The Canadian Food Inspection Agency (CFIA) has officially lifted the quarantine imposed on all Prairie cattle operations tested during its investigation into an outbreak of bovine tuberculosis (TB).

Most Progressive Cattleman readers believe that both Canada and Mexico are critical trade partners in NAFTA.

On Feb. 13, Sen. Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) and Sen. Joe Donnelly (D-Ind.), along with 19 other senators from both parties, introduced the Fair Agriculture Reporting Method (FARM) Act, a bipartisan bill that would countermand a pending federal court order requiring farms, ranches and other agricultural operations to calculate and report the natural emission of ammonia from poultry and livestock manure in accordance with the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (CERCLA), which monitors toxic Superfund sites.

At 14 months old, Angus bull SAV Elation 7899 has become the highest-priced bull ever sold at public auction, selling for $800,000 to two ranchers in Missouri and Oklahoma, breaking last year’s record of $750,000.

More than 100 dairy producers and allied industry representatives from 15 states toured Iron Bridge Regional Water Reclamation Facility, Orlando Easterly Wetlands and the Walt Disney World Parks in January 2018. The group was part of Professional Dairy Producers’ annual Managers Academy. The three-day event was held in Orlando, Florida, this year.

Top bedding can make or break cow comfort, cleanliness and milk quality, but the materials used to top stall surfaces are not created equally.

Editor’s note: The CEO Corner contains editors’ compilations of business insights and analysis of current news, which they have tailored for the dairy industry. This column inspires million-dollar dairy operations to think like CEOs in other industries do. In his book Creating Magic, Lee Cockerell presented 10 leadership strategies he identified from his career at Disney. One of those strategies is learn the truth.

In addition to the information that will be available from the Council on Dairy Cattle Breeding later this year, several dairy companies have already taken the lead in providing options for dairy producers to improve herd health through genetic selection.

Every dairy farm is different. But when it comes to calf programs, there may be more similarities than what might be expected. At the 2018 Leading Dairy Producers Conference, hosted by Purina Animal Nutrition, three dairy farmers shared what makes their individual calf programs successful.

U.S. Secretary of Agriculture Sonny Perdue signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) between the USDA and the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy to jointly promote and enhance environmental sustainability in the dairy industry. The pact extends and builds upon a MOU originally signed in 2009.