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In the video below, Bob Milligan, senior consultant with Dairy Strategies LLC, explains how those in the business of dairying tend to wear many hats. He shares how to sort items based upon priority and how to best allocate your time.
Just around the corner is fall corn silage harvest. This is the time to evaluate how things went last year and what needs to be improved upon this year. Here are a few key areas to consider when planning for a successful and safe corn silage harvest.
As a dairy farmer, you regularly manage through issues that arise with herd health, labor, equipment, facilities and crops. No one doubts your ability to remain resilient in the face of constant challenge.
As we’ve explored some concepts and dynamics of farm transitions over the past few months, we can start to take a deeper dive into some of the pros and cons of potential directions taken.
Two Iowa farm families kept their dairy farms in the family for multiple generations. At the PDPW Business Conference in Madison, Wisconsin, earlier this year, they shared what has worked well and not so well as the farm business was transitioned to them and now as they begin to pass their farms on to their children.
Managing livestock mortality, or deadstock, can be challenging. First, there is the loss of the animal, which is an economic loss, and second, it is important that disposal be as efficient and effective as possible.
Editor’s note: This article is part of a series of articles to review the four most common management philosophies that dairy managers employ. The first article in the series appeared here and reviewed the authority-obedience philosophy.
On our dairy, I am in charge of “the books” and am quite comfortable with the QuickBooks software desktop format. I am able to enter and pay bills quickly and easily and perform payroll within the program.
The hurdle of hedging
Growing up on dairy farms in both California and Illinois, I saw firsthand the many decisions dairy producers make at every level of their operation to gain strategic advantages.
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