Rube Goldberg Dairy Management and Austerity Measures
Does technology have anything to offer that's economical?
Is Your Dairy Farm Too Big To Fail Yet?
The pied piper is leading you if bigger is the only plan to increase profits.
Will TMR Feeding Go the Way of the Dinosaur?
Economics ahead may put total mixing out of biz.
Sometimes the Best Course of Action is Inaction -or to Stay the Course
When to be proactive, when it may be wise to do nuthin' -but never to give up!
Nine Out Of Ten Neighbors Secretly Hope You Fail
And The Dairy Science Department Cares More About Sales Than You Think.
How Much Diesel Fuel Is In Your Ration?
It's time to end excessive use of purchased feeds and corn, consider the grazing option
Ever Wonder Why Cows Don't Last Anymore?
Does anybody in our industry remember/know what a healthy/sick cow looks like?
How Precise is Your Feeding?
Will grazing need to be banned to save cows and the planet?
Bunker Silos are Now Destroying the Planet... What Next?
What will the environmental progressive agency do now?
Do your part to save us all -minimize that carbon hoofprint! Does somebody think we're all stupid?
When in Doubt, Grow More Forage Leumes Next Year
Agronomic outlook for confinement -row crop dairy not good
Are you using the right software to balance the ration?
Know which ration software can guarantee a precision ration (?)
Re-arranging The Furniture While The House Is Burning Down
It doesn't make much sense to fiddle with some ration numbers while ignoring the cows.
Growing Weary of the Constant Challenge of Production Driven Acidosis/Laminitis Syndrome? Ready to Wave the White Flag?
How to transition a damaged herd to a high forage ration.
ARPAS Provides Assurance When Dealing With Advisors?
Is This the Real Solution to Our Industry's Cow Longevity Crisis?
It's Not the Size of the River That Runs Through Your Farm that Matters
The important question is, "How much can you dip out of it?"
Have You Been Buying Milk From The Feed Company?
Your challenge feeding program may be more than you can afford and the benefits of grazing cows are too great to ignore.
A Straightforward Comparison: Cost per LB of dry matter (DM)
Confinement vs. Grazing
Confinement or Grazed, Cows Have the Same Needs -None of Which Are Secrets
How to learn how to maintain good production and reproduction whether on pasture or not.
When Dairymen Get Milk Fever
...And How You Can Make Better Decisions for Your Farm
What'll It Take To Get You To Change?
It's Time to Review the Mission Statement and Production Management Plan for Your Dairy
Okay, Go Ahead and Run Your Farm, Feed Your Cows Any Way You Feel...
But when you think you're thinkin' for yourself, are you?
The Power of negative thinking
It takes more than just a positive attitude -good results require right thinking and doing.
No Blue Ribbon for the State Fair Ration
How would ya like to be feeding this during low milk prices?!
Preventing Mycotoxins Starts With Fall Tillage
Your politically incorrect guide to reducing mold in your feedstuffs, fungal disease in crops.
Mold/Mycotoxins, A Symptom, Not The Root Problem
The growing problem seems to have some running scared, but it's only a symptom of a sick/unbalanced farm system.
Have We Figured Out What Sustainable Ag is Yet?
(Maybe We Could Get Closer to the Truth by Figuring Out What It's Not)
Everybody Knows Organic Dairy Farmers Are a Bunch of KOOKS!
(But why are those KOOKS still getting $17.60/hundred base price?)
Considering the Price of MILK... There is Light at the End of the Tunnel
(But I would hurry to get off the tracks before the train comes)
Are You an Efficient Dairy Producer?
Efficiency?! -For Whose Sake? (Or Are You Being Exploited?)
Your Farm is a Catasrophe!!!
Don't let soil fertility take the natural course, nor think that there's any short-cut secrets.
Get Your Priorities In Line With Real Needs
Ten steps in priority for spending on fertilizer.