Tag: dairy farm
Regularly inspecting milking equipment can catch problems
While a milking system should have at least a yearly professional inspection, there are many other on farm evaluations that should be done much more often.
A farmer’s night before Christmas
A fun spin on a A Visit from St. Nicholas, from a farmer's point of view, brought to you by Ohio State University Extension Dairy Working Group.
Millers focus on conservation at Misty Valley Farm
The farm, an organic dairy, uses rotational grazing through most of the year, among other conservation practices.
This year, the farm received the Cooperator of the Year award from the Carroll Soil and Water Conservation District for its conservation work.
Portage County dairy makes it work with just 10 cows
The Oravets family wanted to make a living through small-scale dairy farming. So they started Old Forge Dairy, making aged cheese the old fashioned way.
Santa visits dairy farm for milk and cookies
At Stark County Farm Bureau's Milk and Cookies with Santa on Clardale Farms, visitors met dairy cows and Santa and wrote letters for Sophie's Magic Mailbox.
Happiness found in many ways
Life on dairy farms in the 1970s proved to be a very good time indeed.
Young and Farming: Joel Smith
Joel Smith of Smith Vale Farms, Homeworth, Ohio, is a third generation dairy farmer. His parents and uncle farm full-time with him, milking 126 cows.
Dairy farmers getting squeezed
Like 2015, this year was not a kind year for many Ohio dairy farms.
Opting out of the Dairy Margin Protection Program
FSA is offering an opt-out to producers not wishing to purchase Dairy Margin Protection coverage for the 2018 calendar year.
Review milking procedures closely
Farmers need to observe milking routines and evaluate milkers to ensure procedures are followed correctly and consistently.
