More than a year ago, we began preparing for a redesign of our magazine. I would liken the process to the planning that might go into a parlor renovation or a calf barn update. There were many opinions about how it should be done and what was best.

Two recent small experiences in my life have made me realize the need to be paying attention to the disruptors that we will be facing in agriculture as we move forward producing food for the world.

Doing a feed inventory establishes your current stock of various feed ingredients. Generally, the process involves determining the volume of each feed stored and then multiplying by the stored density to yield a weight of feed.

Who are the people behind the Proud to Dairy blog posts? Let’s get to know Ashley Howlett, a recent college graduate who has blogged about a range of topics, including her tour of China’s dairy industry, feeding acidified milk replacer and tips for incoming college students.

Dairy farmers, through their promotion checkoff investment, made it a better summer for a lot of kids again through summer feeding programs that bring milk and other nutritious foods to those in need across the country.

New England Dairy and Food Council The Fuel Up to Play 60 van made its rounds to various summer meal kickoff events across the New England region to provide fun activities and education materials for kids and families. One of its stops was at Milton Town Schools in Vermont on June 17.

U.S. dairy cattle exports remained slow in July, but with global dairy prices beginning to show signs of modest recovery, interest – if not actual sales – is providing a glimmer of hopefulness.

In 2015, U.S. dairy producers paid $73 million dollars in premiums and fees to the USDA for the Margin Protection Program for Dairy (MPP). The USDA paid out $700,000 to producers. It’s that time again for producers to choose their margin protection coverage and, with those numbers, producers have started to think MPP isn’t worth the cost.

The year of 2016 has brought a cash crunch for many dairies as extremely low milk checks through the first half of the year led to negative margins. The recent rally in milk prices, combined with now-depressed feed costs, is finally bringing some relief – along with more attractive forward margin opportunities.