Dairy Channel: What’s the future of agriculture?
Ernie Oelker writes about Mike Brubaker's megatrends in agriculture.
Dairy Channel: Advice: Don’t buy something stupid
Dairy expert Dianne Shoemaker warns farmers not to make any rash purchases even though they may have a few more dollars in their pockets.
Your animals on welfare
By the time you read this column, the reality of the current dairy economics will be hitting you like a brick.
The January Class...
Being just one of the crew turns out to be good experience for new...
Steve, his mom and I drove to the airport in Cleveland June 30 with our oldest son, Austen and put him on an airplane...
Knowing your farm costs helps determine the path it will take
Dairy Jeopardy for $1,000: The answer is -437, -254, and -183. The question: How many Total herds, Grade A herds and Manufacturing Grade herds...
See you at the fairs with the language of friends
Most of my friends and coworkers clearly understand that I possess more of a creative mind than an intellectual one.
I function on energy and...
Dairy Excel: Fair season is a great time for talking
Those of us who embrace agriculture are keenly aware of the ever-widening gap of fact and fiction when it relates to our lifestyle. The fair is not just a "fair" atmosphere, but an excellent one rich with opportunity to showcase our passion for the land and living things.
True confessions: I started out ‘numbers challenged’
This is going to be a "confessions" column to try to lure all those folks who love or hate working with farm bookkeeping, records and finances into really enjoying themselves at the From Bookkeeper to CFO workshops this fall.
There are options despite high costs
I remember thinking that $3 corn was outrageous, that $300 soybean meal was a rip-off and that $200 cottonseed must have been a revenge...
Dairy Channel: Why are dairymen getting squeezed, and will new MILC program help?
Is the USDA's new dairy program in the best long-term interest of dairy producers? The answer to that question remains to be seen, but the likely answer is "no." Is the check welcome this year? Yes. Will it be in 2003? Probably, says district extension specialist Dianne Shoemaker in this week's Dairy Channel column.
