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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 ...
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Northeast Ohio Regional Dairy Conference
information that these systems provide to improve farm management. A discussion panel of local dairy farmers ... who use activity monitoring systems in the management of their farms will be held to allow anyone ...
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Considering Dairy Farm Construction in 2023?
Jason Hartschuh, Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State University ... has been 2 inches of assessable water trough perimeter per cow, but recent research has shown this ... ft, but newer research shows that when these fans are pointed correctly for cooling while cows are ...
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Nuisance Bird Economics, Prevention, and Control for Livestock Farms
Starlings consume the grain and protein ingredients in dairy cow diets and reduce the nutrient content of ... Ohio State research from 2008 has shown that bird droppings transmit E. Coli, salmonella, ... commercial nuisance animal control operators, some of which may be licensed to manage bird control on ...
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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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USDA Economic Research Service Dairy Outlook: November 2022
University Extension The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) ... Anticipated milk price decreases and rising input costs make financial analysis, management, and planning even ... Budgets: https://farmoffice.osu.edu/farm-management/enterprise-budgets OSU Extension Ohio Ag Manager ...
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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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Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
are making: Soil fertility and pH: The recommended soil pH for alfalfa is 6.5 to 6.8. Forage grasses ... 120 to 170 ppm for most of our soils. Check herbicide history of field. A summary table of herbicide ... cold weather arrives. The decision to plant should be made for each individual field, considering soil ...
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Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters
for Ohio farmers to manage on-farm nutrients as efficiently as possible. A farmer’s ability to find ... addition to forage fertility research, will allow for revision of current recommendations for forage crops, ... state of Ohio (NASS, 2017). Fertilizer costs represent 40 to 60% of the variable input costs of forage ...
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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 ...