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Fall Manure Application and Cover Crops
capture more of the manure nutrients, especially the nitrogen, and to also prevent soil erosion. Another ... tillage. Cover crops can help livestock farmers recapture manure nutrients and conserve soil by reducing ... Glen Arnold, Extension Field Specialist, Manure Management, Ohio State University Corn silage ...
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Preparing Your Dairy Herd for the Fall Football Season
summer heat, cow fertility, hoof quality, bird infestations, and new corn silage are among factors to ... prepare. Day Length The most consistent research response many university and farm data in the northern ... intake and priority of nutrient demand to milk production. As day length shortens, the cow body condition ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
April F. White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... silage continues to be a bargain feed in dairy cattle rations. Nutrient prices It can be helpful to ... ($0.08/Mcal and $0.41/lb, respectively). These nutrient costs continue to reflect recent trends in ingredient ...
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Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud on Roadways
fields to the farm. This is also a time when tractors and manure spreaders are used to apply nutrients ... failure to properly manage the manure on the roadway. Your Responsibilities The best advice to avoid ... problems is to practice good manure and equipment management. Do not overfill tankers or spreaders, ensure ...
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USDA ERS Dairy Outlook: September 2022
University Extension The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) ... Enterprise Budgets (https://farmoffice.osu.edu/farm-management/enterprise-budgets), meet with your ...
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Assessing Milk Price and Risk Management for 2023
make sure we are assessing what the 2023 milk price may be and how to manage the risk of a milk price ... to produce feed. This makes it very important to manage the milk price risk for 2023. The September ... common risk management tools used in Ohio are the Dairy Margin Coverage (DMC) program and the Dairy ...
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Use 2022 Profitability As a Catalyst for Retirement Savings
Extension Typically as we move into the final quarter of the year, farm managers will start to examine their ... For many farm managers, it typically means prepaying expenses for the upcoming year or by investing in ... bonus, earning income and paying self-employment taxes as a farm manager has an impact on future social ...
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A Farm Advisory Team Can Help You Succeed
University Extension Managing all the complexities of a dairy farm is no easy task. Weather, animal ... nutrition and health, crop variety selection, managing people, and monitoring financial performance are just ... Team Approach to Your Farm Management, ResearchGate, ...
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Fertilizing Perennial Forages on Dairy Farms
https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages. We highly recommend using this tool to check any fertilizer recommendations you receive, as we ... the best times to topdress maintenance fertilizer on perennial forages. Soils are usually firm in ... harm animals fed those forages. A recent soil test should always guide what nutrients to apply and how ...
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Annual Winter Forage Following Wheat Harvest
costs, improved soil health, and grazing offers higher nutrient values when compared to harvested and ... have a grazing management plan to go along with your nutrient management plan. You can do this with ... a few things that need to be considered. Brassicas have very high nutrient concentrations and should be ...