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When the daily demands of an operation become overwhelming, long-term strategy is often the first thing to go. But what if hard times are actually the best time to grow?
Turning manure into gold, sticky-fingered Ray Brewer pulled off a twisted agriculture heist.
Former Top Producer award winners reveal their management goals for the year ahead.
Today the formula pf passing on the farm requires robust conversation and strategic planning to financially integrate another family member into the business.
Recently Assemblyman James Gallagher proposed a California bill to pull back current overtime rules and mandate overtime for farmworkers working more than nine hours in a day or 50 hours in a week.
More than 50% of farmers intend to grow their operation, based on responses in Purdue’s February 2023 Ag Economy Barometer. If you’re thinking about scaling your farm, it’s important to first ask these questions.
California dairies combine for manure-to-energy benefits
“Uncertainty about the future is creating consternation among producers,” says Tony Mendes, who milks 1,400 cows near Riverdale, Calif. “We’re preoccupied with survival.”
Kevin Van der Poel, a co-owner of Focal Dairy, began an intensive, pasture-grazing business with a new spin on old dairy traditions. The business is not about producing the most milk. The New Zealander’s method is focused on efficiency, management and reduced costs.
As dairy price support levels become less and less relevant to cost-of-production levels, milk price volatility has brought cash flows from booming highs to crushing lows.
You can reduce the risk of a hay fire on your farm with these tips
As more details emerge on the National Milk Producers Federation’s 2012 dairy policy proposal, there’s a lot to like
The question before the dairy industry and USDA’s Dairy Industry Advisory Committee is where we go from here.
With balance sheets in tatters and equity levels at record lows, crop insurance has renewed importance this year.
Milk prices will be better in 2010, but how high will we go, and will it be enough?
Since Elanco acquired Posilac from Monsanto in 2008, it has made re-education about the dairy production technology a priority. The Indiana-based company has reached out to the entire dairy food chain to promote Posilac’s safety and its role in affordability and sustainability, says Dennis Erpelding, director of corporate affairs for Elanco’s international business division.
After months of depressed milk prices and high feed costs, most dairies have cut costs beyond what they ever thought was possible. Going forward, however, it may be time to re-evaluate some of these changes, or even consider adding some components back to the inputs to improve efficiency.
After months of planning, Jerry Kozak, president and CEO of the National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF), has finally started to detail his organization’s proposal to revitalize U.S. dairy policy for the 21st century.
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Every morning at 4, Jim and Greg Moes meet in their office at their dairy’s new milking center to plan the day’s activities. It’s quieter then, before feed wagons and skid steers and milk trucks roar through the operation.
With today’s largely Hispanic work crews, finding a midlevel manager to lead the team is never easy.
DeLaval has introduced its prototype robotic rotary, a 24-stall herringbone configuration that can milk up to 800 cows 2X or 540 cows 3X.
Controlling variation requires that employees clearly understand the goals of the dairy.
At least three major Arizona agricultural groups aren’t pleased with the new immigration law the state passed last Friday.
Bill would have enabled unions to bypass elections by urging the majority of a grower’s workers to sign cards.
Finding workers has become the number one concern for many local farmers. Tougher immigration laws, local people gravitating to other work, and the lack of an effective guest worker program makes filling the fields with workers more difficult than it was in the past.