Even in ‘warm’ winter weather, dairy calves need better nutrition
"Chill in the air, calves get fluffy hair." Sounds like something from an old almanac, but I just made it up. While some calves...
OSU Extension offers calving clinic, oil and gas leasing meetings
I cannot believe that February is already half over. I know local farmers are working hard to finish up their farm taxes and are...
Learning opportunities available to farm managers in February and March
What a winter we have had so far. I think many of us would like for winter set in and the ground to freeze until spring. Dealing with all the rain and mud has made things difficult.
Dairy Excel: What if we applied animal welfare freedoms to human actions?
After eight years of sitting through hours of lectures and experimentation on animal welfare issues I thought that it was time to share some of my thinking in this column.
What are your cows doing all day?
Time is like a snowflake -- it melts away while we try to decide what to do with it.-- AnonymousAs we reflect on a...
2012 outlook: What can we expect in farmland values and rent prices?
No revelation! Cropland values in Ohio have increased in 2011. An OSU Extension survey conducted in December 2010 estimated the increase in value of Ohio cropland in 2011 would be 5.3-6.0 percent. This was prior to sharp run ups in commodity prices.
Dairy Excel: Head off missing cow syndrome
Herds that are using herd management software should be able to print out inventories of at least the cow herd, and hopefully the replacement herd as well. The system may, or may not be able to give you a historic inventory.
Dairy Excel: Who knows what milk prices will do!
USDA December forecast for the incoming year has been so bad over the last 10 years that it is very tempting to advise people to take a position opposite to the forecast.
Dairy Excel: Spirit of hope lives in the inspiration of volunteers, faces of farm...
Years ago, a little girl by the name of Virginia, posed a rather simplistic question that has lived on far beyond anyone's expectations. Perhaps...
Dairy Excel: Farmers, tax time is approaching
As the howling winds of winter approach, it is a good time for farmers to grab a cup of coffee and start to gather their income and expenses records to determine their cost of production and profitability from 2011.
