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1. Market Watch: Cattle: (Organizations); Click a link below to see updates on Cattle from a specific issue of Progressive Dairyman. 2020 Issue 2, 2020: January 19, 2020 Issue 1, 2020: January 1, 2020 2019 Issue 20, 2019: December 12, ...; Created on 16 October 2019
2. Checkoff Watch: Revitalizing fluid milk for today and for the future: (Organizations); From kids having a glass of ice-cold milk with their favorite cookie to grandparents offering milk with their grilled cheese sandwich on brisk fall days, milk has a storied history among American families. ...; Created on 06 August 2019
3. What happened? What’s next? - DMC payments being distributed; trade picture remains cloudy: (Industry News); You’re busy milking cows and keeping them cool. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business. In recognition of your time, we’ll attempt to summarize ...; Created on 06 August 2019
4. Summer snapshots: (People); With longer days and warmer temperatures, summer on the dairy farm means squeezing in more activities into every hour of daylight. We asked the editorial advisory panel members of Progressive Dairy to ...; Created on 06 August 2019
5. Are your cows consuming more than you realize?: (News); In a recent article, we described forage microbial hygiene specific to nutrient preservation during the ensiling process and the subsequent potential impacts to digestion and health from the naturally ...; Created on 06 August 2019
6. Changing forage particle size – why or why not?: (Feed & Nutrition); Forage particle size is a “hot” topic on dairy farms. Nutritionists, veterinarians and dairy farmers are asking how long forage fiber needs to be. What it the impact of the fiber source? What are the ...; Created on 06 August 2019
7. Corn grain-to-forage ratio changes: (Feed & Nutrition); Since 1996, when bioengineered corn first appeared in commercial corn production in the U.S., corn grain yields have increased 2 bushels per acre per year. Understanding the relationship between corn ...; Created on 06 August 2019
8. Don’t be fooled by these five mycotoxin myths: (Feed & Nutrition); Mycotoxin contamination, caused by molds and fungi that appear in feed, is an urgent concern in dairy rations across the country this year. A recent mycotoxin report warns contamination levels in the 2018 ...; Created on 05 August 2019
9. Nutrition management without antibiotics: (Feed & Nutrition); As of January 2017, the FDA began a stricter regulation of antibiotics commonly used in the animal-feeding industry. Livestock and poultry producers alike have been accused of overfeeding various antibiotics, ...; Created on 02 August 2019
10. Feed efficiency: Are you telling the whole story?: (Feed & Nutrition); This year, we were fortunate enough to attend an excellent dairy conference hosted in a casino resort in the Southwest. As we walked among the ringing and flashing slots to our next meeting, smoke ...; Created on 02 August 2019
11. What does it take to produce 7 pounds of components?: (Feed & Nutrition); Producing high milk yield isn’t easy, but producing milk with high volumes of fat and protein components is even more challenging. Yet there are herds across the country meeting this challenge every day ...; Created on 02 August 2019
12. One ration doesn’t fit all: Targeted rations for different lactation stages: (Feed & Nutrition); Fresh and peak milk production drive your lactating herd’s performance. Ensuring you have the nutrients available to support these stages of lactation is key to making your feeding program efficient and ...; Created on 02 August 2019
13. Fatty acid impacts on reproduction: (Feed & Nutrition); Great strides have been made recently in improving the fertility of dairy cows, with significant focus on genomics and improvements in sync programs. As the genetic potential of our herds continues to ...; Created on 02 August 2019
14. Western bean cutworm and mycotoxins in corn silage: (Feed & Nutrition); Mold and mycotoxin development in corn ears and stalks, and the resulting corn silage, continues to be a major concern for dairy producers. Mycotoxins can result in a range of problems for livestock throughout ...; Created on 02 August 2019
15. Successfully harvesting, fermenting and feeding BMR sorghum: (Feed & Nutrition); BMR sorghum has been increasing in acres across the region north of the Mason-Dixon line. Most farmers, agronomists and seed sales professionals use harvest and feeding information from years of experience ...; Created on 02 August 2019
