Current Issue of PD: July 2, 2009
(site updated 7.1.09)
News and Business
Light demand moving milk
Milk production trends lower
Processing plants keeping pace with current supplies
Midwest weather ideal for milk production
Market reports
In the news
Proud to learn on the dairy
Take care of what we can, the best we can
Precision lysine balancing increases milk checks
Does feed efficiency equal financial efficiency?
FDA requirements may alter rendering services
Rapunzel has a silo, not a tower
How am I going to survive the next six months?
Here’s the dish on CIP detergents
Industry news
New products
Progressive Events: Dairy Producers of New Mexico
Progressive Events: Land O’Lakes Purina Feed Calf and Heifer VIP
New hires: Mike Cain
New hires: Ryan Lindsey
Issue Focus: Rations and nutrient formulation
Dairies show new goals for low-carbon feeds are possible
Let quality and safety determine proper bunker and pile size
Don’t randomly cut your most important income-driver
Feeding distillers grains increases nitrogen and phosphorous fed
Three steps to get the most from your ration
Useful insights from 20 years of amino acid balancing
A case for the fuel-efficient cow
‘The toughest downturn I’ve gone thorugh’
Keeping things balanced
DDGS work in Australian dairy industry
Timely Topic: Heat abatement
How to troubleshoot milk fat challenges
Managing reproductive performance during times of heat stress
PD Departments
Editor's notes: Can you take it to the next level?
Yevet Tenney: Moral Courage
Brad Nelson: Mitch's Story
Baxter Black: The cross-over cowboy
City boy cartoon
18 Reasons to Read
Analaine's Home Cooking
Northwest/Southwest insert
Progressive Events: IFARM visitors see Northwest dairy
history at outdoor exhibit
The future of agriculture in New Mexico
Dairy situation and tips for profit
Foot-and-mouth disease – Novel technologies improve detection and control
Feed conversion efficiency – More money and less manure?
Considerations when choosing a farm record-keeping system
Can you spit into the wind?
Baxter Black: A cinch in time
Mike Gangwer: Women of developing countries in science
