Tag: farm management
Cover crops can have some big advantages for dairy producers
Cover crops can be beneficial to most dairy farms, providing additional forage options, reducing erosion and runoff, improving soil health and more.
Oats can be a good alternative forage
Oats are a good crop to consider as an alternative forage because of its flexibility as a feed, yield potential and low-cost establishment.
Take some ‘pause’ time to think about your farm, goals, community
David Marrison encourages readers to pause from the daily grind and clear their minds to think about their farms, their goals and their communities.
Beef cow-calf budgets: How are farms performing financially?
Ohio State University Extension utilizes FINPACK to perform financial analysis of farms throughout Ohio. Learn how to evaluate your beef farm's performance.
Learning is a lifelong process
Learning is a lifetime process. Continuous learning can improve your cattle business.
History of Select Sires offers insight for today’s dairy farmers
"The History of COBA/Select Sires, Inc.," by Richard Kellogg, written in July 1980, offers insight for the management of today's dairy farm businesses.
How to make sure farm fresh eggs are safe to eat
Small-scale egg producers and their consumers should understand good handling practices to ensure food safety when buying or selling farm fresh eggs.
Benefits of using foliar fungicides for corn silage
The discussion is growing on using fungicides to prevent high DON levels. The short answer is yes probably, but fungicide selection is very important.
Assess your hay fields after first cutting
When we finish first-cutting hay, it seems to me to be a great time to assess our pasture condition and hay supplies.
When is the right time to re-seed your hayfield?
Determine when it is the right time to re-seed your hayfield based on your soil conditions and how you choose to manage your fields.
