Now is the time to sell excess heifers
The adage “keep the best and sell the rest” is always an important principal in managing a dairy farm, but with the high costs...
Farmland value and rent outlook 2013
COLUMBUS -- Cropland values in Ohio have increased again in 2012. Data from the Oho Ag Statistics Service shows an increase of 13.6 percent...
Review offers fully before signing up
Some interesting offers may be showing up in your mailbox. Our "opt-out" period must have expired for receiving offers for credit cards, mortgages and...
OSU offering income tax schools
Hello northeast Ohio. Isn't autumn a wonderful time? I really love this time of year. The cooler nights, the smells and sights of harvest,...
No matter if we win or lose, life’s contests can teach us a lot
It should come as no surprise, but I enjoy the thrill of competition and being competitive.
No matter what the score, I will continue to...
What makes them tick? Not all employees motivated by same thing
Farm managers able to motivate their workers have a better chance of reducing the typical labor problems faced in today's economy (turnover, absenteeism, and...
The sky isn’t falling: Good news on milk price horizon
With skyrocketing feed prices and negative margins to dairy producers, it may seem as if 2009 is repeating itself. But I don't think that...
Good news on milk price horizon
Integrated dairy farms producing a large amount of the feeds consumed by their cows have a distinct cash flow advantage. This should be very good to Midwestern dairy producers in the long run.
Now is the time to calculate the cost of production for your crops
We were inches away from an entirely different set of crop and feed prices. Inches of rain that is. During the Ag Outlook Meetings...
Visiting other farms is great way to explore new ideas for your own dairy
Dairy farmers can tour two Ashtabula County farms Sept. 8.
