I am an avid podcast listener. I listen to podcasts on all subjects ranging from agriculture to true crime to politics to science and everything in between. On one of my agricultural podcasts this week, they started mentioning the farm bill. Two senators were discussing how it is time to start putting our plans together.

Milk replacers come in a variety of formulations from a variety of manufacturers. With so many different products available, it’s important to know what’s really in the bag.

It wasn’t expected. There was no plan to respond, but you’re the highlight of a social media experience – a negative experience. The video shows a cow being hauled several hundred feet, all four feet off the ground, from an alleyway to a hospital pen.

Dr. Ryan Leiterman, director of technical services, Crystal Creek Natural LLC, veterinarian and agricultural engineer specializing in calf barn ventilation and on-farm troubleshooting, facilitated the calf feeding panel discussion held during the Indiana Dairy Producers Forum (Feb. 1-2, French Link, Indiana).

Editor's note: CEO Corners are editors' compilations of business news from top publications, which they have tailored for the dairy industry. United’s forced removal of a passenger from an overbooked flight offers several lessons for dairy producers. Here were my three general takeaways for dairy producers from the incident:

USDA’s monthly World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) report reduced the 2017 U.S. milk production forecast, with a slowdown in the growth of milk per cow offsetting a larger U.S. dairy herd. Despite the reduction, USDA also cut projected 2017 milk and dairy product prices, citing large domestic and international supplies.

When Laurie Winkelman isn’t running rations for her dairy farm customers, she’s running miles – and lots of them. The dairy nutritionist is lacing up for her fifth Boston Marathon next week, which will be the 26th 26.2-mile trek she’s completed thus far.

Retained placentas can be terribly frustrating. Not only can they open the door to a host of secondary disorders, but you just never know if one is a fluke or if you are heading for a transition cow train wreck.

U.S. exports of milk powder, whey products and cheese trended higher in February, pushing overall U.S. dairy exports to $438.4 million, up 14 percent from last year (and up 18 percent adjusted for leap day), according to Alan Levitt, vice president of communications and market analysis at the U.S. Dairy Export Council (USDEC).

Efforts are underway to find a marketing home for about 100 dairy farmers orphaned after two Wisconsin processors notified them they could no longer take their milk. Meanwhile, the farmers impacted by the loss of milk markets are being urged to contact their lenders, and review any risk management contracts.