Most of us, rural or urban, can get attached to an animal. Our barn cat Jay Jay has a special place in my mind. Somebody dumped a litter of kittens on the church grounds. I took three of the little tomcats.

Imagine a day when dairy farmers and other members of the U.S. dairy industry realize the economic, environmental and societal benefits of a currently underused resource: manure. Now, with the help of Newtrient, that day is closer to reality.

Five years after the national TV audience was introduced to the term “pink slime,” a lawsuit has been settled between ABC News, one of its reporters and Beef Products Inc. (BPI), the largest producer of beef trimmings, at the heart of the case.

The Trump administration made an official strike against the Waters of the United States (WOTUS) rules on Tuesday, as the Environmental Protection Agency and Army Corps of Engineers dumped the controversial Obama-era mandate that widened federal control of navigable waters.

Not only are dairymen interested in raising their own bull calves for the beef market, many are interested in expanding into a secondary, complementary beef enterprise on the dairy farm and are purchasing Holstein calves for this purpose.

Progressive Dairyman recognizes recipients of the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy’s sixth annual U.S. Dairy Sustainability Awards, announced June 28 in Chicago.

Digest Highlights: Rabobank sees fat demand outpacing production. California 2016 cost of production data released. Senate proposal shortens machinery depreciation schedule. Find a summary of these and other dairy news here.

To meet growing demand for butter, dairy farmers in five eastern Canadian provinces approved a five percent dairy quota increase, effective July 1. It’s the largest one-time quota increase since the system was implemented nearly two decades ago.