The extra cooking and baking during the holidays always brings an increased demand for butter, but this year butter stocks were already tight due to a growing call for butter in consumer diets.

Anytime you need to communicate with others to get the job done, you risk hurt feelings, anger and misunderstanding. And the results – or lack thereof – from poor communication can have economic consequences for your dairy business, as well as take an emotional toll.

According to Reuters, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has filed a motion, asking courts to withdraw registration of Dow Chemical Co.'s new herbicide, Enlist Duo, as the agency studies new information regarding the product's impact on non-target plants.

Deere & Co. today said it has informed approximately 220 employees at John Deere Seeding and Cylinder in Moline, Illinois, that they will be placed on indefinite layoff, effective Feb. 15, 2016.

The USDA Economic Research Service (ERS) expects a 38 percent drop in farm income in 2015. This would be the steepest year-on-year drop since 1983.

Most readers' latest smartphone app download was weather-related.

Progressive Dairyman staff pulled a list of the articles that were most well-read during 2015. Here is a summary of each article, along with updates from authors or participants.