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Great measures are taken to keep dairy cows comfortable during the summertime heat, but it is just as important to make sure the people working on the farm are cool too.
Is hiring an opportunity or just a headache? A dairy farmer desperate to hire someone told me that he looked out his kitchen window and said to himself, “If that person who just drove in the driveway makes it to the door and knocks, he is hired.”
What is the future of the family-owned dairy? As the average age of the American farmer increases to 58, this question becomes an industry-wide concern.
“The organic industry continues to grow,” said Lisa Engelbert, dairy farmer and NOFA-NY certified organic dairy team leader. “There is still a shortage of organic milk nationwide.”
Organic milk markets are stable, without the pricing fluctuation on the conventional market, making it “so much easier for budgeting and planning purposes,” she added, addressing farmers at the NOFA-NY Organic Dairy and Field Crop Conference last March.
In all aspects of your farming and dairy operation, you are applying increased precision to accomplish tasks, leaving less to chance and directing resources to where the return on investment will be greatest.
Great news – you’ve decided to get an energy audit for your farm. Perhaps you’ve read one of our recent articles for this publication and learned about the value of an energy audit.
“We wish parents understood” was part of the Twitter feed from young farmers attending the AgExcellence Conference held in Regina, Saskatchewan, in November.
Here is the list of the items they wish parents understood:
Fernando, your milking parlor supervisor, had a meeting with you yesterday afternoon. High employee turnover is among the issues he is facing. Almost 100 percent of his milking crew has turned over in the last 12 months.
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