Why You Should Have an Operational Plan
Operational Plans require you to look at the decisions you are making in development as they relate to the overall effectiveness of work on the farm.
Many of the resources in the Feasibility or Business Planning section will also include these functions as a part of their planning detail.
Animals - Heifer and cow sourcing, calf and heifer management, transition cow management, cow flow
Web Sites
Contacts
- Agway Feed & Nutrition
- feednutritioninfo@agway.com
- 1-800-864-1493
- Custom Operators Database
- sarahroth@psu.edu
- 814-863-8645
- Farmer Boy Ag Systems
- weiler@ptd.net
- 800-845-3374
- Mifflin County Extension
- jtyson@psu.edu
- 717-248-9618
- Walter S. Kennett, PhD
- waltk1@aol.com
- 570-385-2378
Labor - labor sources, labor housing, SOP's, training
Managing human resources is one of the critical keys to success in any dairy farm operation. It is an on-going developmental process for both the employer and employees.Web Sites
- Agricultural Labor Management
- Agricultural Labor Management – Incentive Pay
- Canadian Farm Business Management Council
- Dairy Alliance
- How to Write a Dairy Job Description
- On-line Publications of the Department of Agriculture at Ohio State University
- Pennsylvania Dairy Advisory Teams
- Pro-Dairy Cornell University
- PSU Dickinson Agricultural Law Research Center Publications
- Spanish Resources
- Summary of Federal Laws and Regulations Affecting Agricultural Employers, 2000
Contacts
- Farm Credit of Western New York
- gary.snider@farmcreditwny.com
- 1-800-929-2144
- Renaissance Nutrition, Inc.
- rennut@rennut.com
- 800-346-3649
- Ridgway Dairy Consulting
- rhridg@suscom.net
- 717-843-4294
Feed & Crops - inventories, forage types and sources, storage of feeds
Contacts
- Agway Feed & Nutrition
- feednutritioninfo@agway.com
- 1-800-864-1493
- Allen Berry
- fberry@cub.kcnet.org
- (570) 660-0913
- Custom Operators Database
- sarahroth@psu.edu
- 814-863-8645
- Farmer Boy Ag Systems
- weiler@ptd.net
- 800-845-3374
- Jim Bence
- jdb89@yellowbananas.com
- (814) 839-4082
- John Flanders
- flanders@tricountyi.net
- (717) 503-5715
- Kevin Mitchell
- rmitchell@usachoice.net
- (814) 277-6508
- Lem Whitmire
- lemuel@digital-link.net
- (570) 387-1864
- Mifflin County Extension
- jtyson@psu.edu
- 717-248-9618
- Tanya Turner
- tatur1605@aol.com
- (724) 794-1866
DHIA, Accounting Systems
Web Sites
- Agricultural Software Directory
- Center for Dairy Profitability - University of Wisconsin
- Cornell Program on Dairy Markets & Policy
- Dairy Outlook Web Site
- FINPACK Business Plan
- National Agricultural Statistics Service
- Penn State Department of Agricultural Economics & Rural Sociology
- Pennsylvania Dairy Advisory Teams
- U.S. Top Dairies
Contacts
- Bureau of Animal Health - Diagnostic Services - PDA
- PKnepley@state.pa.us
- 717-705-2178
- Dairy Alliance
- bhilty@psu.edu
- 717-948-6612
- Dairy Records Management System
- philip_dukas@ncsu.edu
- 919-661-3100
- Dairy Strategies
- tsmith@trsmith.com
- 608-245-3244
- DairyOne
- 585-243-4427
- Dehm Associates
- bdehm@dehmassociates.com
- 585-243-4427
- Farmer Boy Ag Systems
- weiler@ptd.net
- 1-800-845-3374
- John H. Lichty, EA Accounting Solutions
- cbsw@dejazzd.com
- 717-872-2377
- Lancaster DHIA
- jay@lancasterdhia.com
- 888-202-3442
- McTish, Kunkel & Associates
- jryan@mctish.com
- 570-368-3040
- MSC Business Services
- fms@pfb.com
- 717-731-3517
- Nutrient Solutions in Agriculture, Inc.
- marty.campfield@nutrient-solutions.com
- 800-270-0047
- Pennsylvania Dairy Quality Assurance Program
- KAB208@psu.edu
- 814-865-5630
- Redwing Accounting Software
- matth@redwingsoftware.com
- 800-732-9464
Marketing - cooperatives, local dairies, contracting, risk management
Web Sites
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Events
- 01/14/2008 - 01/01/2010: DAS and Other Dairy Events at eExtension.org
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DAS and Other Dairy Events at eExtension.org:
http://www.extension.org/dairy+cattle/events
News
None listed at this time. This way for news and articles in DAS...Dairy Publications
For a complete collection of Dairy publications, see our Publications Catalog.