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Just like children letting off some steam on the playground, calves too could benefit from physical enrichment.

Move over, artificial insemination. There’s a new “A.I.” in town, and it’s more intelligent than you.

Ben Laine, a senior dairy analyst with Terrain, says that he expects 2023 will be deceptively steady in the sense that the U.S. will stay fairly level with current cow numbers.

Managers tend to focus on two groups: the overachievers and the underachievers. As a result, he says, you neglect the employees who could become high performers — aka the B players.

Without intervention, 40% of calves that need more than minor assistance at birth will die.

Q1 Class III markets plummeted to $19.29, giving up 33 cents on the day.

The USDA’s Farm Service Agency recently announced that it has extended the enrollment and coverage election period for 2023 Dairy Margin Coverage to Jan. 31, 2023.

Q1 Class III Futures gave up 28 cents settling in at $19.62/cwt as Q1 All-cheese futures declined almost 2 cents to $1.9943/lb.

This year’s rising interest rates will continue to discourage expansion throughout the dairy industry as the cost to service debt soars.