At the beginning of 2020, AABP updated its production practice guidelines for dehorning calves, and one of the significant updates was a recommendation for pain mitigation.

For all three days of this year’s show, the weather cooperated nicely and was sunny and beautiful. Progressive Dairy Editor Walt Cooley searched the grounds for new products and interesting insights at this year’s show. 

Kobe Bryant’s accidental death in a helicopter crash earlier this year shocked everyone. For days, the news of his passing consumed media cycles. That scene played out before.

Ag economist Marin Bozic of the University of Minnesota calls himself a “jack of all trades” when it comes to his work in the dairy industry. He does primary research in the area of dairy markets; teaches about agribusiness finance, futures and options; and recently helped create with John Newton the Dairy Revenue Protection (Dairy-RP) program.

World Ag Expo recently announced its top 10 new product award winners, and two dairy-related products made the list. Information about each is included in this article.

Last year, your Progressive Dairy editors chose to have a common theme for their work. We adopted the goal to be “confidently curious.”

Progressive Dairy contributor Andy Junkin recently released a new book to help farm families called Bulletproof Your Farm.

Most farms recognize the benefit of meeting to discuss issues facing the farm. But it can be hard to see the value of doing this regularly before things blow up. Editor Walt Cooley talks with farm family decision consultant Andy Junkin about how to start meeting regularly and keep farm meetings on track and productive.

If you listen to podcasts, you’re going to be excited for this news. We now have a podcast available. Find it by searching for “Progressive Dairy” podcast on your favorite platform.

Dairyman Michael Johnson’s journey toward activity monitoring started several years ago when he realized his plate was getting too full to handle everything.