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Kala’s insights have helped position agribusinesses for both survival and success – from agricultural lending, cash flow strategies and debt optimization to grain marketing, risk management and legacy building. As a senior ag consultant at KCoe, she is a proactive catalyst for agribusiness success – enabling their growth, optimization, and expansion. Email: Kala.Jenkins@kcoe.com

When milk prices are high, producers begin to question if they should milk more cows to capitalize on that milk check. Leading experts say the answer lies in good management and good animal husbandry skills.

Environmental sustainability is something that’s been in practice on dairy farms for generations. Yet quantifying, improving and communicating standard, sustainable practices isn’t basic at all.

Though there are many different disinfectants available on the market, one is emerging as the clear cleaner of choice.

Ryan Heiniger is Trust In Food’s director of America’s Conservation Ag Movement (ACAM), where he leads all aspects of its state and local projects. Prior to Trust In Food, Ryan served as the director of agriculture and director of field operations – north region for Pheasants Forever and Quail Forever, two non-profit upland conservation organizations. He and his wife Nikki are raising their son and daughter as fifth-generation family farmers along the banks of the Mississippi River in southeast Iowa.

A protocol overhaul helped the team at Singing Brook Farms, Imler, Pa., up their game in colostrum delivery. Two of their key managers share how they now seamlessly deliver high-quality colostrum to every newborn calf.

Top dairy leaders oppose the bill to legalize the sale of raw milk at dairy farms just passed by the Iowa Senate. If this becomes law, it would be legal to sell raw milk and unpasteurized products.

Most of what you hear about the metaverse is hype, but there are five areas where XR tools are starting to make a real difference in agriculture and food.