The longstanding tradition continues to provide a forum for cattlemen to consider innovative opportunities as the Red Angus Association of America’s (RAAA) annual BrainTrust event will be held on Saturday, Jan. 7, at the DoubleTree Hotel in Denver, Colorado. The workshop will begin at 1:30 p.m. MST. Members unable to attend in person are invited to view the program live on DVAuction.com.

When Bob and Beth Kennett opened Liberty Hill Farm, a B&B and dairy farm in Rochester, Vermont, they did it out of necessity due to low milk prices.

Federal and state human and animal health officials are investigating a multistate outbreak of salmonella Heidelberg infections, with the likely source traced back to dairy bull calves from Wisconsin.

Dairy policy leaders looking to bolster the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) as a federal dairy safety net may find skeptics in Wisconsin.

Lasse Jakobsen
Sales and Marketing Manager
Protekta Inc.
Kincardine, Ontario

As a ruminant nutritionist specializing in TMR mixer technology, one of the common questions I am asked is “How long should my TMR mixer knives last?”

Weaker dairy product prices led to a decline in the October all-milk price. However, with income margins still above trigger levels, there will be no Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP-Dairy) indemnity payments for the September-October pay period. Replacement and cull cow prices continued to drop.

Angus bull buyers paid record-high prices in 2015. The calves from those sires are going to market now, and breeders should be helping their customers get the most out of the investment.