Tag: farm management
Harvest weather is gone, crops aren’t
A fair amount of corn and soybeans still remain in the fields in Ohio, but it remains to be seen just when the harvest will finally end.
Nuisance lawsuits may threaten livestock farmers
Recent large jury verdicts raise concerns that nuisance lawsuits against pork producers and other farms could increase across the country. Here's what farmers can do to protect themselves.
We need to make beef something that people celebrate, and eat
Beef producers have to convince consumers that what they do is special, every night of the week.
Hills Supply under new ownership
Stark County dairy farmer Frank Burkett and Hills Supply employee Mick Heiby have purchased Hills Supply Inc., the well-known dairy supply company founded in 1979.
Farmers’ costs to go up
For the past five years, farm income nationwide has been declining, with the exception of 2017. Learn more about what's projected in 2019.
Are your employees on your balance sheet, and how so?
We often look at employee costs as a way to trim expenses, but good employees are what really make a positive bottom line possible.
There are still pockets of corn, soybeans to harvest
Grain merchandiser Marlin Clark says only the strong seasonal trend of corn especially to rally after harvest gives us hope for better grain prices.
Well, farmers, we’re not in Kansas anymore
Just when you think farm life is going smoothly, those Flying Monkeys will come out of nowhere. Editor Susan Crowell shares farm insight from The Wizard of Oz.
Slow wheat planting supporting stronger grain prices
Problems in Kansas planting their hard red winter wheat is supporting both the Kansas City and Chicago wheat markets.
Steiner consignments top Ohio Holstein sale
A Holstein calf sired by ABS Achiever-ET and consigned by Matthew Steiner, Marshallville, Ohio, topped the Ohio Holstein Fall Elite Sale, bringing a bid of $17,250.
