Heidi Fischer, partner and calf manager at a Wisconsin dairy farm, was recognized as the grand prize winner of a pharmaceutical company’s recognition program. Boeheringer Ingelheim’s Producers for Progress competition evaluated 31 dairies for “judicious [Read More …]
Lots of conversations in agriculture lately focuses around labor or the lack of a labor pool of employees. This is the case not only for dairy farms, but also within the entire agriculture industry. In [Read More …]
“Two minds are better than one.” I am a believer in this oft used saying meaning that better decisions can be made when multiple people are proactively addressing an issue or decision. As farm businesses [Read More …]
The financial health or profitability of a dairy operation is often the missing link of the farm’s financial picture. When the financials are broken, any attempt to make production improvements may not result in financial [Read More …]
John Ellsworth of Success Strategies This is an old expression that I’m sure you’ve heard people express many times. You know what? It’s true. Recently, however, I’ve been surprised to hear some bankers and vendors [Read More …]
Export and import data is now available for the third quarter of 2019. This post will cover cheese and butter, the most important commodities in the Class III price calculation. By comparison, the first half [Read More …]
Once a small store located on Old World Third Street in Milwaukee, today the Wisconsin Cheese Mart is a national Wisconsin Cheese retailer, offering more than 150 different cheeses and shipping to all 50 states. [Read More …]
On September 18, 2019, the Governor signed AB 5, which significantly impacts independent contractors’ classification. It not only changes the standards in which employers use to determine whether a hired contractor will be classified as [Read More …]
Sustainability Summit Offers College Scholarships The California Dairy Sustainability Summit is offering three scholarships for California college students in dairy science in a writing contest. The grand prize winner will receive a $1000 scholarship and [Read More …]
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