OSU Extension planning meetings to help dairymen assess options.
Changes loom on the horizon for both crop and dairy farms as provisions of the 2014 farm bill are implemented.
Battling the phobia of GMOs
The opposition to genetically modified organisms (GMOs) is mounting another charge, this time through various state ballots designed to put into law the mandatory labeling of GMO-derived ingredients in food.
First 24 hours critical for calf colostrum
Colostrum, the first milk given by the dam (mother), is packed with antibodies that act as a passive immune system until the calf's immune system produces antibodies itself. But you have only a 24-hour window to get that colostrum in the calf.
Protect our food and agriculture
I think most of us remember vividly where we were on Sept. 11, 2001.
I know all of our lives have changed because of this...
Dairy landscape: Back to normal
Dairymen, expect milk prices to more or less steadily drop, starting next month.
Employing minors on your farm
It’s that time of year when students are preparing for the school year to end and many are looking for a job. You may...
Comparing cash rent surveys: NASS versus land grant numbers
Key differences between cash rent arrangements.
Insight gained into world dairy markets
More than 500 nutritionists, researchers, and farmers gathered in Ft. Wayne, Ind. this week for the twenty-third Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference. There was an...
Tap into farm management information online
OSU Extension offers online resources that help farmers keep their management skills on the cutting edge.
Spring Dairy Expo: It’s the relationships that count
It is Monday and I am sitting amidst the rubble of my office space with little or no room to spare. Mounded beside me...
