Tag: farm management
Manage electricity costs on your farm
With the current state of the agricultural economy, managing electricity costs may be a way to reduce operating expenses.
‘Planting green’ strategy may help farmers deal with wet springs
Allowing cover crops to grow longer in the spring and planting crops into them is a strategy that may help no-till farmers deal with wet springs.
Harmony Farms: A dairy that focuses on what’s important
Harmony Farms, owned and operated in Wayne County, Ohio, by the Phil Neuenschwander family, hosted the annual Dairy Twilight Tour July 9.
Weather has farmers scrambling, wondering what future holds
The Farm and Dairy staff investigates how the rain is currently impacting farmers in all sectors and how it will continue to have an impact in the future.
Take steps to assess your risk management skills
As farms continue to consolidate it becomes increasingly important to assess a farm's management skills.
An invisible fence for cattle?
Controlling where the cattle roam may get a lot easier. Researchers with Ohio State University CFAES will test a virtual fence for livestock this summer.
What to do if you can’t plant a cash crop
Farmers who can't plant corn or soybeans this year because of consistently wet fields shouldn’t leave those fields bare.
USDA will let farmers make hay earlier on cover crops
Farmers can hay, graze or cut cover crops for silage, haylage or baleage on prevented plant acres on or after Sept. 1 and still maintain eligibility for their full 2019 prevented planting indemnity.
Farming: It’s not about size, it’s about smarts
Successful farming is not about equipment, or acres or herd size. It's about management. Farm and Dairy Editor Susan Crowell urges farmers get better at what they control: their own management skills.
Struggling to explain lower grain prices
Crops are in bad shape in the Midwest, and the grain market is trying to decide just how bad. Columnist Marlin Clark shares some insight.
