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The cost of heating water on a dairy farm
A dairy accounting firm reported for 2010 that energy expenses (utilities and fuel and oil combined) cost an average of $138 per cow per year. The category of energy expenses was reported as the eighth largest production cost on dairies and was one of the fastest increasing.
Get cozy with financial numbers
Happy holidays to all of our northeast Ohio and northwest Pennsylvania dairy farmers. It is hard to believe that 2010 is coming to a close already. December is always a great time for all of us to reflect on the past year and to take stock of where we are financially. I would encourage all
Farmers breathe a sigh of relief as they are exempted from truck law
New transportation regulations will keep Pennsylvania farmers happy and the enable the state to retain federal funding.
Business profile: Harold’s Equipment Inc.
DUNDEE, Ohio — Harold’s Equipment Inc., located at 2120 County Road 168 near Dundee in rural Holmes County, has seen many changes over the past 25 years. It has seen the typical farm change from the small family-owned operations to farms with larger and larger herds of cattle. Along the way, many farms went out
The GIPSA watchdog better bite
Who is J. Dudley Butler and why are meatpackers and their allies saying nasty things about the courtly, 61-year-old from Yazoo County, Miss.? The short answer is that Butler is the new administrator of the U.S. Department of Agriculture’s Grain Inspection, Packers and Stockyards Administration (GIPSA). That makes him the watchdog over Big Meat and
Business Profile: Lazy B Trailer Sales
Lazy B Trailers introduces the Club Car, a new product line to the public.
The Age of Aquarius (for one day on the grain markets)
The planets are aligning this morning in a manner that will be easier to interpret by the end of the day. Unfortunately, I have to write this on Tuesday morning, not Tuesday evening. The planets are aligning, or even colliding, in the form of the USDA Planting Progress Report, out Monday afternoon, and the USDA
Last of Ohio’s state nurseries to close
SALEM, Ohio — The last of Ohio’s state-run nurseries — a long-standing source for millions of tree seedlings that rebuilt Ohio forests — is set to close. The Ohio Department of Natural Resources earlier this month proposed closing the Marietta State Nursery, citing increased costs coupled with a steep decrease in seedling sales over the
Ten ways to go broke: Still good advice
Long before there was David Letterman, the University of Tennessee’s ag college came up with its own Top 10 list that’s worth reviewing.
Hoping to be the glorious TV sitter
Columnist Judith Sutherland reflects on her childhood home, complete with envious siblings, dirty dishes and a television on its last leg.
