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Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
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Points to consider before transitioning your dairy business to a beef operation
Creating beef-on-dairy calves can add additional revenue to your dairy operation, but if considering transitioning from a dairy operation to beef enterprise, there are several points to consider. This includes nutrition management, evaluating handling facilities, stockmanship and more.
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Dairy risk management calendar: September 2024
Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
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Are your PTO safety protocols good enough?
Power takeoffs (PTOs) can be very dangerous. It’s important to inspect the PTO regularly and exercise caution when working around it.
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Dairy risk management calendar: August 2024
Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
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It pays to be paranoid: Considerations when developing contingency plans for your farm
Cross-training employees for multiple roles, preserving working capital, having a balance sheet with depth of equity, developing contingency plans and clear protocols, and conducting scenario-based trainings can help an operation navigate unexpected circumstances.
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Dairy risk management calendar: July 2024
Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
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Dairy risk management calendar: June 2024
Progressive Dairy provides monthly online updates of important dates, reports and advice affecting risk management decisions.
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Revisions to Dairy-RP to affect upcoming coverage calculations
The Federal Crop Insurance Corporation board of directors approved revisions for Dairy-RP. Most notably, how Yield Adjustment Factors will be calculated for non-major dairy states.
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Navigating market volatility with Dairy Revenue Protection
Risk management programs like Dairy Revenue Protection help producers maintain financial stability, especially during times of low milk prices.
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