I could have either chosen to participate in the culture around me or stayed in my room and watched Internet TV. It was a line that became my defense to the people I explained this to, and one that I often repeated to myself.

A dairy farmer friend of mine told me that on his farm, “They don’t have preventative maintenance; they have crisis management.”

Tennessee weather can be unforgiving in its ability to deliver extremes, from the heat of the deep South to the winter cold of the North.

The U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC) and National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) continued to play an active role in the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) trade agreement process this week, as USDEC President Tom Suber testified before the U.S. International Trade Commission (USITC) as a representative of the U.S. dairy industry.

As the dairy industry continues to make strides in efficiency, producers across the country are showing it is possible to achieve a 30 percent pregnancy rate with a 30,000-pound herd average.

An early adapter to genomic testing is putting the numbers to work with both a high-producing commercial herd and a genetics facility.

Progressive Dairyman’s first-ever Extra enewsletter specific to Canada was delivered to email inboxes this week.

When my husband, Brandon, and I became full-fledged dairy farmers in the fall of 2014, we knew there was a tough road ahead. We anticipated frozen water cups (so many frozen water cups!), flooded barns, sick cows and everything else that goes wrong on a farm in sub-zero weather. The one challenge that we didn’t see coming was in the form of our 18-month-old son, Cassidy.

A softer agricultural land market will continue in 2016, with values for high-quality land holding steadier, while lower quality land values decline.

Jim ReynoldsVice President of ConsultingPraedium Ventures LLCVisalia, California