With a federal government shutdown possible, October’s dairy risk management calendar has the potential to be scarier than Halloween.

While you can’t predict the future, financial benchmarking is a way dairy farmers can review concrete information about their operations – and how they compare to others in the industry – year after year. 

The Federal Reserve Board’s Federal Open Market Committee (FOMC) voted to maintain the interest rate for federal funds at 5.5%.

Despite the nearly 30% fatality rate, hazards related to confined spaces are often overlooked on farms. One of the challenges in addressing hazards around confined spaces is that they can be difficult to identify.

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of August FMMO data  to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

The majority of U.S. milk production comes from dairy farms with 500 cows or more. However, that doesn’t mean those who milk fewer cows can’t find a way to be profitable, successful dairy farming businesses.

From this week's USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports to Rabobank's quarterly Global Dairy update, Progressive Dairy summarizes factors potentially impacting dairy producer income.

How often have you had to explain that cattle are herding creatures? They like to hang out together, and it helps them; a cow alone is usually in some sort of distress.

Strategic thinking anticipates future challenges, prepares to jump on unforeseen opportunities and aligns the farm’s goals. When done well, the farm becomes agile, adaptable while still staying focused on the basics.