Dairy Excel: The bad times and good human resource management
The "right" human resource practices for bad times vary farm to farm, says an Ohio State farm management and labor specialist in this week's Dairy Excel column.
Dairy Channel: Don’t wait until January to look at your farm’s income tax situation
Farm and dairy tax planning is more important in a bad year (or don't let those open accounts increase your taxable income).
Dairy Excel: Encourage top employee performance
It's not rocket science, but it's usually an area that farm managers need to work on: employee relations. Tuscarawas County Agent Chris Zoller offers some easy-to-implement tips to make the job easier.
Dairy Channel: Year in review Manure, drought and no-till corn
Ernie Oelker reports on farm research involving liquid dairy manure as a nitrogen source for no-till corn.
Consider forage quality, location when weighing winter feeding options
While some managers in our area have been able to stockpile grass in a few paddocks, more stored forage will be required this year. This week's "All About Grazing" column offers management tips for winter feeding.
Dairy Channel: Farming crickets or cows takes skill
District Extension Dairy Specialist veers from her normal dairy channels this week to explore the world of cricket farming. Yep, that's right. Crickets.
Dairy Excel: Farm with a winning business attitude
Bernie Erven writes on farm management, sharing the fact that the top manager sets the tone for everyone else in a business.
Dairy Channel: Beware of income taxes this year
Financial and milk price situations lead farm managers to the unexpected conclusion that they owe taxes. Ernie Oelker wonders how can this happen when everybody knows farmers aren't making any money?
Dairy Excel: Will dairy industry follow trends of poultry and pork livestock sectors?
Author Jim Skeeles writes that he sees the dairy trend following that of poultry and pork - more and more milk being produced by larger herds, with the share of milk produced by small herds dwindling.
Dairy Channel: Why are dairymen getting squeezed, and will new MILC program help?
Is the USDA's new dairy program in the best long-term interest of dairy producers? The answer to that question remains to be seen, but the likely answer is "no." Is the check welcome this year? Yes. Will it be in 2003? Probably, says district extension specialist Dianne Shoemaker in this week's Dairy Channel column.
