A thorough understanding of production costs allows the opportunity to secure margins and ensure profitability. Employing multiple risk management tools in conjunction can provide solid milk price protection, making milk price risk management more critical than ever.

We have seen partners and executive leadership teams mistakenly discount the importance of company culture and harm the operation’s performance. Culture is the unique way the organization lives out its purpose and values.

While I could go with the ordinary list of things like global events, market volatility, geopolitical issues, global economics and poor financial records, the things that really keep me awake at night fall more into the symptoms or characteristics of what leads to financial issues on a farm. Let’s take a look at a few that top my list.

While the cow-side benefits of monitoring technology are significant, don’t overlook the human benefits for your employees. These advantages go beyond simple labor savings.

While it is possible to have SOPs for many important tasks on a dairy farm, there are few more important than milking parlor procedures. 

Considerations and methods to develop a simple record-keeping system.