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I recently traveled to a Forward Operating Base in eastern Iraq, very near the Iranian border. There, my colleague, Dr. Jessie McCoy, DVM, and I completed several missions in the vast expanse of the desert.
A few months ago, we had a tragedy in our family. My nephew choked on a piece of candy and passed away.He was in the growing time of his life. So much of the road lay before him. Why would the Lord call him home before he had really lived?
Winter is a good time for reflection – even in sunny California where I produce milk. The days and nights are cooler, easier on the cows and the people. With 2010 just around the corner, a certain kind of thoughtful silence settles in.
In this first issue of a new decade, we’re introducing a new way to review, even perhaps debate, issues we believe are necessary to rethink our industry and its competitiveness. Here’s how you will be reading these discussions this year as they unfold.
Last year my family and I traveled 30 minutes south from Jerome, Idaho, up into the mountains one evening just a few days before Christmas. We wanted to see what some call the Lights in the South Hills. Decorated with thousands of bulbs, one house and its front yard glows from Thanksgiving to New Years just off a quiet canyon road southeast of Twin Falls.
This article was #9 in PDmag's Top 25 most-well read articles in 2010.
Summary: Leon Leavitt is the founder of Progressive Dairyman magazine. Last December, he advised dairy producers on five things they shouldn’t do without during the holidays: 1. faith, 2. prayer, 3. spouse and family, 4. friends, and 5. Building relationships with people “better than yourself.”
Because this article was so popular, we asked Leon a follow-up question:
I milked with my father every morning in the dark. We herded cows into the parlor eight at a time and dipped their teats. When we were at the end of the row we turned around, wiped it off, and started putting milkers on. We smelt like iodine and manure, and while we waited for the cows to milk out we passed the time talking.
More than 52,141 unique visitors read content at www.progressivedairy.com in 2009. The following is a recap of the Top 25 most-read stories that appeared in Progressive Dairyman in 2009 as well as follow-up comments about some of the article topics from the articles’ original authors or contributors.
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