Progressive Dairy

[Podcast] The Modern Dairy Cow: Rapid Genetic Change and Its Impact on Amino Acid Nutrition

November 26, 2025

This episode highlights how the CNCPS v7.0 model and targeted amino acid supplementation can optimize milk solids and herd efficiency.

The cost of caring: Compassion fatigue in calf raising

Compassion fatigue can be a subtle but emotionally challenging problem for employees, especially calf raisers. Know the signs and put protocols in place to ensure caregiver well-being and calf health.

November 26, 2025

Elizabeth Binversie

Compassion fatigue is different. It stems from prolonged exposure to the emotional suffering of others – especially when providing care. While common in professions like health care or veterinary medicine, it is also relevant in animal agriculture.

Lifelong Learning: Lifelong learning, fine-tuning make for a stronger dairy

November 26, 2025

In today’s dairy industry, producers are constantly evaluating new technologies, equipment and management practices to improve the productivity, efficiency and profitability of our businesses.

Maintaining environmental balance during growth

November 25, 2025

Kirsten Workman

New York and the Northeast are great places to be a dairy producer. Not only do cows thrive in the region’s climate, but so do the crops that are grown to feed them.

Growing forage for a growing dairy: opportunities and balance

November 25, 2025

Joe Lawrence

In the Northeast and similar growing environments, home-grown forages are well-understood to provide the foundation of an economically and environmentally sustainable dairy cow diet.

Dairy growth in New York: Biosecurity considerations

November 25, 2025

Robert Lynch

With the recent investments in dairy processing capacity in New York, demand for milk will increase. This may prompt dairy owners to consider herd growth, and advanced planning is critical for this to be successful.

Advanced manure treatment, where do we stand?

November 25, 2025

Jason Oliver

Manure is the linchpin of biocircularity in dairy production systems. Nutrients in cow manure are recycled back to the land to produce crops, which are used as animal feed.

The importance of data quantity, quality, and consistency in dairy herd management

November 25, 2025

Julio O. Giordano

In today’s dairy industry, the difference between thriving and surviving might come down to one thing: data. Data quantity, quality, and consistency are the pillars of effective herd management.

Cornell University Ruminant Center (CURC): Beyond the cow

November 25, 2025

Quirine M. Ketterings, Jason Oliver, Martin Perez, and Kirsten Workman

Cornell University Ruminant Center (CURC) conducts cutting-edge research in dairy nutrition and metabolism, reproductive physiology, and management and genomics.

The nutritional pathway to higher milk components

November 25, 2025

Alexandria Benoit and Michael E. Van Amburgh

Increasing the production of milk components has become the main goal for many dairy producers as they are paid based on the yields of protein, fat and other solids and not necessarily the total milk volume.