Dairy Excel: Many farm estate concerns remain
Jim Polson, northeastern Ohio farm management specialist with OSU Extension, urges farm families to move forward in planning for their estate.
Judging teams on Great American Ride
If you listen to country music, you have heard Toby Keith's new song, Great American Ride. Over the past couple of months, I have...
Crop input outlook for 2013
Crop profitability prospects for 2013 are positive for the three major row crops in Ohio. Input costs have increased from last year, but high...
Show business gets in your blood
In the musical Annie Get Your Gun, the lead character belts out the lyrics to There's No Business Like Show Business. The key message is that folks in show biz stick together.
Reach that magic number for profit
Monitoring herd feed costs is very critical for increasing dairy farm profitability.
Ohio State University Extension can help you prepare for a better 2011
I can remember back several years ago on the first day of a junior high school math class. The teacher gave each student a...
Several tax classes available this fall
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...
Dairy Excel: How motivated are your employees?
Farm employees are no different than workers in other industries: Different things motivate different peole at different times, reminds Tuscarawas County Ag Agent Chris Zollers.
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.
It can be beneficial for farmers to learn to communicate with young workers
If I've heard it once, I've heard it a hundred times -- "kids today just don't work like we did." I heard that when...
