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Quality Milk and Quality Beef
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/quality-milk-and-quality-beef
Dr. Steve Boyles, Extension Beef Specialist, The Ohio State University Dairy cows are a major source of beef. Cows marketed to slaughter can represent up to 15% of a dairy's income. Meat packers are implementing Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point ...
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Using Manure with Growing Crops
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/using-manure-growing-crops
Mr. Glen Arnold, Extension Agriculture Educator, Putnam County Applying animal manure to a growing crop can add an additional window of time rarely utilized for manure application. Also, applying animal manure to a growing crop allows the farmer to captur ...
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Feeding Calves to Grow in Cold Weather
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Extension Dairy Specialist, OSU Extension Center at Wooster Growing and staying healthy- 2 universal objectives for raising calves from birth to weaning. As the seasons change, so must our management practices to achieve these two ...
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Students Represent Ohio State at National Dairy Judging Competitions
Ms. Laurie Winkelman, Dairy Program Specialist, The Ohio State University The Ohio State University Dairy Judging Team recently completed its 2006 season. The dairy judging season officially started during the Ohio State Fair in August when students work ...
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Ohio 4-H Judges Excel in Fall Competitions
Ms. Laurie Winkelman, Dairy Program Specialist, The Ohio State University Eight dairy youth from throughout Ohio had the opportunity to travel this fall as members of the Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging Team. Two teams comprised of 4 youth per team represented Oh ...
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Fall 2006 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University The Fall 2006 Ohio Dairy Challenge was held November 9-10 and was again sponsored by Cargill Animal Nutrition. The Dairy Challenge provides the opportunity for undergraduates ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen I have just returned from sunny Orlando, Florida, where I attended the 2007 Dairy Forum. Dairy Forum 2007, sponsored by the Inter ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University. Feed markets have turned wild, the results of speculation, substantial increase in corn demand from ethanol plants, and a USDA report that reduced the size of the 2006-2007 cor ...
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Free Stall Bedding Options: Important considerations from the cow's perspective
Dr. Naomi Botheras, Animal Welfare Program Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) Most dairy cows are now housed indoors for most, if not all, of their lives. Very few cows are moved to pasture or dirt lots during the dry period or when weath ...
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Selecting Corn Hybrids for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/selecting-corn-hybrids-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) The ideal silage hybrid is the one that maximizes profitability under a specific set of conditions (i.e., your farm). A multitude of factors influence profitability, but f ...