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If you are looking for an opportunity to grow your network, sharpen your skills and broaden your opportunities, you’ll find it at the 2015 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit, planned for Wednesday and Thursday, Feb. 4-5, at the Lancaster Marriott on Penn Square in downtown Lancaster, Pennsylvania. The summit is hosted annually by the Professional Dairy Managers of Pennsylvania and the Center for Dairy Excellence and is considered the premier dairy event in Pennsylvania, typically drawing more than 500 people.
The global dairy market is shifting and with that shift U.S. dairy prices are declining after a strong year. Across the board, prices for everything from milk futures to cheese and dry whey are softening. (PDF, 350KB) Experts expect this trend to carry over into the next quarter and beyond, starting the new year on a sour note.
Elanco today announced it has finalized the acquisition of Novartis Animal Health. The acquisition, announced in April, follows Elanco’s purchase of Lohmann Animal Health earlier in 2014.
A little over 11 years ago, Cathy Speirs and her husband, Gordon, decided to move their small dairy operation from Alberta, Canada, to Brillion, Wisconsin. At the time, they only had 125 cows on their operation. Through many years of hard work, they and their two sons have grown the herd to 2,000 milking cows and 2,200 calves and replacement heifers.
Just about one year ago, I opined on this page that the dairy industry’s rate of adoption for new technology was slow.
At the time, we started an experiment to observe dairy producers test-driving a few hand-picked new technologies to see just how easy it was for forward-thinking, tech-savvy dairy managers to adopt them.
What will 2015 farm milk prices look like? This is a question asked by many dairy farmers. The USDA’s November 2014 outlook projects the 2015 all-milk price to average $19.40 per hundredweight (cwt), which is about $5 per cwt lower than 2014.
The previous articles defined coaching, the economic value and fundamentals of building commitment in ourselves as leaders and in our businesses. In addition, we looked at selecting a professional coach to work with your development as a leader and how to ensure you get the support you need.
This last article is going to be a sharing of my perspective on the similarities and differences I’ve experienced in coaching leaders from different industries.
As the size of farms increase and the need for employees grows, many dairy producers who have never themselves worked for anyone are now finding themselves in charge of employees.
Melissa O’Rourke, farm and agribusiness management specialist for Iowa State University Extension, presented “Getting the New Dairy Farm Employee Off to a Good Start on Day One” at the 2014 World Dairy Expo.
“My dad always said, ‘If you have a good man, pay him well and he will make you money,’” says George Mueller, a shared partner and one of the founders of Willow Bend Farm in Clifton Springs, New York.
Like many children, Mueller wasn’t all that impressed by his father’s advice. Over the years, however, he has come to understand the wisdom.
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