Does your farm team have the ability to apologize and accept mistakes? I was saddened to hear a young farmer confide in me that in all his years, he has never once heard an apology from the farm manager, his father.

Students across the country are receiving their midterm report cards. When was the last time you received a grade for your performance? In a webinar hosted by the Professional Dairy Producers of Wisconsin, Dr. David Kohl, professor emeritus, Agricultural and Applied Economics at Virginia Tech, provided a format farm businesses can use to measure their financial and management performance.

Dairy nutritionists and veterinarians play integral roles in nearly every facet of dairy cow and farm success. As such, these trusted advisers are vital partners in your dairy’s success. Communication between all parties – consultants, employees, dairy owners and managers – is critical to optimize cow productivity and performance. Yet everyone has a story about a friend, neighbor or relative’s dairy where communication doesn’t occur in a timely or desirable fashion.

Booth: DS61-64, DS75-78.GEA Farm Technologies GEA Farm Technologies is bringing an automatic milking solution for large dairy producers to the North American marketplace.

Booth: DS93-96DeLaval A new, 3D overhead camera system promises to automate collection of dairy cow body condition scores (BCS) and remove subjectivity of the results in the process.

Molecat Booth 1524, Pavilion A Moles and gophers are a common agricultural menace. This year the World Ag Expo will feature a product aimed at eliminating these burrowing pests.