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It takes a village to run a dairy farm

February 7, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

Dairy farming is a complex and demanding endeavor, requiring a multifaceted approach that goes beyond just milking cows and harvesting feed. Much like the proverbial saying,

December report: Dairy cull cow marketing trailed year-ago levels for 17 consecutive weeks

January 26, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

A smaller milking herd and improving milk income margins are contributing to lower U.S. dairy cull cow marketing this winter. Through Dec. 30, the number of dairy cows marketed for beef had trailed year-ago levels for 17 consecutive weeks and was down 82,400 from the same period a year earlier.

Milk production stayed on downward slope to end 2023

Decline continued in December, pressured by lower cow numbers, no output growth.

January 25, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

Monthly U.S. milk production was lower than the year earlier in December 2023, extending the decline to six consecutive months.

Safe milk: Drug residue incidence drops for seventh straight year

January 5, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

Just 345 out of nearly 3.7 million milk samples tested positive for animal drug residues in the FDA’s annual analysis. Those samples testing positive were rejected for human consumption. That works out to be only 1 out of every 10,707 samples.

Technology integration on Wisconsin dairy advances herd health

Progression on Wegnerlann Dairy LLC has included the implementation of activity collars and a parlor teat scrubber.

January 1, 2024

Audrey Schmitz

Recently, Tom Wegner was named the recipient of the 2023 Boehringer Ingelheim Dairy First Award. “It was pretty cool for Rebecca Gotham, my BI rep, to recognize me, our farm and my employees for all the hard work we do,” Wegner says.

InFocus: Cheese consumption hits all-time high in 2022

USDA data shows American dairy per-capita consumption across products consistently increasing each year, with 2022 up 0.4% over the past five years, 7.5% over the past 15 years and 16.1% over the past 30 years.

December 29, 2023

Audrey Schmitz

In the past decade alone, domestic per-capita consumption of cheese is up 17.1%, and per-capita butter consumption is up 9.0%.

November report on dairy cows marketed for beef

December 26, 2023

Audrey Schmitz

Dairy cull cow marketing trailed year-ago levels for 14 consecutive weeks.

Cow numbers, milk production continue to decline in November USDA estimates

Ten states including California, New Mexico, Texas, Pennsylvania and Colorado reduced milk production a combined 188 million pounds.

December 20, 2023

Audrey Schmitz

The preliminary estimate of overall November U.S. milk production compared to a year earlier was down by 104 million pounds (0.6%).

Reduced milk per cow, cow numbers lower USDA 2023-24 milk production estimates

The milk production forecast for 2023 was lowered from last month due to slower expected growth in milk per cow.

December 11, 2023

Audrey Schmitz

From this week's USDA World Ag Supply and Demand Estimates (WASDE) and Crop Production reports, Progressive Dairy summarizes factors potentially impacting dairy producer income.

From tundra to pasture: McIntosh Dairy is home to Riverdale Reindeer

McIntosh Dairy on Riverdale Road in Brighton, Colorado, is home to seven reindeer.

December 7, 2023

Audrey Schmitz

Nicknamed the cattle of the North, reindeer are similar to cows in a lot of ways. Like cows, reindeer have a four-chamber stomach to digest food and also chew their cud.

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