Management

You’re busy milking cows, topping off forage inventories and making sure your employees aren’t spending too much time managing their fantasy football teams. With that in mind, Progressive Dairy looks at issues in the news impacting you and your dairy business.

Mastitis records are an essential part of dairy herd management for many progressive dairy operations. The adage of “if you can’t measure it, you can’t manage it” holds true when it comes to mastitis management.

During the last 20 years, many dairy farmers have seen their profit margins reduced even though they’re producing more milk.

Whether it’s a piece of ground you’ve rented for years, one that’s been passed down in the family for generations or an acreage up for sale a few miles from the home farm, there seems to be a “more is better” mentality when it comes to land ownership and control.

Two Midwest dairies shared their strategies for managing costs during the 2019 Four-State Dairy Nutrition Conference, held in Dubuque, Iowa, this past June.

The reason for this letter is to thank you for the hard work you do for the dairies in this country.