Magazine December 2 2019

October 13, 2026

Current News

[ October 12, 2026 ] Tractor Safety Workshop’s to be Hosted to Celebrate the Year of the Woman Farmer DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] Economics of Raising Heifers & Market Update DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] Protein Powders Strengthen While Cheese and Butter Bounce Off the Bottom DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] Mixing plant material with manure may be key to profitable biogas production DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] Penn State, PDA break ground on Animal Diagnostic Laboratory expansion DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] Challenges and Considerations for Fall Hay Harvest DHIA
[ October 12, 2026 ] ADC Dairy Farmers’ Workforce Roundtable at Expo DHIA

This Wisconsin Producer Describes ‘Judicious Antibiotic Use’ on Her Dairy

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Heidi Fischer, partner and calf manager at a Wisconsin dairy farm, was recognized as the grand prize winner of a pharmaceutical company’s recognition program. Boeheringer Ingelheim’s Producers for Progress competition evaluated 31 dairies for “judicious [Read More …]

Employee Turnover: It Is Important in Agriculture Also

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Lots of conversations in agriculture lately focuses around labor or the lack of a labor pool of employees. This is the case not only for dairy farms, but also within the entire agriculture industry. In [Read More …]

A Challenge for You: Collaboration

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

“Two minds are better than one.” I am a believer in this oft used saying meaning that better decisions can be made when multiple people are proactively addressing an issue or decision. As farm businesses [Read More …]

The Missing Link: Financial Health

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The financial health or profitability of a dairy operation is often the missing link of the farm’s financial picture. When the financials are broken, any attempt to make production improvements may not result in financial [Read More …]

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth of Success Strategies This is an old expression that I’m sure you’ve heard people express many times. You know what? It’s true. Recently, however, I’ve been surprised to hear some bankers and vendors [Read More …]

Exports Show Limited Growth

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Export and import data is now available for the third quarter of 2019. This post will cover cheese and butter, the most important commodities in the Class III price calculation. By comparison, the first half [Read More …]

Cheese: Bringing People Together All Over the World

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Once a small store located on Old World Third Street in Milwaukee, today the Wisconsin Cheese Mart is a national Wisconsin Cheese retailer, offering more than 150 different cheeses and shipping to all 50 states. [Read More …]

CA: Independent Contractor Chaos Reigns in California

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

On September 18, 2019, the Governor signed AB 5, which significantly impacts independent contractors’ classification. It not only changes the standards in which employers use to determine whether a hired contractor will be classified as [Read More …]

CA: Golden State Notes

November 29, 2019 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Sustainability Summit Offers College Scholarships The California Dairy Sustainability Summit is offering three scholarships for California college students in dairy science in a writing contest. The grand prize winner will receive a $1000 scholarship and [Read More …]

This Wisconsin Producer Describes ‘Judicious Antibiotic Use’ on Her Dairy

Employee Turnover: It Is Important in Agriculture Also

A Challenge for You: Collaboration

The Missing Link: Financial Health

Rome Wasn’t Built in a Day

Exports Show Limited Growth

Cheese: Bringing People Together All Over the World

CA: Independent Contractor Chaos Reigns in California

CA: Golden State Notes

The Downside and Upside of Increasing Exports

Not all fiber behaves the same in dairy rations

What Is Your Reason?

Preparing Grain Storages for Harvest