Dairy Excel

Dairy Excel: New Year’s resolutions for dairy producers

Thursday, December 27, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Dennis Weilnau, agricultural extension agent in Stark and Summit counties and a member of OSU’s DairyExcel team, urges dairy producers to build their New Year’s resolutions around improvements.

Dairy Channel: Pups are lively addition to farm, family

Thursday, December 20, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about the new dogs that have come into her life.

Dairy Excel: Remember competitive pay, flexibility when recruiting student employees

Thursday, December 13, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Chris Zoller, agricultural extension agent in Tuscarawas County, writes about the secret to success to employing high school students as dairy farm labor.

Dairy Channel: Dairy costs: How much is too much?

Thursday, December 6, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, writes about the process of cost control.

Dairy Excel: Milk pricing issue requires attention

Thursday, November 29, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Cam Thraen, dairy marketing and policy state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, writes about the new proposed pricing rules for Class III and Class IV milk and about the Leahy dairy compact amendment to the Senate farm bill.

Dairy Channel: Give thanks for safe, fresh milk supply

Wednesday, November 21, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, adds refrigeration and pasteurization to the list of what we should be thankful for.

Line fence law not always straight-forward

Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Like it or not, Ohio law generally requires both landowners to equally share the costs of constructing and maintaining a fence.

Dairy Excel: Will hospital and nursing home bills rob you of your home and farm?

Thursday, November 15, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Many of us who are nearing retirement age have not sufficiently planned for the increasingly likely possibility of being incapacitated or disabled.

Dairy Channel: Pricing high moisture ear corn

Thursday, November 8, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, discusses the factors and formulas involved in figuring a fair price for ear corn.

Pool raiders grab $63 million from F.O. 33 farmers

Thursday, November 1, 2001 by Dairy Excel

Since June of 2000, 4.1 billion pounds of “producer milk not historically associated with F.O. 33″ has been pooled on the order - but less than 3 percent was actually delivered to F.O. 33.