This document is the cover of the October 2008 issue of Midwest DairyBusiness magazine. It highlights several articles in the issue, including one about successfully transitioning to new corn silage, ensuring teat health in changing seasons, and a new tool that may enhance forage quality management. Another article previews dairy's "ABCs" - the issues that defined the dairy industry in 2008 that will likely impact the character of the industry for years to come. These issues ranged from exports and the farm bill to labels on hormones and antibiotics to shrinking margins.

1. Midwest DairyBusiness
Cover
October 2008
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FEEDING:
Successfully
transition to
new corn silage
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MILK QUALITY:
Ensure teat health s
in changing season
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TECHNOLOGY
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New tool may enhancagement
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2. Midwest DairyBusiness
Dairy’s ABCs
December 2008
YEAR IN REVIEW
A0IRY’S ABCs
DR 2 08
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Dairy issues cov
defined the indus- signs pointed to popular method to get
in fiscal year ’08, but
2008, and likely suits becoming more
rs to come. e to a close. Is this al?
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try’s character for “our” way. What’s the
slow-down as the year
great things to come?
the peak, or a sign of Milk Producers
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corn, subsidies
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anol: Competition for
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By Dav Eth
sees big changes
llers
ence. The result: disti Federation CEO. Fore
and energy independ
debate by the gallons. years ahead.
to dairy policy in the
grains by the tons and
steps, form the alpha- the times: University
th Dakota winter ever
“Action, looks, words, Kentucky: Signs of
Elections: Was a Nor
U.S. Department of
ocrats made big
character.”
spell , Dem with
this nasty? After it’s over of Kentucky partners
bet by which you may
enhance security of milk
House to state houses.
ater
-- Johann Kaspar Lav Homeland Security to
gains, from the White plant.
from the farm to the
moving
ral ag/food legisla-
Farmers for the
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t and Conservation of hed a bizarre conclu- es and pesticides and
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Labels: Hormon
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Advancemen
wicked witch, or the
e pieces won’t be
frustrated by
Technology): Farmers antibiotics, oh my. A
sion in 2008, and som
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able management tool 9. Industry leaders say wizard of marketing?
the loss of safe and valu implemented until 200
c credit.” Many finan-
may
fication and no economi ned similar victories Lines: As in “lines of
“dairy” won, but war
with no scientific justi
need them in 2009.
consultants say you’ll
not happen again.
compensation. revived in Farm cial
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Forward pricing: Prog
Apple: KHW Regime es shrinking;
the Global Glamour at volatility, or drive pric
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Bill. A way to control
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bon foot 2009. (See Lines of
Footprints: As in “car ing
equals $2,333 Loss Contract pro-
ller feet. Are we learn
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Bailouts: $700 billion MILC: Milk Income
everybody wants sma
wearing glass slippers?
y replacement) we’d needed it six
(or one pretty good dair gram. Who’d a thunk
a new way to walk, or
a feed adjuster, higher
ns. Make
America
each for 300 million months ago? Now with . Safety
e people in
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and covering more milk
. Treasury. Global demand: Mor
checks payable to U.S the payment rate
Mammas, don’t let e dairy on
more places want mor
Biotech: As in “bad.” net. pennies
s. uing over
menu. (See Exports)
to be scientist Make allowances: Arg
your babies grow up
fornia does it fast; fed-
added to the dairy
that mean millions. Cali
Genomics: New tool slow.
tic
nts
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it slow – really, really
box. Coming soon: gene
5th and 6 herd retireme
th
reproduction tool
CWT: eral orders take ys said there was
assistance pro-
were held and export amine: Grandpa alwa
s on MapQuest? Mel
map t in
but not in milk. Made
billion lbs. of now OK to talk abou
gram moved nearly 2 Greenhouse gas: It’s a future in plastics –
e were still skeptics. ed company.
milk off-shore, but ther cow flatulence in mix China.
1996-97.
Most since
Cows: Lots and lots. cate employ-
y’re back, about
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No-Match: Letters indi
es.
Hay: High, as in pric
Canadian heifers: The bers don’t
ee Social Security num
46,000 in 2008. rds. Department
ns: The
compost bar match with their reco
Cross-ventilation and
gets involved. Seek a
uctive cows.
latest in comfort for prod of Homeland Security ’ve
r supply at stake, but
t over country of ori- if you’ve got mail, you
I
Immigration: Ag labo
COOL: The long figh safe harbor, because
-
ruled the day. The key
rpretation, implementa election-year politics
gin labelling ended. Inte got problems.
is a good (big) Identification
ions
NAIS: National Animal
ain. to good neighbor relat
tion and tweaking rem ,
food supply and markets
nd.
tuned in 2009, and beyo System. Securing the
into ener- fence. Stay s gained
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esters: Turning manure Income over feed cost sion by Big Brother?
Dig IOFC: dairy producer or intru
to measure
gy and carbon credits. acceptance as a way organic dairy
year started strong, but
O
iety of
Downers: Humane Soc Organic: When is an
financial prospects. The When the herd
not among not an organic dairy?
States film definitely Margins)
shrunk. (See
the United ered by grass.
state milk pro-
USDA
e videos. up the is large and not pow
Idaho: Keeps moving
America’s funniest hom - Please turn to page 12
place far away?
from human consump
duction rankings. Is third
banned downer cows
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