16. Tips for online auction planning: (Barns & Equipment); As farmers, it’s inevitable we will all one day retire. With that comes the emotional aspect of leaving the lifestyle, people, equipment and community that have supported you. The land and equipment ...; Created on 02 August 2019
17. Assessment of the U.S. bovine tuberculosis eradication protocol: (Herd Health); Bovine tuberculosis (bTB) is a chronic disease of cattle caused by the bacteria Mycobacterium bovis. In its early stages, infected cattle do not show clinical signs, which makes it difficult to diagnose. ...; Created on 02 August 2019
18. Three ways monitoring helps manage milking strings: (News); As more dairy farms adopt electronic monitoring technologies, managers find sensor-driven data goes well beyond activity monitoring, rumination monitoring, health status and milk measurement. These ...; Created on 01 August 2019
19. Managing robot herds to optimize health and welfare: (Herd Health); Milking with single-box automated (robotic) milking systems (AMS) has revolutionized the way we can manage and milk dairy cows. Adoption of this technology continues at an exponential rate here in North ...; Created on 01 August 2019
20. Just dropping by ... Hezekiah’s Prayer: (Yevet Tenney); Lately, I have been studying the book of Isaiah. I love that book because every time I read it, poetic treasures spring from its pages and I understand their significance for our day. This time was no ...; Created on 01 August 2019
21. The Milk House: Going brown beaver: (Ryan Dennis); The year was 1990. The task: coloring a beaver. It was my first day of kindergarten, and there was a lot on the line as we sat on miniature chairs and looked each other over, trying to figure out where ...; Created on 31 July 2019
22. An attitude of gratitude: (Guest Blog); There’s no doubt the dairy industry is in challenging times. Low milk prices, changing consumer preferences, devastating weather conditions and an ever-changing political environment has resulted in much ...; Created on 31 July 2019
23. The Manure Spreader: Summer vacation: (Tim Moffett); I’m not gonna lie. As a farm kid, I dreaded when school was out for the summer. Ahh, when school gets out for the summer to a farmer’s kid, what does it mean? Three times the work and no money. I failed ...; Created on 31 July 2019
24. When the stationary roll overheats: (Barns & Equipment); New Holland’s BR round balers, prior to the 7000 Series, could allow material to pack around the outer ends of the roll. In extreme situations, the friction between the roll, packed material and side ...; Created on 31 July 2019
25. Factors that may limit the effectiveness of silage additives: (Feed & Nutrition); Various additives, including micro-organisms, enzymes and chemical compounds, have been added to forages to maintain or improve the nutritive value of a crop as silage. As is the nature of most biological ...; Created on 31 July 2019
26. Cooling needs for today’s high-producing cows: (Herd Health); All animals, including dairy cows, have four possible routes of exchanging heat energy with their environment. These are conduction, convection, radiation and evaporation. The first three are referred ...; Created on 05 July 2019
27. Reframe the accuracy of activity monitoring systems: (A.I. & Breeding); “I installed an automated heat detection system, but it is flagging cows that are not in heat. I’m so frustrated.” This is a very common complaint from dairy farmers. They are told an activity system will ...; Created on 13 June 2019
28. Moving animal health innovations forward is a balancing act: (Herd Health); The changing animal health field presents both challenges and opportunities for producers and those who serve them. While companies are in the process of bringing new technologies forward to improve dairy ...; Created on 13 June 2019
29. The gift of struggle: Life-changing lessons about leading: (Guest Blog); When I saw the title of a recent interview of The One Thing’s podcast, “The Gift of Struggle,” I thought: “Gift of struggle. Come on, what kind of gift is there in struggle? Anyone who thinks there is ...; Created on 13 June 2019
30. Should you outsource recruiting, payroll and new hire training?: (Management); A day in the life of a dairy farmer involves wearing many hats. One of those hats is that of human resources. No matter the size of your farm, as long as you have employees, you need to be thinking about ...; Created on 30 January 2019