Meet the 2021 sustainability award winners

Progressive Dairy Editor Dave Natzke

In their 10th year, the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy’s 2021 Sustainability Awards recognize the work of the dairy community in providing environmental, social and economic benefits. This year’s award recipients in the Outstanding Dairy Farm Sustainability category are Red Sunset Farm, Mifflintown, Pennsylvania; Goodrich Farm, Salisbury, Vermont; and MVP Dairy LLC, Celina, Ohio.

Other honorees include: A pilot project in Wisconsin involving Grande Cheese, Lafayette Ag Stewardship Alliance and Farmers for Sustainable Food was recognized for Outstanding Supply Chain Collaboration; Calgren Dairy Fuels, Central Valley, California, received the Outstanding Community Impact award; DairyWest, Idaho and Utah, was honored for Outstanding Community Impact – Pandemic Response; and Outstanding Dairy Processing and Manufacturing Sustainability recognition went to Rogue Creamery, Central Point, Oregon.

Learn more about the 2021 sustainability award winners.

Weekly Digest: Dairy climate research project gains funding

One-year cow increase equal to South Dakota’s herd

June-July risk management calendar: No vacation

‘Adopt a Cow’ program achieves immense growth, impacting more than 1.6 million students this school year

Hannay Reels Portable 1100 Reel for Agriculture Operations

Heather Jauquet: Making a difference, one calf at a time

Progressive Dairy Editorial Intern Madison Leak

For a dairy kid, there’s not much that compares to the emotional high you get from participating in dairy quiz bowl or dairy jeopardy.

Sitting in uncomfortable clothes in a room full of people you feel are way smarter than you is intimidating. Your hands are sweaty, you keep tapping your toes, and your eyes are tracing the paisley designs on the hotel ballroom carpet. Your coach offers you a few words of encouragement and you look to your team members to find some strength, only to find that their faces echo your own – blank stares, full of fear. Your coach is feeling all those same emotions right along with you. She might hide it a little better, but she understands your nerves, anxiety and adrenaline.

"I love to share our story – our little piece of the world.”

[Podcast] Dairy industry sustainability award program celebrates 10th anniversary

We visit with Karen Scanlon, executive VP for environmental stewardship for the Innovation Center for U.S. Dairy, and Chase Goodrich of Goodrich Family Farm in Vermont. 

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Consider upgrading your dashboard to include macro factors

Sam Miller and Brad Guse for Progressive Dairy

Now that the effects of the pandemic are largely behind us, dairy operators find themselves in an interesting situation. Markets are usually driven by either supply or demand, but right now, they’re being driven by both, and that has implications on how you navigate dairy and commodity prices.

Trying to parse what’s being driven by supply or demand requires understanding the macroeconomic factors you should include in your management dashboard. How might these factors impact your price risk management plan? What would cause a management discussion or management action?

Stay updated on these macrofactors.

Biofilm breakdown: How to fight mastitis in a different way

New, novel approaches allow you to reduce and prevent biofilm and fight mastitis bacteria in a different way.

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Debunking core-antigen vaccine myths

Contributed by John Champagne

A basic understanding of why core-antigen vaccines are an effective tool during the dry period can help clear up common myths surrounding their usage.

More than 50% of clinical coliform mastitis events that occur in the first 100 days in milk originate during the dry period. A core-antigen vaccine helps a dairy cow’s immune system recognize a coliform, such as Escherichia coli (E. coli), when it invades the udder (quarter), triggering an immune response.

6 common myths and the truth about core-antigen vaccines