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Are Ohio Dairy Farmers Satisfied With Local Suppliers?
Dr. Brian Roe, Livestock Economics Specialist, Ohio State University The face of dairy farming in Ohio is changing. The structure of dairy farming has evolved immensely in the past few years with regard to technology, size of operation, and the geographi ...
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Stretching Corn Silage Supplies
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/stretching-corn-silage-supplies
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University In many areas of Ohio, corn silage yields were much lower than average last year because of the drought. Forage supplies are tight and hay prices are extremely high, but on the bright side, first cu ...
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Estimating Alfalfa Neutral Detergent Fiber in the Field
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, Ohio State University First harvest of alfalfa is fast approaching. Timely cutting is critical for obtaining high quality forage. For lactating dairy cows, the optimal range for neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of alfalfa i ...
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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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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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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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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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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 ...