Important election year for farmers
It has been a month since the Super Tuesday election. Boy, it has been peaceful these past few weeks. Amazing how the barrage of...
It’s time to produce green milk!
I receive many invitations to speak at dairy conferences across the country. I try to participate in these conferences whenever my schedule allows because...
AgLease 101 provides lease bulletins and information for renting, etc.
COLUMBUS -- Close to sixty percent of the cropland in the north central region of the United States (including Ohio) is rented. Leasing methods,...
Management information can be gleaned from milk production records
A good start on having a profitable dairy farm is a high milk price; however, the fundamental need is astute management of the cows,...
Even in ‘warm’ winter weather, dairy calves need better nutrition
"Chill in the air, calves get fluffy hair." Sounds like something from an old almanac, but I just made it up. While some calves...
OSU Extension offers calving clinic, oil and gas leasing meetings
I cannot believe that February is already half over. I know local farmers are working hard to finish up their farm taxes and are...
Learning opportunities available to farm managers in February and March
What a winter we have had so far. I think many of us would like for winter set in and the ground to freeze until spring. Dealing with all the rain and mud has made things difficult.
Dairy Excel: What if we applied animal welfare freedoms to human actions?
After eight years of sitting through hours of lectures and experimentation on animal welfare issues I thought that it was time to share some of my thinking in this column.
What are your cows doing all day?
Time is like a snowflake -- it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.-- AnonymousAs we reflect on a...
2012 outlook: What can we expect in farmland values and rent prices?
No revelation! Cropland values in Ohio have increased in 2011. An OSU Extension survey conducted in December 2010 estimated the increase in value of Ohio cropland in 2011 would be 5.3-6.0 percent. This was prior to sharp run ups in commodity prices.
