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First Harvest of Forages is Just Around the Corner!
Mark Sulc & Thomas E. Noyes The first harvest of forage crops is just around the corner, in fact orchardgrass for dairy cattle will be ready for harvest in the southern part of the state as soon as fields dry out, if it isn't ready already. First ...
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Supplementation Of The Lactating Cow In A Grazing System
Thomas E. Noyes Extension Dairy Agent, Wayne Co. Spring is upon us and it's great to see green grass, although winter was very kind to Ohio this year. Spring management and supplementation of the lactating cow is the most challenging time during th ...
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Common Questions Regarding Coliform Mastitis Vaccines
Dr. Joe Hogan Coliform mastitis vaccines have been commercially available throughout the US for several years. These vaccines are based on the immunization of cows with Gram-negative bacteria that have common core-antigens naturally exposed whereby the co ...
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Beyond the Law of Supply and Demand for Forages
M.L. Eastridge and J.L. Firkins Department of Animal Sciences The law of supply and demand apply to forages large supply, low demand, low prices; low supply, high demand, high prices. On the other hand, marketability is another issue, especially with r ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-7/milk-price-outlook
Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Extension Specialist The May Basic Formula Price (BFP) plunged to $10.88, down $1.13 from the April BFP. This BFP will place average pay prices for Ohio milk producers in the low $12 per cwt. range. The BFP drop was considerably m ...
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15- Measures of Competitiveness
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-8/15-measures-competitiveness
Ernest Oelker, Agriculture Agent This month: Total feed costs per hundredweight (cwt.) of milk sold Competitive Level: Less than $6.00 per cwt. of milk sold (May range from below $5.00 to around $8.00, depending on feed prices) Calculation: Total cost of ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-8/milk-price-outlook
Cam Thraen, Agricultural Economist The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for June is $ 13.10 per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up $2.22 over the May price and $2.36 higher than June 1997. The adjustment to the M/W base mont ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-9/milk-price-outlook
Cam Thraen, Agricultural Economist The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for July is $14.77 per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up $1.67 over the July price and $3.91 higher than July 1997. The current butterfat differential f ...
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Tunnel Ventilation- Fad or Fan?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-9/tunnel-ventilation-fad-or-fan
Richard Stowell Extension Agricultural Engineer I have received numerous questions from dairy producers this year about tunnel ventilating freestall barns. Unfortunately, very little information is available on system and cow performance with these syst ...
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Milk Price Inversion in Ohio Federal Milk Marketing Orders
Cameron Thraen Dairy Economist, OSUE Agricultural, Environmental & Development Economics Consider the following set of events. You open up the envelope from your favorite milk buyer expecting to find a price per hundredweight of $14.77 plus some a ...