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Right, wrong or otherwise, highly pathogenic avian influenza H5N1 remains a hot topic in the production animal industries.   After detection in dairy cattle across multiple states in March 2024, …

New year? No sweat

It’s a new year, so I will need to constantly remind myself not to accidentally write 2024 when dating checks and signing documents for the next couple of months. I hope that your holiday …

Habits hold us to higher horizons

The time of year has come when we eagerly proclaim our New Year resolutions — our goals for the upcoming year. We declare that this year will be the year we finally accomplish the goal. Or …

A bid farewell

Dear readers, It took some deep thinking while moving cows to decide how to write this issue’s column. I settled on this format because, in many ways, you have been part of the chaos of my …

The U.S. Department of Agriculture has established a goal of eradicating the H5N1 virus from the U.S. dairy herd. Lucas Sjostrom , a member of the government affairs team for Edge Cooperative, admits …

National Milk Testing Strategy unveiled

The U.S. Department of Agriculture sees more milk ahead and raised its milk production forecasts in the latest World Agriculture Supply and Demand Estimates report. The 2024 forecast was raised, …

Warmth during the winter

“Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree,” “Jingle Bells,” “Here Comes Santa Claus” and “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” are some of the classic …

Year-end review

As the checkoff staff begins to wrap up the busy year of 2024, I take a moment to reflect on my time with Midwest Dairy. I feel immense pride in the partnerships we have developed to foster trust and …

Minimize bird challenges on your dairy farm

Winter weather has descended across much of the Midwest over the past few weeks.   With colder temperatures, we are seeing a significant increase in bird pressure on dairy farms. Birds have …

‘Tis the yule season

‘Tis the yule season, which is vastly different than the mule season, mainly because nobody has ever been kicked by a yule. I don’t think anyone has actually seen a yule, for that matter. …

The gift of joy

We are running out of room in our “inn” this holiday season. Forget an Advent calendar counting down the days to Christmas — it seems every day there is a new gift delivered, …

The gift of bilateral movement

This time of year, most mentions of gifts invoke mental images of colorfully wrapped boxes adorned with ribbons and nestled under Christmas trees. But the gift I’ve been thinking about most …

Parodies for presents

Rosie, the Black White Holstein You know Sutton, and Fruitcake, and Backstrap, and Halo, Snowflake, and Mazda, and Honda, and Dumbo. But do you recall The most famous bovine of …

Prospects are good for dairy markets heading into 2025. “I think there’s going to be a chance to do more protein business with whey overseas, and I think butterfat remains a big component …

Christmas gifts

I’m always on the lookout for special Christmas gifts throughout the year. I’ll stash my treasures in a secret closet away from snooping kids or in one of my freezers. I have bags of …

Butter and cheese stocks fell in October, with the cheese inventory down for the eighth month in a row. The U.S. Department of Agriculture’s latest cold storage report showed Oct. 31 butter …

Our presence in the Advent season

Nazareth was a small village of Galilee with a small population of less than five hundred. To many, it was of little to no importance and not much happened. It was small, poor and unassuming. It …

Treasure hunting

I listened to a book recently about an eccentric art dealer who thought he was going to die of cancer. So, he put together a chest full of treasures like gold coins and precious stones and hid it in …

Colostrum tips, tricks

As we move into winter, I like to review colostrum practices on farms to help producers prepare for cold weather challenges that can exacerbate neonatal calf health challenges. Thanks to Dr. Sandra …

Finding my roots

We all have ancestors. They may not be the ones we might have chosen, but there they are, and there’s nothing we can do about it. Used to be that having a notorious forebear was the sort …

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