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Are High Cheese Prices Sustainable?

Forget gold. Invest in cheese. One could almost say that this past week as the CME Cheddar blocks set another record high Friday, closing at $2.9150 per pound, up 24 cents on the week and $1.13 above that week a year ago. Lee Mielke asks HighGround Dairy's Lucas Fuess...

Prevent Heat Stress

Dr. Mike Hutjens has some useful tips on keeping cows cool and comfortable during the hot summer months.

USMCA Needs Enforcement

The U.S.-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA) is designed to usher in significant changes to U.S.-Canadian dairy trade, restore certainty to U.S.-Mexico trade relations and establish important protections for common name cheeses. But as Chris Galen from the National Milk...

Staying Cool and Comfortable

Optimal air quality and flow tie directly to cow productivity and profits. The Dr. Nigel Cook from the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Veterinary Medicine tells us the different types of ventilation that dairy farmers use to keep their animals cool and...

Operating Globally, Regionally, Locally

Dr. David Kohl, owner of Homestead Creamery and Stoney Brook Farm in Wirtz, VA, and Professor Emeritus at VA Tech, discusses alignment of production and consumer shifts as we go through the phases of a global pandemic (on a recent PDPW Dairy Signal):

Dairy Price Boost

There was a lot of dairy news to sift through this last week, from a huge jump in the milk price to more government aid on the way. HighGround Dairy's Lucas Fuess sorts it out with Lee Mielke:

June Class III: $21.04

The Agriculture Department announced the June Dairy Month Federal order Class III benchmark milk price Wednesday at $21.04 per hundredweight, up a spectacular $8.90 from May and $4.77 above June 2019. It is the highest Class III price since November 2014 and boosts...

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by Bill Baker | May 8, 2018 | Dr. Ryan Leiterman, Wellness Wednesday | 0 comments

Nov. 2018: Pneumonia Prevention: Bedding and Nutrition:

Oct. 2018: Old Barns Can Have Cost Effective Calf Space:

Sept. 2018: Focus on the Calf Pen – Not the Barn:

Aug. 2018: Heat Hurts Calves Too:

July 2018: The Calf Wheel of Health:

June 2018: Retrofitting Stanchion Barns For Optimal Ventilation:

May 2018: Staying Consistent in an Inconsistent Environment:

April 2018: Curtains, Eves & Ridges:

March 2018: Building a New Calf Barn?

February 2018: Raising Healthy Calves Saves Time and Money

January 2018: Old Design Parameters Need Updating

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