• Newly appointed to the board of directors of Select Sires Inc. are Board Chairman Myron Czech of Little Falls, Minnesota; First Vice Chairman Dan Andreas of Sugarcreek, Ohio; and Second Vice Chairwoman Dorothy Harms of Reedsburg, Wisconsin.

Dally is a cattle buyer who lives in Colorado. He had spent a week in Illinois looking at confinement feeder operations and was heading home for three weeks, then planned to return to the Midwest. O’Hare Airport in Chicago, where he had booked tickets, had long-term parking – but the cost was outrageous. Thinking to outsmart the city boys, Dally found a Holiday Inn and made a deal.

Getting injured is an embarrassment to a cowboy. Unlike professional athletes with trainers and insurance, “playing hurt” is expected in the cowboy world. It is part of the cowboy mentality: Which is better, letting your broken arm heal or rappelling down the face of Mt. Everest on a dare?

I have discovered three agricultural regions in lower Egypt. They are the alluvial floodplains of the Nile River, the larger delta and then the desert lands beyond the delta. The Nile is quite impressive: It’s wide and deep with much ship traffic. The river border areas are densely populated with people, high-rise apartments and office buildings.

Pat Kahle Dairy Enterprise Account Manager Adrian, Michigan Arm & Hammer

As was the case last year, the drier than normal 2012-2013 winter is likely to translate into a particularly bad pinkeye season.

As summer temperatures creep up over 90°F (32°C), heat stress can negatively impact calf health and performance. Heat stress causes increased respiration and body temperature, rapid dehydration and reduced immune system function. In addition, the calf’s maintenance energy requirement is elevated – similar to the effects of cold stress. According to Dr. Dave Cook, technical service manager at Milk Products, LLC, “In cold weather, calves burn more energy to keep themselves warm, while in hot weather they burn more energy keeping themselves cool. Both calf growth and health can be negatively affected if heat stress is not managed.”