MANAGEMENT

Is your farm right for value-added dairy? In most cases, the question asked is: “Is value-added dairy right for your farm?” but maybe it is worth considering the reverse of that question when deciding whether to pursue a value-added dairy operation.

It seems like every month there’s a new precision dairy monitoring technology introduced to the dairy market.

Earlier this year, AgSafe launched a new free safety self-assessment web tool for British Columbia’s agriculture organizations and other naturally aligned industries.

Lean would be one definition of the financial situation in today’s dairy industry. But the concept of lean represents a mindset of farming that takes stock of every step in the production process to reduce waste.

Like many of you, I’ve checked out the grain bin suffocation demonstration at the farm shows and collected many farm safety brochures. I think it’s finally the time we’ll do things more intentionally on our farm.

“Not all families have family Christmas.”

This was how Ron Hanson, farm business succession consultant and professor emeritus at University of Nebraska, opened his sessions on overcoming family challenges in succession planning at the 2018 Pennsylvania Dairy Summit in February.