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Christmas lights adorn Ryans Glade Farm

Ryans Glade Farm uses tractors and farm implements to create a Christmas light display on their dairy farm each year.

December 7, 2022

In 4-feet-high letters strung across the front of the manure pit on Ryans Glade Farm, a twinkling light display reads “Moo Moo Moo Dairy Christmas” – a dairy farmer's take on “Ho Ho Ho Merry Christmas.”

November FMMO Class III-IV prices lower, spread shrinks further

December 6, 2022

Dave Natzke

The spread between Class IV and Class III milk prices continues to decline, suggesting a reduction in Class IV depooling – but maybe not yet.

Federal estate tax and gift tax limits raised for 2023

December 6, 2022

Dave Natzke

Farm families concerned about hitting top federal or state estate tax exemptions need to begin working on farm succession and estate plans to limit potential tax liability down the road.

[Podcast] U.S. Dairy Education & Training Consortium: Preparing the next generation of dairy students

December 6, 2022

Before the in-laws become the outlaws

Giving a farm successor opportunities to make big decisions prior to choosing a spouse, avoiding a “sister wives” scenario, teaching them to live within their means, setting a succession plan before a successor’s spouse is involved, and practicing what you preach will reduce conflict between parents and new sons- or daughters-in-law along and between the farm’s successor and non-farming siblings.

December 2, 2022

Andy (Caygeon) Junkin

For a lot of farm families, the in-laws quickly become the outlaws due to factors you’d never consider.

After a decade of sorting out the direst farm succession and farm debt cases, I have found that dysfunctional in-law relationships are often a key underlying ingredient to these problems. Really good families are hit by landmines of the in-law kind, and everything explodes. If these families knew what those landmines were before they stepped into them, they would have been able to avoid them.

Large herds and robotics: How to manage your teams to support this change

An overview of the various employee roles that exist in a large robotic facility and suggested attributes to consider when hiring for these positions.

December 2, 2022

Stephanie Dillon

Are you evaluating the prospect of adopting robotic milking on a large scale? Are you curious what the team for this facility will look like?