Tag: farm management
Keep pastures green during dry times
During the heat of the summer, it is very important not to overgraze cool-season grasses. Learn more about maintaining pastures in hot, dry weather.
Relationships with your veterinarian important
A key component to maintaining healthy animals is to have a healthy relationship with your veterinarian.
How to detect poisonous weeds in your pasture
Understanding the dangers and various management strategies to control toxic plants will reduce the risk of potential poisoning for your livestock.
Impacts of moths are found in hay
Although moth infestation in hay is uncommon, it can happen. Learn how to evaluate hay when it is discovered and how to prevent future infestations.
Cover crops can have some big advantages for dairy producers
Cover crops can be beneficial to most dairy farms, providing additional forage options, reducing erosion and runoff, improving soil health and more.
Oats can be a good alternative forage
Oats are a good crop to consider as an alternative forage because of its flexibility as a feed, yield potential and low-cost establishment.
Take some ‘pause’ time to think about your farm, goals, community
David Marrison encourages readers to pause from the daily grind and clear their minds to think about their farms, their goals and their communities.
Beef cow-calf budgets: How are farms performing financially?
Ohio State University Extension utilizes FINPACK to perform financial analysis of farms throughout Ohio. Learn how to evaluate your beef farm's performance.
Learning is a lifelong process
Learning is a lifetime process. Continuous learning can improve your cattle business.
History of Select Sires offers insight for today’s dairy farmers
"The History of COBA/Select Sires, Inc.," by Richard Kellogg, written in July 1980, offers insight for the management of today's dairy farm businesses.
