Making Hay
Seven years ago, dairy cows were a rarity in Indiana's Newton and Jasper counties. Today, dairies run by producers from California, Texas and the Netherlands...
Money Ahead
Ed Persons gets custom chopping income almost year-round, charges no interest and has no accounts receivable. He's one of a small but growing number of...
Muddy Road Results In Criminal Charge
Jon Orr chooses his clients more carefully since, in 2003, a muddy road caused three accidents and he was charged with a crime. I've been very selective,...
Opportunities Lost
Expansion-minded dairy producers find plenty of reasons to turn forage harvesting chores over to custom operators. Yet custom operators shouldn't assume...
Reduce Your Risk
Examine your business risks and insure what you can't control. That's how custom harvesters can reduce those risks and their insurance costs, says an...
Wide Works Wonders
Custom forage harvester Nathan Strahm was frustrated by the results of a wet haylage harvest two years ago. His client, dairyman Jeff Williams, wasn't...
Yield Monitors For Balers
Jerry Ackermann, Lakefield, MN, has always wanted to monitor his alfalfa yields just as he does for corn and soybeans. This coming season he'll get to,...
Cattle Country Bonanza
With a climate ideal for cattle on feed for 50-odd years, the Texas Panhandle and West Texas now have some of the nation's newest milking parlors, too....
Extending The Season
Since he started custom baling cornstalks, Ryan Handlos' business has increased nine-fold. In 1998 my first year of custom baling I made 1,000 cornstalk...
A Longer Chop
When clients create a new demand, custom operators respond. That's why Tim Dewey Hay, Cimarron, KS, bought a custom slicer from an Oregon company last...
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