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Assurance in quality and communication

Langeland Farms, the 2022 Beef Quality Assurance – Dairy Award recipient, uses hands-on training and regular team meetings to strengthen employee communication and their skill sets.

May 23, 2023

Rachel Ewing

The secret to this dairy’s success lies in their communication with one another.

[Podcast] Brent and Nancy Wilson: MSU’s 2023 Dairy Farm of the Year

May 9, 2023

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, Progressive Dairy Editor Jenn Coyne visits with Brent and Nancy Wilson of Wilson Centennial Farms in Michigan. The couple and their sons, Tyler and Ben, work in partnership on the dairy and crop farm operation. Over the years, the Wilsons have been recognized for their dedication to milk quality and production, as well as regularly participating in cutting-edge industry research trials.

Mideast: Financial picture has an undercurrent

With ample water, the region has many advantages, creating opportunities for growth. Building on those strengths will require industry partnerships that can produce value and increase markets.

March 1, 2023

Dave Natzke

Beyond sharing Great Lakes’ shorelines, dairy producers in Indiana, Michigan and Ohio have a lot in common. Most were aided by the wave of higher milk prices in 2022, putting them in their best financial positions in years.

Lew-Max marries technology and data to reach repro honors

November 8, 2021

Jaclyn De Candio

There aren’t any shortcuts to outstanding reproductive performance. Rather, it is a careful blend of consistency and data management according to the needs and specifications of a particular farm.

How Deluur Future achieves 47% heifer pregnancy rate

September 15, 2021

Jaclyn De Candio

A successful breeding protocol keeps a herd at the top of its reproductive game.

Cocktails for the win: Creative ways to stretch your dairy forages

March 17, 2020

Melissa Hart

In the wake of difficult growing conditions that plagued the Midwest in 2019, stretching feed with creative forage solutions was the topic discussed by dairy producer and forage consultant Daniel Olson of Lena, Wisconsin, and dairy producer David Johnson of the Western Upper Peninsula at the recent Great Lakes Regional Dairy Conference in Frankenmuth, Michigan.

Michigan artist draws inspiration from century-old dairy farm living

June 17, 2019

Ashley Messing-Kennedy

“I think cows in general are beautiful creatures. I easily get inspired by personalities, coloring, spots, wrinkles or folds, if they have fluffy ears or long eyelashes, droopy eyes or nose freckles – the list goes on. I love specific details that will grab your attention within seconds.” –Andrea Jorgensen

Family at center of Benthem Brothers’ commitment to quality

January 22, 2019

Dave Natzke

Like the stories of many Midwest dairy farm families, the Benthems’ history is one of steady growth and improvement, focused on quality while adopting technology, with family at the center of the circle and a vision of creating room in the business for future generations. Benthem Brothers Inc. of McBain, Michigan, was featured in a virtual tour during the 2018 World Dairy Expo.

Articles Tagged with ''Michigan''

Assurance in quality and communication

[Podcast] Brent and Nancy Wilson: MSU’s 2023 Dairy Farm of the Year

Mideast: Financial picture has an undercurrent

Lew-Max marries technology and data to reach repro honors

How Deluur Future achieves 47% heifer pregnancy rate

Cocktails for the win: Creative ways to stretch your dairy forages

Michigan artist draws inspiration from century-old dairy farm living

Family at center of Benthem Brothers’ commitment to quality

Accelerating livestock methane mitigation and monitoring technologies

Increasing metabolizable protein supply: A strategy to increase early lactation performance

Dairying in Colombia: Grazing cows contending with subclinical hypocalcemia

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