Dairy Channel: Milk producers have options to reclaim profit margins
Don't like your milk check? Shop around, says Dianne Shoemaker, district OSU Extension dairy specialist.
Dairy Excel: Keys to a winning business attitude
Farming was, is and always will be risky. Managers can reduce the uncertainty of their decisions through more and better information.
Dairy Channel: Resolve to profit from change in 2001
This is a challenging time for milk producers. Find out what your weakest management areas are and work on these first.
Dairy Channel: A dairyman’s Christmas poem
Extension dairy specialist Dianne Shoemaker pens a short ode to the season - as seen from the barn.
Dairy Excel: Total quality management has benefits
The benefit of TQM to a dairy producer, regardless of herd size, is that it simplifies your work life because it defines the important farm quality goals, how they will be achieved, and what needs to be done to produce the quality product.
Dairy Channel: Advantages of large cow herds are explained
An Ohio State ag economist crunches the numbers on large dairy herds in this week's Dairy Channel column.
Dairy Channel: Thanksgiving from a cow
What does the cow have to be thankful for this Thanksgiving? OSU Extension District Dairy Agent Dianne Shoemaker offers a long list in this week's Dairy Channel column.
Dairy Excel: How to manage your feeding program
Controlling feed costs means feeding balanced rations, and balancing rations starts with forage sampling and analysis. Dairy Excel team member Tom Noyes offers some tips for sampling.
Dairy Channel: Dairy farms are disappearing
Dairy commentary by OSU Extension Agent Ernie Oelker takes a look at the decline in the number of U.S. dairy farms.
Dairy Channel: Making time, taking time to get away
A bi-weekly column written by dairy experts within Ohio State University Extension.
