More farm succession workshops being planned
In case you missed the first opportunity, more farm succession workshops are being planned.
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...
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...
No matter if we win or lose, life’s contests can teach us a lot
It should come as no surprise, but I enjoy the thrill of competition and being competitive.
No matter what the score, I will continue to...
Dairy Channel: Step right up for pricing jeopardy
Dianne Shoemaker tries to make things easier to understand with a game of jeopardy.
DairyExcel: Keep new employee’s feelings in mind
Terry Beck, OSU agricultural extension agent in Wayne County and a member of OSU's DairyExcel team, writes on making a new employee's first few days on the farm a positive experience.
Family meetings just make sense
Regardless of the size of your dairy farm, if there are family members involved - directly or indirectly - with the business, it is important to conduct regular family business meetings.
Dark, stormy skies over dairyland
I don't like to be the bearer of bad news, but the sky over dairyland looks to be very stormy with good possibilities of...
