Mastitis is a bacterial infection of the udder and is still the most costly disease in the dairy industry, with losses estimated as high as $300 per cow a year.

An interesting paper was presented at the National Mastitis Council Regional meeting by Dr. Ricardo Chebel from the University of California – Davis Veterinary School.

Sexed semen, also called Gender Enhanced Semen (GES) has been commercially available in the U.S. dairy industry for approximately one year.

Bulk tank somatic cell count (BTSCC) is the most commonly used measure of udder health on most dairy farms.

Feed efficiency (FE) can be defined as pounds of 3.5 percent FCM (fat-corrected milk) produced per pound of dry matter (DM) consumed.

This headline was the title of the lead editorial of the New York Times, April 10, 2008.

Before all of you go off wondering what Progressive Dairy Publishing has gone and done with one of its editors, I am here to tell you that Walter Cooley is safe and sound somewhere in the Midwest as this edition goes to print.

When Heinz Held’s great-grandfather, then age 12, arrived in Chile from Germany in the 1850s he paid a minimal sum for a large tract of heavily forested land.

Carl and Debra Chaney of Bowling Green, Kentucky, spent the first 20 years of their lives together focusing on raising children, milking cows and running the family farm, but as their kids began moving away Debra and Carl began talking about their dreams.

It was a clean sweep for the Big 10 at this year’s North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge (NAIDC), held April 4-5, in the Madison, Wis. area.