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The Milk House: That sinking feeling

September 30, 2022
Ryan Dennis

Whatever else about the world, there’s one advantage to being alive now: Travel is easier than ever before. All the faraway places one heard about on TV as a child are now within reach after spending 10 minutes online to buy a flight.


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What animal rights extremists are saying about animal ag

Sustainability, animal welfare, public health and animal agriculture's impact on them were a major focus at three recent animal rights groups events. Their claims may be inaccurate, but knowing them is important for safeguarding animal agriculture’s future.
September 30, 2022
Casey Kinler

Each summer, several animal rights extremist groups host their annual conferences to convene supporters, discuss new tactics and strategies to use against animal agriculture and rally around their missions of “total animal liberation.” This year, three conferences have been hosted so far.


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Correction: 2022 World Dairy Expo trade show hours

September 28, 2022

The trade show hours for the 2022 World Dairy Expo listed on page 37 of the Sept. 12, 2022, issue of Progressive Dairy were incorrect. The trade show will be open Tuesday, Oct. 4, through Thursday, Oct. 6, from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. and on Friday, Oct. 7, from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. Progressive Dairy regrets the error.



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Weekly Digest: See us at World Dairy Expo

September 28, 2022
Dave Natzke

Digest highlights

  • See us at World Dairy Expo
  • Vitaliano: Dairy markets face near-term uncertainty
  • Dairy cull cow marketing jumped in August
  • Fed ratchets interest rates higher
  • Longhorned tick discovered in northern Missouri
  • Farmland values to plateau

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Peer tech: Cloud-based digital assistant helps farm increase preg rates and energy-corrected milk

September 28, 2022
Walt Cooley

Dairyman Evan Hillan says within the last six months the dairy has seen reduced use of timed A.I., fewer open days and lower culling and mortality rates. The dairy has also increased pregnancy rates and pounds of energy-corrected milk. The results are the effects of his farm implementing activity monitoring and AI from a new entrant into the U.S. market – Connecterra. 


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Leading dairies reveal their favorite apps of 2022

Managers and owners on the largest of U.S. dairies use these apps on a daily basis to manage their dairy farms.
September 28, 2022
Aidan Connolly

Given how essential smart devices are in everyday life, it is interesting to know which apps (software applications) dairy producers consider essential. I surveyed managers and owners of 100 of the largest U.S. dairies to find out what apps they have on their phones, and which ones they use on a daily basis.


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