Progressive Dairy summarizes issues in the news and attempts to describe how they might affect dairy farmers.

In this episode, Paul visits with Dave Nichols, an emeritus professor at Kansas State University about his experiences as a livestock judge and educator, discussing opportunities to bridge the gap between agriculture and consumers. David also visits with K-State ag economist Ted Schroeder about the changing elements in the cattle markets, and the potential pitfalls of mandating cash cattle markets. David, Paul and Carrie also share a preview of the November issue, and share what they're grateful for this Thanksgiving season.

USDA’s Foreign Agricultural Service recently released the latest Livestock and Poultry: World Markets and Trade report. The report provides estimates for production, consumption and trade for beef, pork and chicken for major countries. The article focuses on the Mexican beef and cattle industry.

October is a very busy month as producers are working hard to finish up the harvest of some commodities, while at the same time preparing the ground for planting both for this fall as well as next spring.

Can you believe it’s already May – the beginning of the BBQ season when the demand for hamburger and hot dog buns increases?

The U.S. beef export market has shown that it will continue to expand, even if export access is lost to key countries.

The old saying “The more things change, the more they stay the same” is true and seems to be more that way as we move forward. The things that are changing are the markets.