Management

2009

• “Working with Dairy Businesses in Challenging Times.”

Kevin Bernhardt, UW-Platteville, Center for Dairy Profitability, September 2009. Powerpoint Presentation to the September 11, 2009 Ag Lenders Conference, Kimberly, WI.

• “John and Mary Dairy Case Study.”

Kevin Bernhardt, UW-Platteville, Center for Dairy Profitability, Septemeber 2009. WORD Document to be used with “Working with Dairy Businesses in Challanging Times” powerpoint to the September 11, 2009 Ag Lenders Conference, Kimberly, WI.

• “The Wisconsin Opportunity Minimum Wage and Agricultural Employee Wage Rates”

Ken Barnett, Extension Educator, Center for Dairy Profitability.  Includes State & Federal laws and provisions regarding employment.
July 2009.

• “The New Wisconsin Minimum Wage and Agricultural Employee Wage Rates”

Ken Barnett, Extension Educator, Center for Dairy Profitability.  Includes State & Federal laws and provisions regarding employment.
July 2009.

• “Agricultural Employment Guidelines, 2009”

Ken Barnett, Extension Educator, Center for Dairy Profitability.  Includes State & Federal laws and provisions regarding employment, July 2009

• The Volatile Ag Economy – Management Matters

Kevin Bernhardt, UW-Platteville, Center for Dairy Profitability, March 2009. POWERPOINT Presentation.

2008

• Impact of Changing Milk and Input Prices on 2008 Wisconnsin Dairy Profit Margins

Tom Kriegl, UW-Extension.
March 2008.

• Using Farm Records Effectively for Business and Financial Mangement 

Arlin Brannstom, UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability.
March 2008.

• Learning from Exisiting Farm systems in Minnesota and Wisconisn – A Whole-Farm Data Base Analysis

Toni Bockhop, UW-Platteville and Kevin Bernhardt, UW-Platteville and UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability. Part of a University of Wisconsin Consortium for Extension and Research in Agriculture and Natural Resources Project titled: Production Systems in Souther Wisconsin: Quantifying Economics of Scope.
March 2008.

2007

• Milking More than Profit: Life Satisfaction on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Sarah Lloyd, UW-Madison Rural Sociology, Michael Bell, UW-Madison Rural Sociology, Tom Kriegl, UW-Madison Center for Dairy Profitability and Steve Stevenson, UW-Madison Center for Integrated Agricultural Systems. This report presents the results of the 2006 Life Satisfaction and Dairy Farming survey of 1,300 Wisconsin dairy farmers on both grazing and confinement farms.
August 2007.

• Technology Systems and Business Performance on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Stan Schraufnagel, UW-River Falls. September 2007. (This project was supported by a Federal Administration Extension Grant from the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service and the CDP).

• Technology Use and Business Performance on Wisconsin Dairy Farms

Stan Schraufnagel, UW-River Falls. July 2007. (This project was supported by a Federal Administration Extension Grant from the USDA Cooperative State Research, Education and Extension Service).

• “A Bad Year/Good Year Series Report: an analysis of common single emphasis approaches used to become profitable in the Wisconsin Dairy Farm Industry”

Gregg Hadley, UW-Extension, Center for Dairy Profitability.
February 2007.

2006

• “Agricultural Employment Guidelines, 2007”

Ken Barnett, Extension Educator, Center for Dairy Profitability.  Includes State & Federal laws and provisions regarding employment.

• “Producer Perceptions: Diverse Workforce Acceptance on Wisconsin Dairy Farms and Farming Communities – Shawano and Waupaca Counties”

NathanWilber, Gregg Hadley, Greg Blonde and Tom Anderson.
July 2006

• “Producer Perceptions: Diverse Workforce Acceptance on Wisconsin Dairy Farms and Farming Communities – Outagamie County”

NathanWilber, Gregg Hadley, Zen Miller.
July 2006

2005

• “Limited Comparison of Energy Costs in Wisconsin Dairy Systems.”

Tom Kreigl, UW-Extension, Center for Dairy Profitability, November 2005.

• “New WI Minimum Wage and Agricultural Employee Wage Rates,”

Ken Barnett, UW-Extension, Center for Dairy Profitability.
June 2005.

• Latino Resources Website

The Latino Workgroup is pleased to announce a new Latino Resources website, created to collect and organize programming resources for Cooperative Extensive colleagues who work with Latino clientele.

• “Wisconsin’s Farm Real Estate Market is Hot: So What is the Problem?”

Jones, Bruce L. Powerpoint Presentation presented at the Easter Wisconsin Agricultural Management Seminar, Kimberly, WI. University of Wisconsin, Department of Agriclutural and Applied Economics.
September 2005.

• “How Much is Too Much? Successful Strategies for Dealing with Purchase Decisions Relating to Major Inputs that have Skyrocketed in Cost in Recent Years – Dairy Cattle.”

Jones, Bruce L. Powerpoint Presentation presented at the Easter Wisconsin Agricultural Management Seminar, Kimberly, WI. University of Wisconsin, Department of Agriclutural and Applied Economics.
September 2005.