July 2010
Which bills do I pay first when cash is limited?
Liquidity is the ability to pay bills as they come due. In tough times when selling prices are low or input costs are high, farm managers may not have the liquidity – cash– necessary for paying bills. So decisions have to be made as to which bills should be paid first.
Equipment Notebook - Gravity Boxes
If a gravity wagon best suits your harvest operation, you’ll find a wide variety of brands and sizes at auctions.
Two Forage King gravity boxes were reported sold in Iowa in 2009. The 10TRG wagon said to be in fair condition brought $475 at an August 2009 sale. The 16’ steel wagon also described as in fair condition sold in September 20009 for $775.
De Laval Calf Feeders
Posted on 26 July 2010
Feeding is the largest production cost. Optimizing feed management is therefore a profitable investment – one that can improve herd reproduction and health, while reducing environmental impact.
DeLaval provides systems and products that improve feeding efficiency and animal performance, regardless of existing feeding strategy or farm layout.
Feed quality can be improved by using the correct feed additives. DeLaval provides additive options for high-quality silage.
American Farmland Trust Statement on the Loss of Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen
The untimely drowning death this week of Wisconsin Secretary of Agriculture Rod Nilsestuen is a loss to all of those in the farmland protection movement.
High Efficiency Biogas Cogeneration Plant for Dairy Farm in Washington
2G - CENERGY received an order for a biogas cogeneration plant to be constructed in the State of Washington.
The 400 kWh CHP system will be installed in Lynden, WA, about 95 miles north of Seattle. It is scheduled to be installed in late 2010. Lynden-based DARITECH Inc. will build the anaerobic digester, and the Van Dyk Dairy Farm owns and operates the biogas plant.
CWT Announces 10th Round Results
Cooperatives Working Together announced today that it has tentatively accepted 194 bids its latest herd retirement, representing 34,442 cows and 653,893,409 pounds of milk. Farmers had submitted a total of 209 herd retirement bids to CWT.
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Hilmar Cheese Plans Texas Plant Expansion
Hilmar Cheese is asking the Dallam County Commissioners Court to endorse the issuance of up to $24.5 million in bonds to finance part of an expansion of its plant outside Dalhart. The expansion, which will roughly double the plant’s capacity and allow it to produce 640-pound blocks of natural American-style cheese, will cost more than $100 million. It will house more milk storage and additional production lines.
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