Will Gilmer is a dairy farmer in Alabama. He blogs at http://gilmerdairy.blogspot.com.
My family gathered together at my parents' home for our traditional Thanksgiving meal on Friday evening. Mom had ...
Editors reviewed a year’s worth of issues from November 1, 2011 to November 1, 2012, and each selected 10 favorite articles. Of each of those lists, we’ve compiled the Top 10 Editors’ Picks.
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I love the Christmas season and being reminded of the greatest of all gifts to mankind, the birth of the Babe of Bethlehem, even the Christ child. Many sights, sounds, smells and events bring back a ...
Stationed in the center of theCollege of Agricultural and LifeSciences on the University of Wisconsin– Madison campus, the Babcock HallDairy Plant not only provides dairyproducts to the surrounding universitybut ...
Laird Manufacturing recently marked the opening of its new, state-of-the-art facility with a celebration attended by nearly 400 customers, vendors and associates.
The demand for the California-based ...
By the time this article is published, Congress might have passed a Farm Bill. As this article is being written, few have any real inkling about whether this lame duck session will result in a new bill, ...
When it comes to delegating your work, what’s the main reason you hesitate handing it over to somebody else?
If you’re like most people, you’ll probably agree that it’s usually just easier doing the work ...
As 2012 winds down, many will be doing the traditional year-end paperwork … taxes and tax planning, operating loans, financial reporting, etc. While we work to close out the year, it is imperative that ...
The National Mastitis Council Annual Meeting will be held January 27-29, 2013 in San Diego, California. Early registration is open until January 4, 2013.
The program will feature a number of leading experts ...
Progressive Dairyman Editor Fredric Ridenour recently spoke with photographer Helen Thomas Robson about her artwork and the creation of this issue’s cover photo.
What is your artistic background? What ...
Colorful infrared images of bunk faces have become all the rage with consultants and sales people wanting to promote forage quality and silage additives. One company claims that infrared cameras can show ...
Farmers’ behavioral health affects the animals they raise. Just ask a dog owner. They are well aware their pets sense how they feel.
Practitioners of artificial insemination of livestock have long known ...
One of the most difficult decisions dairy producers face is whether or not current milk futures prices are “good” prices. The first problem is: What is a definition of “good”?
Frankly, producers look ...
Drought devastates U.S. Corn Belt
Extreme to severe drought conditions blanket much of the country by the end of June, with more than 50 percent of the corn crop in Illinois, Indiana, Missouri, Kentucky ...
“Come, thou Holy Spirit, come;
And from Thy celestial home
Shed a ray of light divine.”
—Reverend Edward Caswall
Back in ’71, there were three major pop talents in my mind and culture: Donny Osmond, ...
Christmas had always been different for Christina and Albert Ross. They had no aunts, no uncles and no cousins to come and bring them gifts. All they had was their mother.
Yet Albert and Christina did ...
HOW WE MET: It all started when I heard some sort of clatter out on my lawn last year. Springing from my bed and grabbing my eight-iron (I’ve never trusted my nine-iron), I tiptoed down the stairs to ...
As I write this, it is late October. The air is crisp here in southern Idaho. The leaves are waterfalls of color in the backyard and the last of the corn is being harvested to the hum of silage trucks ...
I sit here in front of my computer contemplating Christmas. It is a few weeks away but preparation needs to be made. After all, it is the biggest and most anticipated event of the year. Children have “sugarplums” ...
With the year winding down, that only means one thing – Christmas is approaching. It is again that time of year when people spend time with their friends and families awaiting to see what Santa Claus will ...
I learned forward, hunched over the buzzer, as if the closer my brain was to my hands, the quicker they could react.
Omaha, Nebraska, 2004 – Junior Holstein Association National Dairy Bowl Finals. My ...
• Veterinarians specializing in dairy cattle were recognized during the American Association of Bovine Practitioners (AABP) annual conference. AgriLabs presented its Dr. Bruce Wren Dairy Continuing Education ...
This fall I’m watching Peyton Manning, one of the best quarterbacks in the NFL, follow in the footsteps of Bret Favre. They both had stellar careers as heroes of the game. But as their retirement drew ...
The rancher’s dilemma: If it snows, you don’t have enough hay. If it doesn’t snow, you won’t have any hay! See, heavy snows will delay “turning out to grass,” so you’ll be feeding more hay. But if it doesn’t ...
We have turned into early winter here. The harvesters of machines, green and red, have taken their kernels and bean pods, the trucks parked alongside the road are gone and the stubble disk is moving across ...
Progressive Dairyman staff has once again pulled a list of the articles that were most well-read during November 1, 2011 through November 1, 2012 at www.progressivedairy.com.
Many of these popular ...
For our readers' convenience, we've compiled a list of all of the trending topic articles features.
July 1, 2013: A.I. company hand-picked its preferred activity monitor system June 11, 2013: Flavor ...
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