Current Issue of PD: February 10, 2009
(site updated 2.9.09)
News and Business
Production lower at year-end
Retailers wait for lower prices
Year-end production increases
Processing plants at capacity
Retail demand builds as milk production is on the rise
In the news
Buzz on raw milk picks up, public reminded of the importance of pasteurization
Get wall-to-wall pridefor your dairy, family
Nationwide groups call on Congress for dairy crisis help
Dairy cooperatives to continue services and benefits
Should I get out now or ride it out?
Capture dairy's opportunities
In your own words...
Progressive Events: PDPW Managers Academy
Keep positive and focused in this year’s down market
10 tips for tough financial times
It’s the 15th of the month:
Do you know where your milk check is?
Do you use low-stress herd management practices?
Dairies produce quality milk and quality beef
Ten things your employees expect from you
Former Holstein World editor, former Dairy Shrine president passes away
New products
Issue Focus: Forage production
Weather, dairy futures and economy to test growers in 2009
Three open minutes with Jerry Weigel
Strategic feed buying creates business opportunity
Forages: Bunk maintenance, safetyand planning for the future
5 tips for working with your custom forage operator
How we develop the forage of the future
Potash may be impacting your dairy’snutrient variability and rations
Selecting corn hybrids for profitable silage
Alfalfa nutrient management
Timely Topic: A.I. & Breeding
When breeding is a top priority
The dollar value of a pregnancy
Reproductive strategies to overcomethe loss of rBST in the dairy herd
There’s more to consider with sexed sementhan a larger heifer crop
How genomics may influence fertility
Breeders’ Circle
PD Departments
Editor's notes: Do Facebookers love milk and cheese?
Yevet Tenney: The parable of the nursery
Brad Nelson: The bathtub ranch
Baxter Black: A calvin’ lesson
City boy cartoon
18 Reasons to Read
Crossword puzzle
Adalaine's Home Cooking
Northwest/Southwest Editions
My top 3 to-dos at World Ag Expo
Experts to address challenges and opportunities for ag and dairy in 2009
Western United Dairymen Conference
The amazing and humble alfalfa plant
Better nutrient and power management proposals highlight Canadian ag show
Tender loving care may reduce higher death rates in dairy cows
Practical ruminants: Contents of the rumen
Dairy security specialist aims to prevent disaster
Role of management in helping employees become more productive
The first 30 days – Orienting new employees
Improve quality with wide-swath haylage
Public perception of drug use in food animals: Why should we be concerned?
The stories we tell oursleves
Top 10 places successful reproductive managers focus their time
Is there enough light in the calf house?
Equipment function affects milk quality
Baxter Black: Pet yer dog
Mike Gangwer: The rule of law
