Dairy Excel: Remember competitive pay, flexibility when recruiting student employees
Chris Zoller, agricultural extension agent in Tuscarawas County, writes about the secret to success to employing high school students as dairy farm labor.
Dairy Channel: Dairy costs: How much is too much?
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, writes about the process of cost control.
Dairy Excel: Milk pricing issue requires attention
Cam Thraen, dairy marketing and policy state specialist with Ohio State University Extension, writes about the new proposed pricing rules for Class III and Class IV milk and about the Leahy dairy compact amendment to the Senate farm bill.
Dairy Channel: Give thanks for safe, fresh milk supply
Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, adds refrigeration and pasteurization to the list of what we should be thankful for.
Dairy Excel: Will hospital and nursing home bills rob you of your home and...
Many of us who are nearing retirement age have not sufficiently planned for the increasingly likely possibility of being incapacitated or disabled.
Line fence law not always straight-forward
Like it or not, Ohio law generally requires both landowners to equally share the costs of constructing and maintaining a fence.
Dairy Channel: Pricing high moisture ear corn
Ernie Oelker, agricultural extension agent in Columbiana County, discusses the factors and formulas involved in figuring a fair price for ear corn.
Pool raiders grab $63 million from F.O. 33 farmers
Since June of 2000, 4.1 billion pounds of "producer milk not historically associated with F.O. 33" has been pooled on the order - but less than 3 percent was actually delivered to F.O. 33.
Dairy Channel: Who wants to be vet?
Dianne Shoemaker, northeast Ohio district dairy specialist with OSU Extension, writes about the dream of many farm kids, and the perseverance and patience it takes to get there.
Dairy Excel: Many farm estate concerns remain
Jim Polson, northeastern Ohio farm management specialist with OSU Extension, urges farm families to move forward in planning for their estate.
