Tag: farm management
Don’t ignore your dry cows
Attention to dry cow management results in healthier cows, and the potential for increased production and economic gain.
6 steps for protecting stored grain quality
Here are six recommendations to help farmers avoid income loss due to out-of-condition grain.
How to communicate the value of local food to customers
Farmers can communicate the true value of local food through conversations, samples, in-store signage, newsletters, menus, blogs and vlogs, and agritourism.
Dairy exodus: Ohio has lost 172 dairy farms in 12 months
Too many years of poor milk prices and unpredictable markets for milk, cull cows, breeding stock, and feed have taken their toll, and more dairy farm families are agonizing over their future as milk producers.
Save money, use livestock to harvest hay
Using livestock to make later cuttings of hay is one of the best opportunities producers have to reduce costs and make more profit year after year.
USMCA trade agreement bumps harvest from ag headlines
Even with negative crop news, the USMCA trade agreement helped grain prices continue the recent rally.
Ohio’s top conservation farmers honored
Five Ohio farm families honored recently for their conservation work were: the Brause Family of Crawford County; Paul and Joanne Mechling of Ashtabula County; Chuck and Diane Hicks of Washington County; the Lohstroh family of Madison and Pickaway counties; and T. Wayne Vickers of Pickaway County.
Managing millennials in agriculture
Millennials are energetic and educated, but they want to have flexibility in the workplace.
Corn, soybean harvest is ahead of schedule
The U.S. corn crop is now rated 69 percent good and excellent, the national soybean crop is rated 68 percent good and excellent -- and the combines are running.
Wheat is important to the rotation, so plan ahead
For a successful wheat crop, consider these important management practices.
