This article is intended to help facilitate a discussion between an owner and an engineer to come to an agreement on the cost of engineering fees versus the scope and quality of services provided. Ideally, by having this conversation, the owner will get to explain what they value in their engineer, and the engineer can explain the cost associated with meeting the owner’s desires.

In a breakout session presentation at the Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, held in Lancaster, Pennsylvania, last February, Sarah Moag discussed management transitions and employee management strategies that have worked for her business, Noblehurst Farms, in western New York.

Producers today have a new tool available to help keep calves healthy and minimize sickness events before weaning. That tool is IgY.

For the first time since 2019, the Midwest is mostly clear of drought advisories, according to the U.S. Drought Monitor. In fact, May was one of the wettest months on record for Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin and South Dakota and regions of Michigan, with above-normal precipitation continuing throughout the growing season. Such weather has dairy producers in a pinch to manage manure appropriately.

Here’s Progressive Dairy’s monthly review of July 2024 FMMO data to provide some additional transparency to your milk check.

What sets SenseHub Dairy monitoring apart from other monitoring systems? It’s reliable data that leads to needle-moving insights. It’s intuitive reports that simplify tasks and identify problems sooner. It’s time-saving cow location tools. And it’s fully integrated with M-Power, the new full-solution approach to dairy from Merck Animal Health. Now, producers and veterinarians can use M-Power solutions to eliminate guesswork, solve specific problems and operate at peak efficiency. Learn more about what it means for you and your dairy from Erica Tessmann, marketing manager for dairy monitoring technology at Merck Animal Health.

What started off as me having the desire to share my knowledge and passion of the dairy farming industry with students at my former elementary school has now grown into a nationally recognized program. Little did I know making that connection and then continuing to grow and expand upon it while incorporating more ag enthusiasts would lead to so many new connections, friendships, lessons and experiences.

Vaccine protocol discussions can be energetic and entertaining amongst calf raisers, consultants and veterinarians. It ultimately leads to comparing the current vaccine protocol to a large, well-established calf raiser in the region or even nationally. There can be value in this comparison, but the real value is understanding how these successful facilities arrived at their protocol.