Operational Planning
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
1-800-864-1493 - Custom Operators Database
sarahroth@psu.edu
814-863-8645 - Farmer Boy Ag Systems
info@farmerboyag.com
1-800-845-3374 - 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
- Penn State Dairy Alliance
- Easy Dairy Spanish (100 p. manual & 78-min CD)
- How to Write a Dairy Job Description
- Online Publications of the Department of Agriculture at Ohio State University
- Pro-Dairy Cornell University
- Penn State Dickinson Agricultural Law Research Center Publications
- Spanish Resources - University of Wisconsin
- 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
1-800-346-3649 - Ridgway Dairy Consulting
rhridg@comcast.net
717-843-4294
Feed and Crops - inventories, forage types and sources, storage of feeds
Contacts
- Agway Feed & Nutrition
1-800-864-1493 - Custom Operators Database
sarahroth@psu.edu
814-863-8645 - Farmer Boy Ag Systems
info@farmerboyag.com
1-800-845-3374 - Jim Bence
jdb89@yellowbananas.com
(814) 839-4082 - 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
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
info@dairystrategies.com
888-249-3244 - DairyOne
585-243-4427 - Dehm Associates
bdehm@dehmassociates.com
585-243-4427 - Farmer Boy Ag Systems
info@farmerboyag.com
1-800-845-3374 - John H. Lichty, EA Accounting Solutions
cbsw@dejazzd.com
717-872-2377 - Lancaster DHIA
jay@lancasterdhia.com
1-888-202-3442 - 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
1-800-270-0047 - Pennsylvania Dairy Quality Assurance Program
drw12@psu.edu
814-863-5849 - Redwing Accounting Software
info@redwingsoftware.com
800-732-9464

