Alternatives for dealing with down cycle
Most dairy farm businesses are not cash flowing. Some may be if they priced first half milk production using futures or options contracts when...
It’s time to get with the times
It's the 1970s. An air-dried Polaroid shows your leisure suit and platform shoes, just before you hop into your pickup and check the CB...
Dairy farms are in the limbo line
If you have ever taken a small child to a roller skating party, sooner or later some energetic teenagers corral the troops and organize...
Ohio crop Enterprise Budget updates
Newly updated Enterprise Budgets for 2009 have been completed and posted to the Farm Management Web site of the Department of Agricultural, Environmental and...
Ohio’s minimum wage rate increased
A quick look at a few business-related topics this month. The first of the year brought an increase in Ohio's minimum wage rate. For...
Your animals on welfare
By the time you read this column, the reality of the current dairy economics will be hitting you like a brick.
The January Class...
In cold, calves need nutrients to grow
No time like the present to talk about feeding calves in cold weather. While the feeder puts on more clothes to help them stay...
Workshop covers milk price outlook
Hello northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers.
The financial crisis has hit our country with a resounding thud. Sadly, it looks like a...
It’s year-end tax planning time
Can’t put it off any longer … it’s year-end tax planning time.
“One’s tax management goal should be maximizing after-tax income or wealth over...
It’s time to start listening to each other
Dairy farmers are often advised that listening to their cows is a valuable management tool. Working with dairy youth programs, I remind myself of...
