“I don’t want anyone to have to go through what we went through,” said David Fuhrmann, the president of Foremost Farms, the largest dairy cooperative in Wisconsin, to an audience of dairy cooperative members in Seattle, Washington, just a few weeks ago.

At the second annual Heat Stress Road Show held earlier this year, Dr. Robert Collier, a professor at University of Arizona, offered a few pieces of advice for dairy producers looking to minimize the negative impacts of hot summer days.

A Wisconsin farmer lost an appeals court ruling July 17 in a case over whether or not he could sell raw milk. Vernon Hershberger was convicted on May 25, 2013, of misdemeanor violation of a holding order filed by the Wisconsin Department of Agriculture, Trade and Consumer Protection (DATCP).

Summer is in full swing, and it is more important now than ever for dairy producers and nutritionists to know how to plan for and manage heat stress.

Cleanliness, consistency, convenience, composition and cost-effectiveness (the five C’s) are important characteristics to consider when discussing the ideal hay for horses. Some of these characteristics are important to the health or performance of the horse, while others are important to the horse owner.

Question: Why does a toddler walk off the edge of a picnic table and face-plant?

Answer: Because the child doesn’t know that he doesn’t know. Feeling fully capable with a newfound ability to walk, but without the soon-to-be-learned ability to face-plant, a child has confidence … dangerous and reckless confidence. He just doesn’t know that he doesn’t know.

Are you using a forage inoculant in your forage program?

The evidence is clear, and the industry’s leading experts agree that it’s no longer a question of “Should I use a forage inoculant?” but rather, “Which forage inoculant should I use?”