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Income over dairy feed costs? There’s a free app for that
Using the mobile app DairyCents is as easy as entering a zip code, selecting a milk production level, and date and the app will calculate income over feed costs.
Loan repayment rates for commodities
COLUMBUS — USDA has began to use an improved and more stable system for determining non-recourse marketing assistance loan repayment rates and loan deficiency payment rates for wheat, feed grains, pulse crops, oilseeds, wool, mohair and honey. “The new method will moderate fluctuations of the loan repayment rate,” said David Drake, acting state executive director
Huron County Farm Bureau offers scholarships
Huron County Farm Bureau is offering scholarship opportunities to students pursuing post-secondary education.
Want to dairy in Wisconsin? Why not apprentice?
SEYMOUR, Wis. — Wisconsin is using formal apprenticeship as an innovative way to get new, qualified dairy farmers on the land. GrassWorks, the statewide grazing organization, is the industry sponsor for a new dairy grazier apprenticeship. Similar to the well-established model used for plumbers, bricklayers and electricians, the dairy grazier apprenticeship will combine classroom education
Farmers in Belmont, Monroe counties can get money to improve environment
BARNESVILLE, Ohio – Funding for the Environmental Quality Incentives Program will soon be allocated to Belmont and Monroe counties to assist farmers interested in implementing environmental protection measures on their land.
Holmes SWCD awards annual achievements
Tim Brumme (left) and Ferman Wengerd were elected to the Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District board of supervisors during the annual banquet Nov. 19. WALNUT CREEK, Ohio — This year’s winner of the fifth-grade farm tour essay contest wrote an account “unlike any we’ve ever had before,” Holmes Soil and Water Conservation District Supervisor
Part I: Novel shares parenting and life lessons
“There are only two kinds of men in this world: Honest men and dishonest men. …Any man who says the world owes him a living is dishonest. The same God that made you and me made this earth. And He planned it so that it would yield every single thing that the people on it
Keeping the taste sizzling in steak (researchers say it’s all about the marbling)
For beef customers, it’s all about taste and tenderness. Can science help cattlemen raise cattle that taste better?
Alfalfa can weather drought, but growers may find decreased production
WOOSTER, Ohio — Ohio growers may find that although alfalfa can weather the current extreme heat and drought conditions from a quality standpoint, there will be less alfalfa overall because of the lack of moisture the region continues to experience, an Ohio State University Extension educator said. An established alfalfa plant has a deep taproot
New resources for small dairy farms
CORTLAND, N.Y. — The Cornell Small Farms Program Small Dairy Team has released a series of six new resources to help small dairy farms. The team, which includes farmers and Cornell Cooperative Extension educators, received a grant from the Cornell Small Farms Program in 2011 to provide new educational resources and tools to small dairy
