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1. 1308 PD: Your responses needed: (From the Editor); In preparing for this annual University Review issue, we sent out a survey to determine trends among universities that are teaching the next generation of dairy industry leaders and companies hiring the ...; Created on 29 August 2008
2. 1308 PD: Progressive Dairyman receives James Flanagan Award for most improved publication: (Organizations); Progressive Dairyman has been awarded the James Flanagan Award by peer judges of the Livestock Publications Council (LPC). The professional citation is awarded to the most improved member publication within ...; Created on 29 August 2008
3. 1308 PD: Changing weather, changing teat ends: (Herd Health); We’re often reminded of change this time of year as outdoor temperatures drop lower, leaves change color and shorts and sandals are exchanged for coats and boots. The change in temperature and weather ...; Created on 29 August 2008
4. 1308 PD: Milk marketing 101: How is your milk price derived ?: (Management); Editor’s note: This is the second of two articles discussing milk pricing. In the last issue, we explained how processors in Federal Milk Marketing Orders (FMMO) pay different amounts into the pool based ...; Created on 29 August 2008
5. 1308 PD: CWT’s responses to recent frequently asked producer questions: (Organizations); As a result of our just-completed herd retirement program and recently increased activity under our export assistance program, we have received inquiries from a few producer-members asking about the overall ...; Created on 29 August 2008
6. 1308 PD: Seven North American operations to be featured: (Event Coverage); Dairy producers and industry representatives from around the globe will converge on Madison, Wisconsin, when World Dairy Expo takes place September 30 – October 4. It is, after all, where the dairy industry ...; Created on 29 August 2008
7. Two college graduates say networking is about who, not what: (People); Although parents and teachers have told their students, “It’s not what you know, it’s who you know,” some may still wonder why networking is so important. Trust Jean Kummer and Trent Olson, two college ...; Created on 29 August 2008
8. 1308 PD: College students can expect a bright future in ag industry with these tips: (Organizations); Despite a recent slump in the economy, agricultural students can plan on a “bright future” in the industry, says Eric Spell, president of AgCareers.com. The recruitment website, which started as a newsprint ...; Created on 29 August 2008
9. 1308 PD: Is your professor on Facebook?: (Organizations); In the June 17 issue of Progressive Dairyman this year, our staff published a story about how the dairy industry, and agricultural college students in particular, has been utilizing Facebook.com. As we ...; Created on 29 August 2008
10. 1308 PD: Preparing today to lead tomorrow’s industry: (People); Many agricultural college students across the country spent the summer break developing their talents, making industry contacts and preparing for a career following graduation. Meet eight of these hardworking ...; Created on 29 August 2008
11. 1308 PD: Clovis attracts best and brightest for summer dairy program: (Event Coverage); The “best and brightest” students from universities in the Southwest region spent the first half of their summer vacation in Clovis, New Mexico. Eighteen students participated in the first-ever Advanced ...; Created on 29 August 2008
12. 1308 PD: Youngest brother continues PA dairy family’s tradition, attends Del Val: (People); When the time came for Scott Kresge of Perry County, Pennsylvania, to decide on a college, the fact that his two older sisters were attending Delaware Valley College was more of a deterrent than an enticement. ...; Created on 29 August 2008
13. 1308 PD: The big switch?: (A.I. & Breeding); The USDA decided in 2007 to make the switch from producing four sire summaries a year to three. Research Geneticist George Wiggans says there were two main reasons for the change. The first was to cut ...; Created on 29 August 2008
14. 1308 PD: Sexed semen: Myth or reality?: (A.I. & Breeding); For the last 50 years, there have been numerous press releases and rumors that sexed semen is “just around the corner.” Well, in the 1980s, a breakthrough in sex sorting technology was made by USDA researchers ...; Created on 29 August 2008
15. 1308 PD: Breeders’ Circle: (A.I. & Breeding); Alta claims gold medal in Holstein sire fertility Alta has set the equivalent of an Olympic record recently with the USDA release of the new Sire Conception Rate (SCR) evaluation. The SCR evaluation is ...; Created on 29 August 2008
16. 1308 PD: Autobiography continued: (Yevet Tenney); Last issue, I shared some ideas about how to write an autobiography. This issue, I would like to continue on the same subject by pointing out a few techniques that will help your writing to be more interesting. ...; Created on 29 August 2008
17. 1308 PD: Scarecrows vs. Scaresheep: (Baxter Black); Sometimes birds can be a nuisance. I don’t care if they are blackbirds, pigeons, seagulls, starlings or guinea hens. Starlings have always been a problem for feedlots. They eat a lot of grain, besides ...; Created on 29 August 2008
18. 1308 PD: Using farm records effectively for business and financial management: (Management); Dairy farming is a complex business which demands accurate records and careful financial management. Both financial and production records are required in order to provide the information on which the ...; Created on 29 August 2008
19. 1308 PD: Tissue on the range: (Baxter Black); Sheryl Crow, a popular pop singer, made headlines in 2007 by proposing a method to waste less natural resources. It made us cowboys look environmentally ahead of our time. A purist global warming star ...; Created on 29 August 2008
20. 1308 PD: Latitude 57: (Guest Blog); I am on assignment in Russia for two weeks. I will write three articles about this assignment; this is the first one. For this article, I am writing about the assignment itself … why I am here, what I ...; Created on 29 August 2008