the summer slump as well as better soil, growing corn for your cows to graze instead of perennial grasses may be the answer. Olaf Haugen manages ...; Created on 09 June 2017
13. Up-and-coming dairy youth ready to make impact on the industry: (People); Ask Doug Boop for his thoughts on the future of the dairy industry, and you’ll receive a thoughtful smile followed by a single word: challenging. A Penn State junior studying animal science, Boop is ...; Created on 09 June 2017
14. Dairy bowl coach of national champions shares mission, success: (People); It’s an agriculture tradition as old as dirt itself – teaching and preparing the next generation of farmers, advocates and industry leaders for the world they will inherit. Kirsten Areias, coach of ...; Created on 09 June 2017
15. More than showing: Tennessee dairyman’s involvement as a youth shapes early career: (People); This famous, or better yet, infamous Mark Twain quote has been the rallying cry for many an ambitious youth. It goes, “I have never let my schooling interfere with my education.” This was the case for ...; Created on 09 June 2017
16. Early start helps Wisconsin’s Kaila Wussow build a herd and long list of dairy achievements: (People); Most parents gift their toddlers with toys and cuddly teddy bears. However, little Kaila Wussow’s parents, Ron and Nicole Wussow, wanted to give her something a bit more lifelike. “When I was just ...; Created on 09 June 2017
17. Lease-A-Dairy revitalizes Colorado 4-H community: (People); For 4-H youth in the city neighborhoods of Larimer County, Colorado, dairies throughout the county are keeping the program in Fort Collins stronger than ever. Lease-A-Dairy Program provides a place ...; Created on 09 June 2017
18. Tips from on-farm processors: Pennsylvania farmers offer advice: (People); “The turnout is incredible. It shows there is a definite interest in this,” said Jayne Sebright, executive director of the Pennsylvania Center for Dairy Excellence, addressing the crowd at the On-Farm ...; Created on 09 June 2017
19. On-farm processing: Is it right for you?: (Management); Dairy producers are facing fewer options to sell their milk. Cooperatives have been consolidating, and consumption of fluid milk has struggled to grow in recent years. This can be a worrisome time for ...; Created on 09 June 2017
20. Considering raw? Know the law: (Management); Three years ago I bought Molly, an American Milking Devon cow, from Bundten Farm in Orford, New Hampshire. Bundten was a small raw milk dairy that made cheese, butter and yogurt on-farm. State inspectors ...; Created on 09 June 2017
21. Organic farms use robots to increase milk production, integrate grazing: (People); Organic food sales in the U.S. reached new records in 2015, hitting a benchmark of $43.3 billion. With the rising demand for organic milk, more dairy operations are choosing robotic milkers to help increase ...; Created on 09 June 2017
22. Day on the dairy: Using community relations to benefit the farm: (People); Ten years ago, when Gregg and Doug Ode of Brandon, South Dakota, chose to relocate their 30-year-old Royalwood Farms dairy operation back to the farm they’d grown up on, something was different. Mere ...; Created on 09 June 2017
23. Consider regulatory compliance complications and paperwork when prepping creamery plans: (Management); Value-added opportunities for dairy farmers are one way to stabilize long-term dairy farm profitability, bring another generation into the business or grow without adding land and cows. As farm gate prices ...; Created on 08 June 2017
24. How I work: On the road with a calf and heifer specialist: (People); Are my heifers growing well enough? Are automatic calf feeders best for my calves? How do I get heifers to calve in on time? How can I make sure they are productive when they start milking? These are ...; Created on 08 June 2017
25. Life on the family farm under an open heaven: We get to do it: (Guest Blog); A couple days ago, when I was out in the barn feeding the cows, something that happened many years ago came to my mind. I was surprised because I hadn’t thought about it in years. But it brought a smile ...; Created on 08 June 2017
26. Just dropping by ... Dads who do it right: (Yevet Tenney); Over the years, I have seen many dads come and go. I have met great ones and not-so-great ones. I’ve seen dads who dote on their children and dads who completely abandon their little ones. Then there ...; Created on 08 June 2017
27. Mechanics Corner: Fighting the bad connection battle: (Barns & Equipment); Today’s tractors and implements are truly amazing. Drones and GPS guidance systems, auto steering and implements that tell the tractor to speed up or slow down. With all of that mechanization, automation ...; Created on 08 June 2017
28. The Milk House: Giving ball: (Ryan Dennis); I was working off of a playground tip, and the first thing I noticed was: The gym was blue – the walls, the court – as in so much blue that when I walked out of it an hour later, the colors of the outside ...; Created on 08 June 2017
29. HERd Management: The cow that changed my life: (Guest Blog); Seventeen years ago, I was introduced to a tiny Holstein spring calf that taught me more about life than any person I’d ever met. She wasn’t even my own calf. She belonged to my sister, who had just turned ...; Created on 08 June 2017
