Colder weather means it’s time to start thinking about winter-feeding strategies for spring-calving herds. The change in weather and forage availability and quality may require energy or protein supplementation to meet cow nutrient requirements.

The end of the calendar year is fast approaching and it’s a good time to think about year-end accounting and future herd goals. Dr. Levi Russell, University of Georgia livestock economist, suggests producers look to IRS publication 225 for farm accounting questions.

For preg-checking, most readers prefer to have their veterinarians perform palpation.

The youth fitting contest at World Dairy Expo on Sunday, Oct. 2, welcomed an unprecedented number of contestants this year with 22 youth competing compared to 10 last year.

In July 2016, the Dairy Focus team at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign released information about the Somatic Cell Count Calculator. We reached out to Phil Cardoso, professor in animal sciences, for more information about the calculator and why it was developed.

“Come heck or high water, I will go to World Dairy Expo this year!” That’s what I said when Progressive Dairyman asked me to write this article. I’ll write it from the perspective of a newbie attending for the first time. My husband, Farmer John, and I have never attended, but this was to be our year.

The latest global meat trade estimates from the USDA Foreign Agricultural Service indicate that beef production and consumption among major beef countries is growing in 2016 and is projected to grow additionally in 2017.

Several major U.S. agricultural organizations came to the defense of using genetically modified organisms (GMOs) in food production, criticizing a leading yogurt maker for seeking to build and market a GMO-free dairy supply chain. The organizations contend a strategy to eliminate GMOs is a move away from sustainability and will result in long-term negative environmental impacts.

Every four years, the American Farm Bureau Federation (AFBF) asks the Democratic and Republican presidential nominees to address issues that concern farmers and ranchers.

Livestock shows are big events in most states and draw large crowds from both urban and rural areas. Urbanites attend because these shows provide a rare opportunity to view livestock in the flesh and at close range.