Magazine November 2 2020

October 29, 2026

Current News

[ October 29, 2026 ] Control the Calf Environment with Simple Chemistry DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Central Plains Dairy Foundation offers 6 scholarships – valued at $26,000 DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] USDA Opens New Research Facility to Strengthen Water Efficiency and Agricultural Productivity in the Southwest DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Crop Report Revisions Highlight Importance of Accurate Estimates DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Dairy Checkoff Leaders Anglin, Jenkinson Honored With Lyng Award DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] Dairy Checkoff Leaders Elect National Board Officers DHIA
[ October 29, 2026 ] UW-Madison Extension to deliver DMC & ARC/PLC informational Webinar DHIA

Avoid These Calf Raising Bottlenecks

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Each dairy farmer has their own philosophy around the best way to raise calves. Every farm is different, and what works best on one farm may not work on another. Regardless of system, there are [Read More …]

Fluid Milk Revitalization Efforts Delivering Results

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Fluid milk went decades without major product and packaging investment while the broader competitive beverage universe innovated at a dramatic trajectory in categories from coffee to alternative beverages to water. So, five years ago, Dairy [Read More …]

Dairy Replacement Program: Cost & Analysis Summer 2019

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 1

This project was conducted as part of the PRO-DAIRY Activity Analysis Project and was supported by PRO-DAIRY As the dairy industry becomes more competitive and farms increase in size, economic performance of the dairy replacement [Read More …]

Why Bother?

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

John Ellsworth Ouch! That is the question I was asked by a producer in December 2018. Please allow me to put his question into perspective. He had suffered through four consecutive years of low milk [Read More …]

Socialization of Calves

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Management of calves has a substantial influence on calfhood performance. A common practice that has been used for many years is to raise calves in individual hutches from the time of birth until shortly after [Read More …]

The Pricing of NDM and Class I and Class IV Milk

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

In May of 2019, the formula for Class I was changed. The change was covered in the January 2020 and July 2020 posts to this blog. The change in formula was intended to make hedging by processors more accurate [Read More …]

Great Teams Require Psychological Safety

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Imagine that everyone on your farm in each of your teams feels safe to take risks, voice their opinions, and ask judgment-free questions. Today that situation or culture is described as psychological safety. Research by Google [Read More …]

Parasites Threaten Dairy Heifer Health and Productivity

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Pasture-raised heifers’ relationship with parasites can be damaging Pasture-raising heifers can offer significant feed cost savings, but these animals may have a new friend from the wrong side of the tracks … or grass, in [Read More …]

CA: A Western Focus on the Dairy Net-Zero Initiative

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

The Western States Dairy Producer Association held a technical workshop, which brought in several the industry’s top professionals and scientists for the purpose of evaluating the current state of the science and progress toward reducing [Read More …]

CA: Speakers Announced for the Virtual California Dairy Sustainability Summit

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

Dairy farmers, state officials, technology providers, researchers, and partners will speak at the virtual California Dairy Sustainability Summit, November 5-6, 2020. The second California Dairy Sustainability Summit takes place online this November 5-6, with two [Read More …]

CA: Animal Rights Activists Increasingly Aggressive, Dangerous

October 30, 2020 DairyBusiness News Team DP 0

For producers who have not experienced animal activism directly, it can be difficult to fully appreciate the scope of their illegal activities. Not content with protests and on-line harassment, animal rights activists have turned to [Read More …]

Avoid These Calf Raising Bottlenecks

Fluid Milk Revitalization Efforts Delivering Results

Dairy Replacement Program: Cost & Analysis Summer 2019

Why Bother?

The Pricing of NDM and Class I and Class IV Milk

Great Teams Require Psychological Safety

Parasites Threaten Dairy Heifer Health and Productivity

CA: A Western Focus on the Dairy Net-Zero Initiative

CA: Speakers Announced for the Virtual California Dairy Sustainability Summit

CA: Animal Rights Activists Increasingly Aggressive, Dangerous

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