Dairy Excel: Finding, keeping dairy farm workers
Ohio State's dairy employee short course offers training in class and in parlor.
Dairy Channel: Manure application: Look at tile lines
How would you like 280 bushels per acre average over more than 500 acres of corn? Ernie Oelker connects soil productivity, vertical tillage and yield expectations.
Dairy Excel: Plenty of dairy conferences in March
Dairy expert Dianne Shoemaker goes over the spring dairy conferences' dates and details.
Dairy Channel: Signs of winter’s wrath, dairy style
It's a sure sign it's winter when your calf 'igloo' hutches turn into real igloos, says OSU Extension Dairy Specialist Dianne Shoemaker.
Dairy Excel: Asking right questions key to interviewing
Extension agent teaches how to interview potential employees.
Dairy Channel: Farm business summaries give inside look at dairy farm comparison
Ernie Oelker invites producers to check out farm profitability data, then figure how their own worth stacks up.
Dairy Excel: Remember to fertilize hay fields, too
Stark County ag agent Denny Weilnau reminds producers not to ignore forage fertilization.
Dairy Channel: Too much debt, not enough equity? Find out with farm balance sheet
Dianne Shoemaker knows putting together a farm balance sheet isn't fun or pretty. Still, she recommends doing it each year.
Dairy Channel: Getting some answers about BSE
Ag expert offers some background and specifics about mad cow disease.
Dairy Channel: Santa stops at the barn
Dairy expert Dianne Shoemaker puts together a festive poem.
