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Penn State research shows that reproductive performance is one the most common bottlenecks to profitability on Pennsylvania dairies. Reproductive performance impacts the bulk tank as longer days open and extended calving intervals lead to fewer days of peak milk production.
To address these bottlenecks to profitability, Penn State Dairy Alliance is offering a series of Advanced Reproduction Workshops at sites across the state in March. This workshop is for dairy producers, their employees, and interested dairy industry personnel. Participants in the Advanced Reproduction Workshop will receive in-depth training in heat synchronization methods, the use of BioPRYN, using genomics to improve herd genetics, and managing reproductive diseases.
While many dairy producers across the country are battling winter weather conditions, two Midwest farmers also spent the recent cold months campaigning for online votes.
The 2011 Midwest Dairy Challenge was hosted by the University of Wisconsin — River Falls and was held February 9-11 in Menomonie, Wisconsin. Dan and Mary Luckwaldt (at right) and Jay and Kristi Richardson opened up their operations to nearly 70 students from 16 Midwest colleges and universities.
Dan Luckwaldt and Jay Richardson (below right) shared their thoughts with Progressive Dairyman on the experience of serving as host farms.
The seventh Annual Midwest Dairy Challenge, which ran February 9-11, 2011, attracted 68 students from 16 universities and colleges to the event hosted by the University of Wisconsin-River Falls.
Early registration is now open for the Animal Agriculture Alliance’s annual Stakeholders Summit. Celebrate the 10th anniversary of this unique educational event by joining other food and feed industry leaders in Arlington, Virginia on May 5-6 to explore the theme: “United We Eat: Securing Animal Agriculture’s Future.”
Now is the time to consider modifications to dairy housing to address upcoming summer heat events and their impact on milk production and herd health.
Heat Stress Abatement in Freestall and Tie Stall Dairies is the topic of the next session of the Technology Tuesdays webinar series presented by Penn State Dairy Alliance. The online session will be offered, free of charge, Tuesday, March 8, from 8:30 to 10 a.m., Eastern Time.
The annual meeting of the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation will be held on Thursday, March 10, at the Northeast Iowa Dairy Foundation Dairy Center near Calmar, Iowa.
As today’s dairy industry continues to change and evolve, the perception is that producers can do very little to control milk price and on-farm profitability. But, this isn’t true; producers can learn to manage risk to control their future.
In March, Penn State Dairy Alliance will host a series of one-day workshops across Pennsylvania titled Managing Your Milk Margin to Improve Your Dairy Cash Flow. This workshop is tailored to meet the specific needs of the individual dairy. During the workshop, annual cash flows will be evaluated for each farm, and producers will learn more about risk management as it relates to their operation’s income over feed cost and milk margin breakeven.
More than 100 dairy farmers and industry related experts and business people took part in this year’s I-29 Dairy Conference. Attendees represented the five-state area of North and South Dakota, Minnesota, Iowa and Nebraska. Among the keynote speakers was Dr. Temple Grandin, Colorado State professor, who is well known for her animal handling practices.
Perfect weather and a much improved dairy economy helped encourage attendance at World Ag Expo in 2011. Many local vendors and long-standing exhibitors said it had been over a decade since they remember having three straight days of sunny, warm weather for the annual show held the second week of February in Tulare, California.
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