Dairy Channel: Setting the record straight: mad cow disease and foot-and-mouth disease
Columbiana County agricultural extension agent Ernie Oelker takes the opportunity to provide further clarification about cattle diseases currently in the news.
Outsiders raiding F.O. 33 milk pool
Cameron Thraen, dairy marketing and policy state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, writes about milk check revenue that should have been paid to Order 33 milk producers, but was siphoned off to the pockets of producers in areas that do not normally share in the Mideast Area revenue pool.
Dairy Channel: Robotic milking systems have come long way
Northeast Ohio district dairy specialist Diane Shoemaker writes about the progress being made in robotic milking systems.
Dairy Channel: Time to change way you utilize manure
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, compares economic value of nitrogen fertilizers with using livestock manure as nutrient.
Dairy Excel: The future is now, but who knows exactly what to do about...
Diane Shoemaker writes about writes about rotary parlors in California and how the work and how they don't.
Dairy Channel: Dairy conference offers lots to learn: morning, noon and night
Diane Shoemaker writes about the Northeast Ohio Dairy Management Conference March 7 in Canton.
Dairy Excel: BSE: The history and implications
Columbiana County Extension agent Ernie Oelker explains mad cow disease.
Dairy Excel: Do you know your farm’s numbers
Northeastern Ohio Extension specialist Jim Polson wants you to sharpen your pencil this winter.
Dairy Channel: Milk producers have options to reclaim profit margins
Don't like your milk check? Shop around, says Dianne Shoemaker, district OSU Extension dairy specialist.
Dairy Excel: Keys to a winning business attitude
Farming was, is and always will be risky. Managers can reduce the uncertainty of their decisions through more and better information.
