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Economic Update: Requirement for electronic ID tags now in effect

HPAI was confirmed in eight dairy herds in Utah in late October, making it the 15th state to find the disease in dairy.

November 7, 2024

Karen Lee

In news affecting dairy's bottom line:

Requirement for electronic ID tags now in effect
Utah becomes 15th state with HPAI in dairy, following mandatory surveillance
GDT index up 4.8%
November FSA interest rates continue to low
Farmer sentiment bounced back in October

DHI Computing Service, Inc. Celebrates its 70th Anniversary

July 17, 2024

On July 1, 2024, the parent company of Amelicor, DHI Computing Service, Inc., celebrated its 70th anniversary.

Irons in the Fire: Love and work

May 23, 2024

Paul Marchant

It was an early Thursday afternoon. I’d made the 26-mile run into Burley to a sale with a little load of leppy and oddball calves that, after a few weeks of TLC and too much money spent on grain, finally appeared respectable enough that I dared take such a ragged lot wearing my brand to town.

[Podcast] Matthew Byl: Second-generation dairyman carrying on his family’s American dream

August 29, 2023

In this episode of the Progressive Dairy Podcast, host Jenn Coyne visits with Matthew Byl of Dutch Cowboy Dairy in Utah. Byl is a second-generation dairy farmer whose father and uncle immigrated to the U.S. from Holland in the 1980s.

Proposed BLM rule could change priorities for public lands

April 10, 2023

Tyrell Marchant

The U.S. Department of the Interior on March 30 published a proposal that could shift priorities on 245 million acres of public land managed by the Bureau of Land Management (BLM). The rule would likely mark a sizable shift in BLM practices; according to an agency statement, it intends to put “conservation on equal footing with other uses,” which it says is “consistent with the BLM’s multiple use and sustained yield mission.”

Progressive Event: Dairy West annual meeting

December 9, 2022

Kimmi Devaney

Nearly 800 dairy producers and industry representatives gathered in Boise, Idaho, on Nov. 9-10 for the Dairy West annual meeting.

NCBA announces 2021 Environmental Stewardship Award regional winners

February 25, 2022

Seven of the nation’s top cattle operations were recognized as Environmental Stewardship Award Program (ESAP) regional winners for their environmental conservation efforts during the 2022 National Cattlemen’s Beef Association (NCBA) Cattle Industry Convention & Trade Show in Houston, Texas.

Progressive Publishing welcomes editorial intern Madison Leak

May 25, 2021

Progressive Publishing is pleased to introduce Madison Leak as one of its summer 2021 editorial interns. Leak began work in May and is responsible for writing feature stories and news articles for Progressive Dairy.