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15 Measures of Competitiveness
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-11/15-measures-competitiveness
You see mission statements everywhere these days. Is it just the current "thing" to do or is it an important tool for your business. Of course, I'm going to say it is an important tool! But why It is critical for the long-term success of yo ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-11/milk-price-outlook
The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for the month is $16.04 per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up $0.94 over the last month price and $3.21 higher than a year earlier. The current butterfat differential for is 27.3 cents. A ...
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Ohio's Dairy Industry is Turning it Around
Out of forty producers who attended a mini conference on the future of the dairy industry in Ohio, forty stood-up to show their commitment to establishing a new association of progressive dairy producers in Ohio. The problem of a declining dairy industry ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/milk-price-outlook
Cameron Thraen, Dairy Economist The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for the month is $16.84 per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up to $0.80 over the last month price and $3.88 higher than a year earlier. With weakening butte ...
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A Great Success!
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/great-success
With over 300 attendees, the first Ohio Dairy Conference attracted considerably more people than expected by the organizing committee. Despite the strain imposed by this unexpected attendance, the program was kept on schedule and most of the attendees rel ...
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Key Factors to Success
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/key-factors-success
Don Rogers, a keynote speaker at the Ohio Dairy Conference, suggests 10 key factors for success in the dairy industry. 1. Herd size. It's not that you are big or small, but rather that you are sized to match your resources efficiently. Herds of less ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-1/milk-price-outlook
Cameron Thraen, Dairy Economist thraen.1@osu.edu Milk Prices/Incomes High in 1998, Expect Declines but not Disaster in 1999. January 28, 1999 Expected stronger growth in milk production and softening of commercial demand to push milk prices back to ...
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Planning: A Vital Function of Management
For most dairy producers, this is a slower time of the year. With a bit of free time in your hands, you should manage to make room for planning. We know that you dont like sitting behind a desk to scribble numbers on a piece of paper. Thats a female j ...
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Milk Prices Flatten as Milk Output Stays in High Gear!
WHEW! In my April report (put out March 25th) I stated that the March BFP would come in at $11.57 and explained what was behind the significant decline in the February BFP. For March I was off by only 5 cents and I can live with it! Now let's turn ou ...
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Harvest Alfalfa Based on Quality Goals
How many times have you heard the statements: Timely harvest is critical for achieving optimal quality of alfalfa forage and high forage quality is critical to good performance in high producing lactating cows? But how do you know when alfalfa is at the o ...