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...
Here’s where to look when you need information
A brain teaser is meant to challenge or stimulate. So, the Dairy Brain Teaser is used to stimulate our thinking and provide some valuable...
You don’t want to miss this workshop
Hello northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers.
Ohio State University Extension in Ashtabula County will hold a milk marketing workshop from 10:30 a.m....
Dairy ride getting wilder by the minute
I recall just a few months ago when the whole cottonseed market jumped above $250 per ton. I received numerous phone calls and e-mails...
Dairy judging: What you should know
About 9:30 p.m. on Labor Day, 16 4-H and Ohio State University collegiate judges and their coaches drove into the Waterman Dairy at OSU....
What is holding you back on your farm?
“What is holding you back?” A popular statement five years ago when we first addressed this topic in this column.
The seatbelt safety campaign...
There’s lots to know about the dairy industry
I have decided to use a new format for my contribution to this column -- referring to it as the Dairy Brain Teaser. I...
Dairy cows blamed for global warming: It’s a lot of warm air
Recently, a letter to the editor of my local newspaper used data from a U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization report to argue that eating...
Use your history to help build the future
Millie, Tillie, and Cindy; Zeller’s cow, Dick’s cow, and Wilford’s cow; Daisy, Penny and Ann.
These are the first 10 cows entered in a...
