Penn State Department of Animal Science Senior Project Associate Rebecca White talks with Progressive Dairyman about the DairyCents mobile app. Find out what makes the app unique. PD

David Casper, Ph.D., assistant professor at South Dakota State University, was recognized as the 20th recipient of the American Dairy Science Association (ADSA) Forage Award at the association’s annual conference in Phoenix, Arizona.

The annual ADSA award honors a university forage researcher who has made contributions in basic or applied forage research.

Shawna Martinho Visalia, California Western Region Channel Sales Manager Arm & Hammer Animal Nutrition

"All-In" for the first annual American Akaushi Association Convention, Nov. 9-11 in Bastrop, Texas, best describes the feelings, excitement and today's industry recognition achieved by Akaushi enthusiasts throughout the U.S.

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The USDA recently completed an analysis of potential economic and productivity impacts from changes to the availability of farm labor. Their results found that dairy would be one of the sectors most affected by changes. Although the study did not review one specific policy or any proposed legislation, the model does seem to compare the potential outcomes of mass deportation of unauthorized workers, the expansion of a guest-worker program for agriculture and doing nothing. Progressive Dairyman Editor Walt Cooley followed up with the study’s authors.

Smoke in the air. Every summer we watch hundreds of thousands of acres of forest burn. As I listen to folks anguish and wring their hands, I have to remind myself it is all part of nature’s cycle in the West. Granted, we try and blame the Forest Service, the BLM, the pine-bark beetle, untended campfires, tossed cigarettes or arson.

Ranch hands and cowboys often get put in the position of playing host to all manner of guests, reporters, owners’ grandchildren and bank vice presidents. Dave works on a ranch in south Florida. In the right season, Florida looks like the Garden of Eden. He had been asked to guide a notable photographer around. He was shooting pictures for a book of Florida ranches. I have had much experience with camera crews and photographers. Why they don’t get hurt more often is beyond me! They treat animals like furniture, crawling under them, trying to feed them, touching, pushing, pulling, petting, all to get a good shot.