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Technology and Data Management on the Dairy Farm – Miniseries
robots, to sophisticated software….Farmers are increasingly using technology to make management decisions ... health, fertility, and environment. The decision to adopt a technology depends on factors such as ... management style, familiarity with computers, ease of use, type of housing system, and perceived benefit to ...
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Getting the Last Cutting of Alfalfa
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-5/getting-last-cutting-alfalfa
built up after harvest. Fields with optimal soil fertility levels (pH, P, and K) are at less risk than ... health of the stand. In this article, we will review what is known about fall cutting management of ... mid-September through October is the critical fall rest period in our region. Harvesting during this period ...
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Inter-American Institute for Cooperation on Agriculture [IICA] to work with CFAES’ Carbon Management and Sequestration Center
approach for monitoring, managing and sequestrating soil organic carbon (SOC) 2. To serve as a bridge ... between science, policy and development work on soil health restoration in the Americas, building capacity ... management, d) Productivity and competitiveness of the agri-food sector, e) Territorial development and rural ...
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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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Stepping Into the Field: Bridging the Gap between Researchers and Local Farmers in Tanzania
https://ipa.osu.edu/news/stepping-field-bridging-gap-between-researchers-and-local-farmers-tanzania
greatly diminished as a result of substandard agricultural practices and unaffordable fertilizers. As soil ... managed their crops. Soil sample analysis had become another issue altogether: the Tanzanian Ministry of ... Salaam in search of officials who could approve an exemption to the export ban for the soil. Researching ...
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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 ... in December. Nutrient prices It can be helpful to compare the prices in Table 1 to the 5-year ... $0.08/lb, respectively). However, the bulk of total nutrient cost comes from the cost of NE L (about 51% ...
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Recommended Adjustment when Pricing Forages
article on cost of nutrients has appeared in this newsletter (currently written by April Frye White). The ... information in that article is based on a nutrient pricing method developed by a former colleague, Dr. Normand ... nutrient composition. In articles appearing in Buckeye Dairy News, the prices are from central Ohio and the ...
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Bring on the Heat
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-3/bring-heat
its impacts on your dairy cattle. Just as we have our comfortable temperatures in which we keep our ... factor. According to researchers at the University of Arizona, the THI at which heat stress begins is 72. ... from the time that the heat was impactful; however, some research has shown the THI needs to be 74 or ...
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USDA ERS Dairy Outlook: May 2022
States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) provided an analysis of projections ... essential formula nutrients needed. Demand for lactose and whey protein concentrate (WPC) products that meet ...