Put It In Writing
Unless you've hired Amazing Kreskin prodigies, don't assume that your employees can read your mind or remember everything you've told them. Put your expectations...
Bagging More Business
Some southern Idaho custom choppers are done for the year after the first alfalfa cutting. But John Gomez keeps busy from late April through October....
Crimp The Crop Correctly
The quality of a hay crop is never better than when it's standing in the field, points out Randal Taylor. It's goes downhill from that point. Mechanical...
Wisconsin Custom Operators Team Up
A steering committee of Wisconsin custom forage harvesters and extension agents has taken initial steps toward forming a state custom operators organization....
Get Your Hay Preservative License
Custom hay balers who apply preservatives containing propionic acid will soon have to be licensed as commercial pesticide applicators. But it looks like...
Balers, Books, And Bills
Young harvester aims for ag policy careerWhen the fields that Jeff Weber custom harvests were dormant this winter, he was cutting his swath through the...
Bugs Make Silage Better
Inoculants can boost fermentationTo custom forage harvester Greg Callen, of Twin Falls, ID, putting up silage without an inoculant is like making a BLT...
Customizing Rates
A spreadsheet helps show if - or how - you'll make a profitJohn Lentz, Dallas, WI, does not feel pressure to match his custom rates to those of his competitors."I...
Labor Pains
Harvester works to find and keep good employeesCarl Jameson can't afford to be picky when hiring people to man his Turlock, CA, custom harvesting operation.With...
Mix Masters
Wisconsin co-op, dairymen sell custom-made total-mixed rationsBy the time Larry Bliven's dairy cows eat their daily ration, the forage has been customized...
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