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Lifting causes secondary back injuries for farmers

May 30, 2011

S. Dee Jepsen and Kent McGuire

In agriculture, farmers are always carrying objects from one location to another. The objects may range from a bag of seed corn to the planter, parts to a piece of equipment, buckets of feed to livestock, or to bales of hay.

A sunny, hot day for making hay

May 15, 2011

Some years it’s difficult to find decent haymaking weather. Sunny, hot, dry and breezy – that’s the prescription for good haymaking, along with using practices that can help the process.

Managing in difficult times by reducing production costs

April 12, 2011

As you prepare for the hay and forage harvesting season, there are many simple activities that you can do to reduce production costs according to Scott Sanford, University of Wisconsin-Extension senior outreach specialist.

Video: Savings Comparison from Inland Tarp

March 28, 2011

Inland Tarp provides a video describing savings comparison and return on investment over three years for small, mid-sized, and round bales. FG

Find more videos like this at the Inland Tarp YouTube channel: http://www.youtube.com/user/inlandtarp

Telling your story from the seat of a combine through social media

March 14, 2011

This presentation was made at the Vita Plus Custom Harvester Meeting, held Feb. 23-24, 2011 in Madison, Wisconsin. Click here to see all of the presentations from the meeting.

Cost of planting corn versus cutting first-crop alfalfa

February 28, 2011

Should you stop planting corn to get haylage in on time? First-crop alfalfa harvest is getting under way, yet there are still cornfields waiting to be planted.

Remember 2008: The stark realities of high prices

January 31, 2011

Way back when (late ‘60s, I believe), there was a movement afoot to hold potatoes off the market to address the abysmally low prices of the year.

Stressed forages need some TLC for a successful 2011 crop

January 13, 2011

The well-being of the 2011 forage crop will depend on whether producers alleviate some of the stresses caused by past management concerns, according to Purdue Extension forage specialist Keith Johnson.

Consider options carefully before incurring debt

December 31, 2010

In these tough economic times when consumers and businesses are spending less, farmers should think carefully about how much money they want to borrow and how they would use it in their businesses, a Purdue University agricultural economist says.

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Finding the right accounting software for your business

December 31, 2010

With the ever-changing demands on today’s agricultural producers, comparing options for viable accounting software programs to aid in the management of their operations can be overwhelming.

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