What Employees Like About Their Bosses
What keeps farm workers on the farm? Communication is the key, said Gregg Hadley, University of Wisconsin-River Falls farm management specialist, at a recent conference...
Getting Paid For Custom Forage Work
Last year it was skyrocketing input costs. This year it's dismal milk prices. Either way, many dairy producers are finding themselves struggling to cash-flow...
A Lender’s Lessons On Business Survival
Operating costs are typically 55% of gross sales for the large custom harvesters lender John Mortier works with. That means that less than half of their...
Biofuel's Promise To Custom Harvesters
They don't fully agree on the timeline or on what type of equipment will be needed. But biofuel experts say wide-scale production of fuel from forages...
Ensuring Payment Doesn't Mean You're Not Trusting
The current economic difficulties in the dairy industry will change the way many custom forage harvesters do business, predicts Bill Arneson, a Barneveld,...
Looking For New Custom Clients? Scrutinize First
As you scout out new custom harvesting business, take a look at your potential client's homestead, says a young custom operator. Is it a nicer farm that...
Autosteer Advice For Custom Operators
Growers and custom harvesters are more likely to buy global positioning systems (GPS) for autosteer and other capabilities this year than in the past....
Cellulosic Ethanol Companies Request Ag Manufacturing Expertise
Companies hoping to cash in on the cellulosic ethanol market are calling on ag equipment manufacturers for new, existing or altered equipment that can...
Standing Hay Price Resources
The University of Wisconsin has developed a fact sheet to help landowners and buyers determine short-term sales prices for standing forages...
Midwestern Alfalfa Fields Show Heaving
Central Illinois alfalfa growers may see a lot of winter damage in fields this spring. Growers near Bloomington to Galesburg to parts north are finding heaving in alfalfa stands usually three to four years old, says Kevin Black, an agronomist with Growmark/FS based in Bloomington....
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