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Agricultural Reflections
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-5/agricultural-reflections
Ben Schmidt OSU Extension Agent, Paulding Co. Every once in a while we should stop and reflect on life and the world around us. It is really important to have time to reflect so that one can put things in perspective. It just so happens that I have been ...
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Ohio Will Host the Professional Heifer Growers
Thomas Noyes OSU Extension Wayne County The Professional Dairy Heifer Growers Association was established in 1997 at the National Meeting of Dairy Heifer Growers in Atlanta, Georgia. Today there are almost 500 members including heifer growers, veterinar ...
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Cost of Production Records: The First Key to Marketing Management
Ernie Oelker Trumbull County, Extension Agent Total economic cost of production is a very important number that all dairy farmers should carefully monitor. According to Dr. Cameron Thraen, Dairy Marketing Specialist, Agricultural, Environmental and Deve ...
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Dangerous Gases and Fires Can Make Silos Death Traps
John M. Smith Auglaize Co., Ext. Agt. This is the time of year when farmers begin storing their silage feeds for the coming winter. And their silos can become towers of death if safety practices are not followed carefully. Silos can be dangerous in two ...
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Using Total Quality Management to Organize Labor and Work
Chris Zoller Extension Agent ANR/CD Tuscawaras County What is Total Quality Management? Total Quality Management (TQM) is an approach to managing a business, including a dairy business. The approach is directed at attaining quality in both production and ...
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Your Milk Check is Under Attack! Where are all the Federal Order 33 Pool $$'s Going?
Cameran Thraen OSU Extension State Specialist, Marketing and Policy I n this column I am going to address an issue that should be of concern to every dairy farm family in Ohio and the Federal Order 33 marketing area. In fact it should be a great concern t ...
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Compare Your Dairy Farm With NY Dairy Farms
Jim Poulson District Specialist Farm Management Northeast District Extension, Wooster, OH Ohio and New York dairy farms have many similarities. Therefore the 1999 New York dairy summary of business and financial records contains much information of inter ...
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Western Dairy Management Conference and Study Tour
Tom Noyes Ohio State University Extension and the Agricultural Technical Institute are coordinating a dairy study tour to the Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nevada followed by a tour of northern California's dairy and agriculture indust ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Policy Watch I have just returned from Chicago were a 50 plus group of who's who in the dairy industry gathered for a two-day brainstorming event. Sponsored by Cornell's Dai ...
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A New Voice for Ohio Dairy Producers
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/new-voice-ohio-dairy-producers
Tim Demland, Additional information about Ohio Dairy Producers Over the course of time, individual dairy producers have disagreed on many issues. With the current availability of technology, wide market fluctuations, and increased regulation, however, a ...