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Living with Lower Quality and Limited Amounts of Forage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University The numerous freeze-thaw cycles and wet ground last winter were very hard on alfalfa stands, resulting in substantial winter kill. Numerous ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Alex Tebbe, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Milk prices In the last issue, the Class III futures for March and April were at $13.78 and $15.09/cwt, respectively. The Class III component prices for the ...
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Making High Quality Baleage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/making-high-quality-baleage
Mr. Jason Hartschuh, Extension Educator for Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crawford County, The Ohio State University Extension Spring 2019 has been challenging to say the least. Hay fields have disappeared due to winter kill and small grains matured ...
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What Are Your Bedding Options- is $100/ton Straw an Option?
Mr. Jason Hartschuh, Extension Educator, Crawford County, The Ohio State University Extension Wheat fields are thin and straw is hard to find this year. Straw price went sky high last winter and appears to be staying there for 2019. Some farmers who have ...
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Emergency Forages for Planting Early to Mid-Summer
Dr. Mark Sulc, Extension Forage Specialist, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Dr. Bill Weiss, Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Many dairy producers are facing a critical forage shortage to ...
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Heat Stress in Dairy Cows
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/heat-stress-dairy-cows
Ms. Morgan Westover, Senior, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University At $900 million a year, heat stress has a large financial burden on the U.S. Dairy Industry (St. Pierre et al., 2003). Therefore, managing heat stress in dairy cows is a ...
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2019 Dairy Margin Coverage Program – Sign-up Coming Soon!
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Farm Management Field Specialist, The Ohio State University Extension Occasionally it is nice to catch a break…and breaks have been hard to find in the cow-milking business for a while now. So, put on your mitt because it is nearly ...
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Dairy Palooza 2019
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/dairy-palooza-2019
Mrs. Bonnie Ayars, Extension Dairy Program Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University It all began with a simple idea cultivated by loyal volunteers. However, the only way Dairy Palooza comes to life is the constant stream of don ...
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Manure Sampling for Nutrient Analysis
Mr. Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator Wayne County, The Ohio State University Extension Applying livestock manure based on nutrient content is one factor involved in using manure more effectively. There are two main challenges to sampling manure for a ...
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VOLUME 21, ISSUE 3
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3
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