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Fertility Management of Meadows and Pastures
Mr. Tom Noyes, Dairy Extension Agent, Wayne County With milk prices at record lows, dairy 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 ...
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For the Birds
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/birds
Ms. Dianne Shoemaker, District Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University Not once have I ever heard a dairy farmer complain that they just can't seem to attract birds as well as the neighbors. Doesn't matter whether the culprits are starlings, cr ...
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Heat Stress- Where Do You Start?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/heat-stress-where-do-you-start
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University In an average year, heat stress costs $19.0 to $33.5 million to Ohio's dairy industry, or $70 to $125/cow/year. That's a lot of money being left on the table, especially in these ti ...
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Environmental Rules- Are you in compliance?
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University The Federal Environmental Protection Agency released the new revisions to the Clean Water Act for concentrated animal feeding operations (CAFO) on December 16, 2002. The staff in the Livestoc ...
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What are LEAP and OFAER?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/what-are-leap-and-ofaer
Mr. Dave White, Executive Director, Ohio Livestock Coalition Livestock Environmental Assurance Program To help Ohio's livestock and poultry producers identify and address key management issues affecting environmental quality, the Ohio Livestock Coali ...
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Milk Production Enters Slow Growth Phase- Will Milk Prices Rebound?
As we approach the midpoint of the 2003 calendar year it is time to take stock of where we are milk price-wise and where we are likely to go in the last seven months remaining for 2003. The roller coaster that we know as the U.S. dairy market As we look b ...
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Cost of Nutrients in Feedstuffs
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-4/cost-nutrients-feedstuffs
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University The summer season always brings opportunities for reducing feed costs if one is attentive enough to the changes occurring in the markets. The supply of some high-fiber byproducts increases not ...
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Feeding Lower Quality Hay Crop Forages
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University This year's rainy spring had negative effects on the quality of first cutting hay crop forages. Rain either delayed cutting, caused substantial weather damage to mowed crops that could not be re ...
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Delay Placing Fly Control Ear Tags
Dr. William Shulaw, Extension Veterinarian, Ohio State University Did you realize that cattle raisers during the Civil War didn't have to worry about the horn fly, and my grandfather didn't have to worry about the face fly? Both pests were intro ...
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Reporting of Independent Contractors
Mr. Robert Fleming, District Farm Management Specialist, Ohio State University Farm labor laws continue to evolve and become more consistent with non-farm labor requirements. Managing farm labor effectively requires following current regulations. Since Oc ...