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Seasons, technology and change I can always tell when fall is finally here. Workdays begin in long, not short, sleeve shirts. Workweeks end with the excitement of football, both for hometown high school heroes and proud professional fanatics. Skies are a ...
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Canada announces 8th BSE case The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has confirmed that nation’s eighth case of bovine spongiform encephalopathy in a beef cow from Alberta Province. The cow was described as “mature” and is believed to be between...
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Butter Butter markets are unsettled as the cash price adjusts higher and lower within a narrow range. Most butter producers indicate cream supplies are more available than they have been in many weeks. Pricing multiples are lower. Churning activity has in...
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Note from the author: This informal survey is the third of its type. Many academics, practitioners and trade journals participated in helping put out the word. We are most indebted to each one of you.
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The following is the last of a three-part series which discusses labor issues for the progressive dairy.
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If you manage other people on your dairy, then you are a trainer. Whether you are an effective trainer or not is another question. Effective managers put people into a position to succeed. Ineffective managers set people up for failure, and then complain ...
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With unemployment rates reaching historic lows in many parts of the country, employers of all kinds are struggling to fill positions, regardless of the business’s size, type and location. There are businesses, however, that never seem to struggle with f...
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When talking about employer-employee relations, the topic of interaction frequently comes up. These discussions are usually centered on people, but they don’t normally consider the most valuable employees on the farm – the cows. What is communicated t...
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The level of security for computerized financial and farm records can be a weak link in the operation of your farm. Loss of these records through fire or damage could be disastrous even on the best-managed farm. Because the records you use to manage your ...
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In our 20th year publishing timely, relevant information for the dairy industry, this month we announce the launch of our redesigned website.
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This month Progressive Dairyman focuses on using technology to increase dairy efficiency and productivity. We asked Tamara Kass, director of agricultural products at DTN, about the trends she sees in how news, weather and market information are being deli...
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A national study of public knowledge about biotechnology, genetic engineering and genetic modification by Rutgers University found the majority of Americans claim to know “very little” (55 percent) or “nothing at all” (22 percent) about biotechnol...
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Scientists have successfully mapped the most extensive cow genetic sequence, bringing an end to a three-year project promising to revolutionize the beef and dairy industry.
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A picture is worth a thousand words, but bad pictures of your cattle can cost you plenty. Many potential customers cannot visit your ranch to view your cattle in person, but when they see your cattle in your photo album, a sale catalog or in an advertisem...
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Using computer systems to make sense of a huge volume of genetics data on Australian livestock species, including dairy cows, has won an Australian scientist honors for work in bioinformatics research.
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Farm records are a valuable asset, but data entry in many farms is a challenge because of the quantity of information involved. Today, the amount of data necessary to meet regulations and make better management decisions is continuously increasing. Good r...
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Farm records are a valuable asset, but data entry in many farms is a challenge because of the quantity of information involved. Today, the amount of data necessary to meet regulations and make better management decisions is continuously increasing. Good r...
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As dairy businesses become larger and more complex decision making becomes increasingly important. Information is the foundation of sound decisions. Owners and managers of modern dairy businesses need timely and accurate information to make critical decis...
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A clone is an organism that is descended from, and genetically identical to, a single, common ancestor. Animals can be cloned by embryo splitting or nuclear transfer. Embryo splitting involves splitting the multicellular embryo at an early stage of develo...
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College life. Now that is a statement that brings back many fond memories of trudging up and down Old Main Hill to a variety of classes at Utah State University in Logan, Utah. It is a place that changed the course of my life and is very much responsible ...
Re: Documentary shows struggles of Maine co-op
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 by David Bright.One correction. MOOMilk is not a co-op. It's an L3C corporation, a...
Re: Victimless agriculture
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 by Ed Brocksmith.I share your concern about the public perception of agriculture. I...
Re: Making toast and milking cows: Applying LEAN to dairy
Posted on Tuesday, 21 May 2013 by Bob Milligan.John, Outstanding article. There is much we can learn from outside of...