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Feeding Newborn Calves to Thrive in Cold Weather
need to adjust nutrition for calves less than 3 weeks old in cold weather? Using the National ... Research Council (Nutrient Requirements of Dairy Cattle, 7th rev. ed., 2001. Versions 1.0 computer program, ... calf (Jersey heifer) as examples, we can see that a critical need for additional nutrition occurs as ...
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Planting Small Grains in Late Summer for Supplemental Forage
replace some or all of the N fertilizer, depending on the amount of readily available N in the manure. ... growth. If applying N fertilizer, apply from 50 to 80 lb/acre of N at planting. The higher rate should be ... Winter rye is also an option for early spring forage. Some forage-type varieties of winter rye (e.g. ...
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Bonnie's "Buckeye Moos" Update
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-11-issue-5/bonnies-buckeye-moos-update
“Bonnie’s Buckeye Moos.” I hope you will take some time to encourage youth to participate in local and ... approximately 275 letters sent. It is my hope that this “grass roots” campaign will encourage interest to more ... which will include some dairy farm visits, tours of local areas of interest, and a collaboration with ...
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Promising Vaccine Development to Control Johne’s Disease
efficacious vaccines as an essential management tool to control MAP. A recent study assessed the effectiveness ...
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Control of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD or Pneumonia)
respiratory tract soon after birth. If samples from several healthy calves are collected, some will yield ... social stress should be managed. Calves are best weaned as groups of four to six calves of similar age. ... respiratory disease outbreaks, yet controlled research to measure the effect of weather on BRD is practically ...
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Managing Dairy Cows During Heat Stress
of our dairy cows prefer cooler temperatures. At a temperature-humidity index (THI) of 68, a dairy ... humidity. Researchers at the University of Arizona have found that cows with high milk production may be ... on any given day is 65 or greater.” Their research showed that when the minimum THI was between 65 ...
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Dairy Labor Certificate Course Sponsored by Ohio State University Extension
course to assist dairy farm owners and managers with labor management on farms. This course will provide ... January 12, 2021 Labor Management Benchmarks So, You Need to Hire Someone – Developing the job description ... Meetings Conflict Management February 9, 2021 Labor Laws Farm Safety Registration Details The cost of the ...
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Fertility Management of Meadows and Pastures
"Fertility Management of Meadows" provides excellent recommendations for fertilizing pastures and forage ... producers look for ways to cut costs and one possibility would be not applying fertilizer to pastures and ... other forages. Is this a wise decision? Well, that depends. What are the soil fertility levels, what ...
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2007 Recipients of the Dairy Science Hall of Service
in dairy nutrition, forage production, and farm financial management. He wrote bi-weekly news columns ... President), and he does some consulting on dairy management and teaching Extension dairy programs upon ... years working on family dairy farms and spent some time working at a wholesale produce market. He ...
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Dairy Critical Issue Briefs (DIBS): 24 now available online address issues facing dairy producers dealing with today’s continuing pitiful milk prices
pdf file Dairy Issue Briefs (DIBS) target critical management issues facing Ohio’s economically ... and OARDC faculty is identifying and addressing critical issues in five areas: • Nutrition and feed ... costs, • Reproduction and health, • Calf and heifer management, • Business issues, and • People and ...