The following letter to the editor was submitted by Dairy Farmers of Canada. The pace of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations has accelerated over the past few weeks and are entering their most critical phase to date.

Most Progressive Dairyman readers want to learn more about calf and heifer raising.

Since my last editorial on supply management was published, I’ve received a few emails and phone calls about it, and it became apparent that my message might not have been clear.

Many research questions have been submitted into the Dairy Research Cluster’s Have Your Say campaign. When possible, the cluster team forwards some of the questions to Canadian scientific experts working in the area. An example of a question-and-answer exchange on mastitis follows:

One snowy day at a beautiful ranch home in southern Alberta around the expansive kitchen table, the farm team said, “Elaine, you should make a list of the top phrases you use in coaching.”

The increased concern of modern societies on the emergence of antibiotic-resistant bacteria has led regulatory institutions to minimize the number of antibiotics that can be used in food-producing animals for therapeutic and preventive treatment of infectious diseases.

Automated calf feeding is not new to the dairy industry, but it is gaining momentum as more research comes out on feeding calves.

Raising replacement heifers is one of the most costly aspects of a dairy farm. Heifers don’t bring a return for two years or more until they enter the milking string.