This issue I’d like to share with you two of my recent reflections.

Editor’s note: The following is the second of two articles by the authors discussing precision farming techniques and their application on dairies today.

As dairy operations continue to grow and become more progressive, veterinarians have become a valuable member of the assessment team.

Too low milk prices once again are rolling into local dairy farms.

Although Adam George has explored other career opportunities, his plans following graduation have always been to return to his family’s 450-cow operation in Cody, Wyoming.

The trend of consolidating small dairy farms into larger operations means that more dairy producers are spending more time dealing with workers and less time managing cows.

With the price of corn nearly doubling over the past year, producers are looking for more economical alternatives.

Hoof health is something that many dairy farmers don’t spend a lot of time thinking or worrying about – until they see a few of their cows tip-toeing around the feedbunk or alleyways.

This is how it’s played. You choose sides. Each team grabs hold of one end of a sturdy rope that is stretched across the pig mire pond. When the judge says go, you dig your heels in the dirt and pull. The strongest team will pull the weaker team into the pig mire. That’s how it is with tug of war.

Senator Barack Obama is taking partisan flack for saying, “… you should be thinking about how can your child become bilingual … you need to make sure your child can speak Spanish … I know because I don’t speak a foreign language.