Progressive Dairyman’s first-ever Extra enewsletter specific to Canada was delivered to email inboxes this week.

When my husband, Brandon, and I became full-fledged dairy farmers in the fall of 2014, we knew there was a tough road ahead. We anticipated frozen water cups (so many frozen water cups!), flooded barns, sick cows and everything else that goes wrong on a farm in sub-zero weather. The one challenge that we didn’t see coming was in the form of our 18-month-old son, Cassidy.

A softer agricultural land market will continue in 2016, with values for high-quality land holding steadier, while lower quality land values decline.

Jim ReynoldsVice President of ConsultingPraedium Ventures LLCVisalia, California

Liz Vande BergInside Sales RepresentativeAnimartMarkesan, Wisconsin

As the transition cow enters negative energy balance, no longer meeting her nutritional requirements, there is a huge demand on the liver to continue to make glucose to drive milk production.

The final version of the 2015 federal Dietary Guidelines for Americans (DGA) affirms the vital, unrivaled contribution made by dairy foods and reminds Americans that they will continue to benefit from three daily servings of low-fat and fat-free dairy.

The Stewardship and Sustainability Guide for U.S. Dairy – a tool created through the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy – will improve consumer confidence in dairy by providing more industry transparency.