Progressive Dairy

Select Sires bull sells millionth unit of semen

November 6, 2013

Select Sires has yet another bull, 7HO8081 Ensenada Taboo PLANET-ET (EX-90-GM), who has exceeded 1 million units in sales. He is the eighth sire in the company’s history to reach this milestone.

119 students participate in annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge

November 5, 2013

William H. Miner Agricultural Institute hosted a successful dairy challenge that drew 119 students from 12 northeast colleges and two Canadian universities to Plattsburgh, New York. The Oct. 31-Nov. 2 event marked the 11th annual Northeast Regional Dairy Challenge, an innovative, three-day educational competition designed to prepare students for careers in the dairy industry. Working in mixed-university teams of five students, contestants assessed aspects of a working dairy, including facilities, nutrition, financials, reproduction, animal health and more.

Agricultural safety featured on new YouTube channel

November 5, 2013

Some of the best agricultural safety videos are one click away on the new YouTube channel, U.S. Agricultural Safety and Health Centers. The channel is a joint project of the 10 agricultural centers funded by the National Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (NIOSH).

New manure digester unveiled in Merced County, California

November 4, 2013

On Oct. 25, officials unveiled a new, 10,000-square-foot manure digester on a 640-acre dairy farm in Dos Palos, California, according to an article by Thaddeus Miller in the Merced Sun-Star. The thermophilic anaerobic digester system is the first of its kind in the county.

Weather causes corn to drop to three-year low

November 4, 2013

Corn futures fell to the lowest in more than three years, thanks to the dry weather that improved U.S. harvest prospects. Experts predict that global corn inventories will jump 24 percent to a 12-year high, according to an article by Jeff Wilson for Bloomberg.

New York dairy benefits from state power program

November 1, 2013

Byrne Dairy in Syracuse, New York, is receiving a total of 5.5 megawatts of electricity through a state program called ReCharge NY that makes low-cost electricity available to companies to encourage job growth and retention.

Scientists: Cow burps could be a boon to the planet

November 1, 2013

There doesn’t seem to be an end to the inherent worth of cattle. Not only do we receive meat, milk and other products from the bovine, but now even their burps might be a boon to the planet.

New Hire Kristin Sprengeler

November 1, 2013

Kristin Sprengeler, Dairy Specialist Plato, Minnesota Agri-Nutrition Consulting

New Hire Burt Kullhem

November 1, 2013

Burt Kullhem Dairy Technical Specialist Palisade, Minnesota Agri-Nutrition Consulting

Consumers find increases in dairy product prices

October 31, 2013

Higher retail prices for items such as dairy products and boneless chicken breasts, among other foods, resulted in a slight increase in the American Farm Bureau Federation’s latest Semi-Annual Marketbasket Survey.