Deere & Company announced on Jan. 23 that it will make workforce adjustments at several factories in Iowa and Illinois. The actions include indefinite layoffs at five locations that build agricultural equipment, as well as an extended inventory adjustment shutdown at another factory. In addition, Deere said it has added new jobs at two locations that build construction and forestry equipment.

Scott Hartwell Regional Sales Representative Advanced Comfort Technology Inc. Portage, Wisconsin

Most Progressive Dairyman online readers are not using a formalized process to transition their dairies.

In the state of Nevada, sale of raw milk is legal, but, at least for now, only in Nye County can residents lawfully purchase the non-pasteurized product. In neighboring Clark County, the sale of raw milk is still illegal, which, according to the Las Vegas Sun, has created a version of the black market in Las Vegas neighborhoods, operating out of minivans in driveways.

Most Progressive Forage Grower readers have moved on to tractors that have no hand clutch.

Ralph Kaehler of the K-ler Cattle Company near St. Charles, Minnesota, was recently interviewed for an article in the Washington Post. Kaehler has been involved in exporting agricultural products to Cuba over the last decade and was featured in an article detailing international trade policy. We caught up with him to ask about the experience.

Producing and raising calves is a very important aspect of managing a cow-calf operation. The number of calves weaned and sold relative to the number of cows in the herd determine the success and profitability of a ranch.

Nebraska is cattle country. Doesn’t matter where you go within its borders; it’s cattle country. Feedlots line the highways, separated only by corn fields and rolling sandhills of prairie grass.

Damaged, rained-on hay. Nearly everyone has to feed it sometime. How should your feeding practices be adjusted, though, to account for any damage caused by the rain?