We asked our editors and copy editors to provide a list of their top 10 favorite Progressive Dairyman articles published between Oct. 1, 2014, and Oct. 1, 2015. Here are the individual lists from our staff. Click here to see the overall top 10. Be sure to leave a comment with your own favorite article from the past year.
Kelly McCoy, Copy Editor
1. Drinking whole milk and eating butter: Is it OK now?
2. Hang your business plan above the toilet
3. The hidden motivation of 'never'
4. I've waited 350 days for this
5. Finding presence and presents at Christmas
6. The Manure Spreader: Farm safety
7. Pet the dog
8. The Milk House: The last cowboy
9. How to prepare for a crisis before it happens
10. Just dropping by: Removing danger signs does not remove the danger
Lynn Jaynes, Editor
1. Agriculture is a material-handling business
2. Four guys and a barn fire – the Maillard reaction
3. What is the difference between managing and coaching?
4. The myth of high-forage diets
5. ‘Claiborne! Claiborne! Bring me some cows!’
6. The Dairy Dozen: 12 key financial indicators
7. Thoughts on managing through a down cycle
8. Don’t let mycotoxins intercept your profits
9. Where are the milk bandits on your farm?
10. Mismanaged feeding can jeopardize calves’ earning potential
Peggy Coffeen, Editor
1. The journey from conventional to robotic milking begins here
2. China races to modernize its dairy industry
3. Outside of the box: IVF offers options for two Idaho dairies
4. Planning for success one calf at a time at Ruedinger Farms Inc.
5. Communication efforts aid father and son in dairy transition
6. 15-year-old freestall barn gets a facelift at Larson Acres
7. Elm Farms’ new heifer facility includes unique open, covered housing design
8. Maternity pens have two Wisconsin dairies calving with ease
9. Parlor upgrade allows Sunnyside Farms to increase efficiency
10. Wisconsin high school sophomore starts her own dairy
Karen Lee, Editor
1. 7 habits of highly effective hoof trimmers
2. Hang your business plan above the toilet
3. The myth of high-forage diets
4. Tips and tricks from the ingenuity of dairywomen
5. Effectively manage conflict to strengthen your business
6. Roden Barnyard Adventures brings the classroom to the farm
7. What a campfire can teach us about fiber digestion
8. How to ensure you have good-quality sand: All sand is not created equal
9. Could dairy production become a ‘profession’?
10. Wisconsin high school sophomore starts her own dairy
Walt Cooley, Managing Editor
1. Characteristics of exceptional farm organizations
2. FMMO component payment series by John Geuss:
- Producer milk payment systems in the U.S.
- How the FMMO’s component payment system works
- The Federal Milk Marketing Order's advanced payment system
3. Management styles series by Jorge Estrada:
- Your people management philosophy drives execution, results
- Evolving the authority-obedience management philosophy
- Can a dairy manager be too focused on his employees? Yes!
- Dairy results suffer from impoverished managers
- Team manager philosophy brings outstanding performance
4. The View from Here: In The Field
5. China races to modernize its dairy industry
6. Dairies deliver final reports about their test-drives
7. UAVs bring new perspective to precision agriculture and Livestock flight zone research lays groundwork for drone use
Jenna Hurty, Editor
1. The hidden motivation of 'never'
2. Could dairy production become a ‘profession’?
3. Peak milk, intake and body weight: How curvy is your cow?
4. Graduate farm kids into real life
5. Scours is common, but it’s not normal
6. Managing your calf-care employees
7. Fodder cuts dairy’s feed bills in half
8. Consistency pays when feeding baby calves
9. Elm Farms’ new heifer facility includes unique open, covered housing design
10. Mining for gold in your silage
Emily Caldwell, Editor
1. UAVs bring new perspective to precision agriculture and Livestock flight zone research lays groundwork for drone use
2. The hidden motivation of 'never'
3. Elm Farms’ new heifer facility includes unique open, covered housing design
4. Life after dairy: Fleurys turn focus to maple sugaring
5. Tips and tricks from the ingenuity of dairywomen
6. Drinking whole milk and eating butter: Is it OK now?
7. Wisconsin high school sophomore starts her own dairy
8. The View from Here: In The Field
9. Parlor upgrade allows Sunnyside Farms to increase efficiency
