Feeding your herd this year will take planning, strategy and little creativity
I had the privilege of traveling overseas to conduct research during part of the summer, so I missed all of the hot and dry...
If considering a young person for a job, remember minor labor laws
With high school graduation season upon us, now is a time when you may receive a call or knock on your door from a...
Dairy Channel: Dairy’s use of hormones increases
The use of recombiant bovine Somatotropin has increased, especially on large farms.
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...
Dairy Channel: Dairymen: ‘What’s in your wallet?’
Dianne Shoemaker hopes dairymen will take a look at their finances before crisis hits.
There’s one chance to nail corn silage harvest
Ensure a smooth silage harvest by checking equipment, setting and monitoring the correct chop length and kernel rolls and putting safety first.
Good managers communicate well
Maybe you consider yourself a good employer. Maybe your employees believe so. Or, maybe not. If you have had difficulty managing employees, it may be useful to learn some things you can do to become a better employer.
Dairy farm management retreat useful for current and future generations
With harvest completed for many and winding down for others, there seems to be more time this fall than in recent years to accomplish...
Better farm management in 30 seconds
Too many farms don’t have reliable systems in place to capture numbers that can help their bottom line. And sometimes, all it takes to track those numbers are 30 seconds, says OSU Extension Specialist Dianne Shoemaker.
Surviving the dairy farm crisis
Farm financial survival relies upon good management, including successful production and financial planning.
