4 Tips to Better Prepare your Planter for Spring
The success of your planting season starts in a few short months, and any errors that are made during planting have the potential to impact final yields this fall. Tuning…
Putting Your Best Sample Forward
Analysis can only be as good as the sample that was submitted. For the most accurate results, every effort should be made to ensure that the sample truly reflects and…
Meet Marc: Dairy One’s New Marketing Coordinator
My name is Marc Ducharme, and I am the new Marketing Coordinator at Dairy One. I grew up in upstate New York on a “hobby farm” of sorts, where my…
Beat the Rush on Meter Calibrations
The seed meter is the heart of the planter. It’s responsible for getting the seeds into the soil at the rate prescribed for optimum yield. In order for the meter…
The Dairy One Faces of FeedWatch
There are many organizations that offer farms a variety of different services, but it’s the people actually providing the service really make the difference. As a service organization, Dairy One…
Capitalizing on Quality with DHI Records
Smith Family Farm in Gansevoort, NY is owned by Ed Smith and his son Travis. The Smiths are milking about 240 cows with a rolling herd average of 29,000 lbs…
Our Fall Feed Management Picks
It is a great time of year to re-visit some basic feeding tools. Our Dairy One team shares some of their tips and insights on which services they think will…
Making the most of MUN data
Jason Wolfe came to Dairy One in 2015. He grew up on a farm and has a passion for agriculture. Paired with a love of data and technology, this makes…
Is Your Mixer Leaving Money on the Bunk Floor?
Feed costs are the highest single operating expense on dairy farms today. They are also the greatest opportunity for expense savings on a farm by focusing on the difference between…
Farmer Focused Forage Team
Mike Reuter, Director of Analytical Services Mike Reuter has been a part of the Dairy One Forage Lab team for the last 34 years. As director of analytical services for…