Fertilizers play a very significant role in agricultural production, with 30% to 50% of the world crop yields being attributed to fertilizer use. Nitrogen (N), phosphorus (P) and potassium (K) are the primary fertilizers used in the agriculture sector.

A large part of dairy farming is recordkeeping. Reproduction dates, feed rations, production records, employee timecards, financial information, equipment information and more are things stored either physically or digitally somewhere on your farm. What are you doing to protect it?

In this internet age, it seems that you can learn to do just about anything online.

No producer wants to doctor an animal, but it is part of raising them. A producer can have the best vaccination program and biosecurity in the county, but sooner or later an animal is going to get sick and need to be treated.

If you file taxes on a cash basis, as most farmers and ranchers do, and you’ve had a good income year, late-in-the-year tax planning may suggest you should increase deductible expenses for the year to keep from paying an excessive amount of income tax.

A successful reproductive performance is fundamental to keep a dairy farm profitable. But how exactly can we measure repro success? Basically, this is measured by how fast we can turn nonpregnant cows into pregnant cows. The primary metric used to do this is by calculating the 21-day pregnancy rate (PR), which is defined by the total number of pregnant animals divided by the total number of eligible cows during a given time frame.

As a producer, it is very likely you have had to borrow money from a bank at least once in your career. In addition to having the necessary collateral, farming experience, good credit and many other requirements, your banker probably told you that you have to produce “good” financial statements for their review at least once a year.