Tag: farm management
Are you charging enough for your hay?
Those making hay should consider market changes, long-term trends, and personal enterprise costs to make sure their hay is priced fairly and competitively.
Know your pastures before you start grazing
Grass management is key to a productive pasture. Grass species do not all respond the same to factors influencing plant growth.
How to develop a mission statement for your farm busniess
A mission statement reflects the underlying values, goals and purposes of the farm business and those in management. Learn how to write one for your farm.
The bigger picture and patience in growing a farm’s pastures
Each spring, Tarma Shena watches to see how an area responds to winter’s rest before moving stock around. It's a process that has grown and evolved.
Take precautions with early spring grazing
Early spring grazing can be risky. Take precautions and transition your herd to pasture slowly.
Time to try a roller crimper on cover crops
This spring would be a great time to look into the advantages of using a roller crimper to terminate cover crops for even more benefits.
Evaluating management practices for backgrounding cattle
Learn more about management practices for backgrounding stocker calves on grass in 2023.
Anticipated lower income over feed costs ahead
Feed costs often make up about 50% of the cost of milk production, so farmers need to monitor it closely as it has a major impact on a farm's profitability.
Appraising who’s grazing and the damage being done
There are a few actions that can be taken to reduce the yield loss in hay fields from damage caused by white-tailed deer.
Spring management for winter annual cereal forages
It may still be early March but now is the time to consider the need for spring fertilizer or weed control in winter annual cereal forages.
