Dairy producers are beef producers too, which is why it is important to ensure meat quality by preventing injection site lesions and drug residues.

Dairy cattle face numerous sources of stress, expected and unexpected, throughout their life cycle. One of the most predictable is heat stress, which can compromise cow health and production, both of which can have a significant economic impact on the profitability of a dairy.

When it comes to caring for calves, the options are endless for ingredients and additives that promise to promote health or increase gains, which is why David Wood, Ani-Mix, tells dairy producers to choose wisely.

Record high feeder cattle prices leave no doubt that U.S. feeder cattle supplies are extremely tight. On Jan. 1, estimated feeder supplies were down 2.7 percent over the previous year amid indications of heifer retention.

Chobani has laid off production workers at its plants in Upstate New York and Twin Falls, Idaho. At the same time, the leader of Greek yogurt sales in the U.S. is expanding its workforce by more than 100 jobs at its company headquarters in Norwich, New York, and New York City, which is the company’s growing sales and marketing center.

For the first time in Progressive Dairyman’s history, we’ve lost one of our own. Former employee and graphic designer Leon “Randy” Hale passed away at the end of May. He was 70.

As a checkoff-paying cattle raiser and chairman of our Beef Checkoff Program’s Joint Evaluation Committee, I want to know that our checkoff dollars are being used as effectively and efficiently as possible. With that in mind, I am always on the lookout for ways to leverage our dollars further and constantly improve results of our investments to the bottom lines of all cattle producers and importers who pay the checkoff assessment.