The March 12, 2018, issue of Progressive Dairyman features our annual regional snapshots of “the state of dairy” around the U.S. Expanded previews for individual regions are highlighted in this online series.

If you’re a regular reader of this front page, you may remember Peggy Coffeen’s editorials from early 2017 about choosing one word for the year to represent what you most hope God will do in you and focus on it for the year. The concept is from the book My One Word.

If yogurt is made from milk that came from cows that ate feed including genetically modified corn, can it be labeled as “natural”? This was the question recently before a New York federal court.

Pinkeye (infectious keratoconjunctivitis) is the most common ocular disease of cattle, affecting one or both eyes.

How did you get started in photography? DEWITZ: I’m sure I have the same answer as most photographers about picking up our first camera as a kid and never putting it down. What really kept me interested with photography through the early years was railroad photography.

A century-old barn in southeastern Ohio that once provided milk for a state asylum has traded in cows for quilts and crafts.

Scientific research conducted through the National Dairy Council (NDC) has been a longtime priority of dairy farmers’ checkoff investment.

Past volatility, and now prolonged low milk prices, have made most want to get off of the roller coaster ride of low prices that has been the industry’s fate of late.

With the recent changes in federal income tax laws (and changes in withholding in many states), as well as modifications to the depreciation schedules for purchased assets, it’s more important than ever to make certain the information you use to calculate federal and state withholding taxes and the system you use to calculate the depreciation on new and used purchased depreciable assets is up-to-date and accurate.

It will definitely be a minority of farms where people wake up in the morning and get excited about the prospects of discussing farm finances within the family – and almost certainly when the discussions involve the next generation.