30. Keeping score with RFV: (Feed & Nutrition); We all like scores: golf scores, bowling scores, limestone scores – single numbers that tell us volumes about complex situations. We use scores all the time. A bowling score of 300 is not just good; it’s ...; Created on 08 June 2017
31. Source and transport indexes combine to identify risk of phosphorus loss: (Management); There are many risk factors for phosphorus loss from soil that can lead to water quality problems. It is important to consider both source and transport when using an index to identify these potential ...; Created on 08 June 2017
32. Fluid leaks in farm equipment and trucks: (Barns & Equipment); A common malady we encounter when owning and operating farm trucks and equipment is fluid leaks. Today’s trucks and equipment are more sophisticated and complex than ever before. More than once I’ve ...; Created on 08 June 2017
33. Mind the gap: Nutritional strategies for feeding pasteurized milk: (Calves & Heifers); High-quality nutrition isn’t just a goal to shoot for in your calf-feeding program; it’s a necessity when it comes to raising healthy, productive calves. If you feed pasteurized milk, providing a consistent, ...; Created on 08 June 2017
34. Wisconsin dairyman takes advantage of grass-fed premium through well-managed pastures: (Feed & Nutrition); Could your dairy herd do well on 100 percent grass-fed milk? Yes, if you have well-managed pastures, said dairy producer Kevin Mahalko. He presented the story of his operation’s journey at the 2017 ...; Created on 08 June 2017
35. Lessons learned in robotic milking from three Indiana dairies: (Event Coverage); The theme of the first Indiana Dairy Forum was “Your Family, Your Farm, Our Commitment.” Brownfield’s Dave Russell served as emcee, and Dr. Tom Furhmann of Dairyworks provided leadership tools for management ...; Created on 08 June 2017
36. Dissecting diagnostic testing: What you need to know: (Herd Health); It is not uncommon to hear layers of skepticism from veterinarians and producers when it comes to testing for pathogens associated with scours and respiratory disease. “Every farm has every pathogen” is ...; Created on 08 June 2017
37. NAFTA renegotiation adds uncertainty to U.S.-Mexico dairy relationship: (Industry News); A prominent U.S. presidential campaign issue, President Donald Trump frequently identified the North American Free Trade Agreement (NAFTA) as an economic drain on the U.S. economy. Trump administration ...; Created on 24 May 2017
38. Klein Farms cuts out middleman by selling directly to consumers: (People); It was an accident that began one farm’s journey to direct sales of raw milk and processed dairy products. After dairy farmer Layne Klein was injured and sold the milking herd, he and wife, Beth, decided ...; Created on 23 May 2017
39. Jugging at Way-Har Farms: Keeping a dairy tradition alive while adapting to today’s consumers: (People); Milk may no longer be an item customers will go out of the way to purchase, even when it is being bottled right at the farm, as it is at Way-Har Farms in Bernville, Pennsylvania. The dairy, run today by ...; Created on 18 May 2017
40. Calkins Creamery grows with an arsenal of artisanal cheeses: (People); Emily and Jay Montgomery came home to Highland Farm, operated today by Emily’s father and brother, William and Zack Bryant, in 2006. The farm, located in Honesdale, Pennsylvania, has been in the family ...; Created on 15 May 2017
41. Cow sense: Learning to listen when there are no words: (Guest Blog); My daughter received a book when she was born titled Click, Clack, Moo. Maybe some of you are familiar with it. In the book the cows have developed a most clever form of communication in which they send ...; Created on 21 April 2017
42. Three ways to improve dairy handling for low stress and high production: (Herd Health); Leaks of pictures and videos depicting poor animal handling practices in the dairy industry in recent years have led to growing consumer distrust with the treatment of livestock. Training on proper cattle ...; Created on 16 March 2017
43. The calf that found cancer: (People); “Angels don’t always come in white robes with wings; angels also can come as little Brown Swiss heifers.” —Anita van der Laan Anita van der Laan emigrated from Holland to the U.S. and started a dairy ...; Created on 13 March 2017
44. Best on-farm fix: The $200 solution for a busted barn cleaner: (Barns & Equipment); Taylor Clifford and Eric Bogardus decided it was time to get creative when their already decrepit barn cleaner finally gave up the ghost, and shelling out money for a new one just wasn’t in the budget. ...; Created on 24 February 2017
45. Minnesota farmer turns antique combine into candy dispenser: (People); Parade goers can expect a real treat anytime Tom Konz and his “candy combine” come to town. Konz, who farms about 700 acres of corn and beans, and raises dairy steers near Marty, Minnesota, is a veteran ...; Created on 17 November 2016
46. Connecting with the community through pizza: How an Indiana dairy does neighbor relations: (People); With less than 2 percent of Americans directly involved in farming, it is essential to connect with consumers to help them learn how food is produced. In addition to educating the general public about ...; Created on 13 September 2016