On March 18, 2013 from noon to 1 p.m. CST, Elanco's Dr. Michael Overton will present a webinar titled, "Far-Off to Fresh Cow: Opportunities to Improve Transition Performance." Overton will walk attendees through the opportunities and challenges for cows in the far dry, close-up and fresh pens, including nutritional and housing management.

The Central Plains Dairy Expo at the South Dakota Convention Center in Sioux Falls, South Dakota, is less than two weeks away. The Welcome Reception with a concert by Nashville signer and songwriter Phil Vassar will kick off the event on March 26. The trade show and seminars are March 27-28. Keynote speaker Michael Swanson, a Wells Fargo agricultural economist, will address “Economic Outlook and Opportunities: What’s the Market Telling You?”

The outlook for a new farm bill, and a better safety net for dairy farmers, will be one of the key sessions at the upcoming National Dairy Producers Conference April 7-9 in Indianapolis, Indiana. The conference, open to dairy farmers from across the country, will provide an in-depth discussion of the issues facing the dairy industry, with educational discussions on topics ranging from farm policy to immigration reform to agricultural finance.

This video was shown during the Progressive Dairyman World Ag Expo Seminars in Tulare, California, on February 13, 2013. Steve and John Shehadey, owners of Bar 20 Dairy along with one of their managers, Stan Marks, talk about the management of their dairy and the use of a number of technologies to help keep their 6,500-cow dairy running smoothly in Kerman, California. Click here to read the feature about the Shehadey family and Bar 20 Dairy, published in the Feb. 11, 2013 issue of Progressive Dairyman. Click here to visit Progressive Dairyman's YouTube channel for more videos.

This video was shown during the Progressive Dairyman World Ag Expo Seminars in Tulare, California, on February 14, 2013. Brian talks about how their dairy has developed into a vertically integrated business. From growing their own crops to utilizing technology in their feeding routines, Medeiros and Son Dairy works on the little things to make sure that their dairy is as successful as possible in Hanford, California. PD Click here to read the feature about Brian Medeiros and Medeiros and Son Dairy, published in the Jan. 21, 2013 issue of Progressive Dairyman. Click here to visit Progressive Dairyman's YouTube channel for more videos.

Progressive Dairyman editors Walt Cooley and Dario Martinez attended World Ag Expo in Tulare, California, Feb. 12-14, 2013. In addition to hosting video farm tours and seminars, the duo walked about the show looking for interesting ideas that might useful to dairy producers and industry news. Below are their thoughts and comments about what they saw. Click here or on the image at right to view this panaromic view of World Ag Expo seminars in a new window.