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Western Dairy Management Conference and Study Tour
Tom Noyes Ohio State University Extension and the Agricultural Technical Institute are coordinating a dairy study tour to the Western Dairy Management Conference in Reno, Nevada followed by a tour of northern California's dairy and agriculture indust ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Policy Watch I have just returned from Chicago were a 50 plus group of who's who in the dairy industry gathered for a two-day brainstorming event. Sponsored by Cornell's Dai ...
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A New Voice for Ohio Dairy Producers
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/new-voice-ohio-dairy-producers
Tim Demland, Additional information about Ohio Dairy Producers Over the course of time, individual dairy producers have disagreed on many issues. With the current availability of technology, wide market fluctuations, and increased regulation, however, a ...
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Federal Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Releases New Rules for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations (CAFO)
Maurice Eastridge On December 16, 2002, the Federal EPA released the new revisions to the Clean Water Act for CAFO. To be considered a CAFO, an operation must first meet the definition of an animal feeding operation (AFO). An operation is an AFO if animal ...
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Livestock Need Fresh Air
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/livestock-need-fresh-air
John Smith Just because it is winter and cold outsid,e don't close up the livestock buildings. Good ventilation is important to animals as well as humans, all year around. When the weather turns cold, the natural tendency is to shut the livestock bui ...
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Working With Creditors When Times Are Tight
Dianne Shoemaker A dairy farm may operate with no debt and a few do. The majority of dairy farms, however, use some form of credit to finance their operations. Credit use ranges from long-term mortgages to finance the purchase of land, to loans for buildi ...
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Milk Pricing and Policy
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/milk-pricing-and-policy
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Policy Watch In the policy arena, the event to watch is the introduction of Federal legislation specifically aimed at stemming the flow of imported dairy proteins in the U.S. market. ...
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Estimating Manure Phosphorus Excretion by Dairy Cows
Dr. Bill Weiss Manure nutrient management plans are required for large dairy operations and eventually may be required for all dairy farms. An important component of nutrient management plans is phosphorous (P) balance. On average, 55 to 65% of the P fed ...
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Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference
Dr. Maurice Eastridge The 12th annual Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference (TSDNC) will be held April 8 & 9, 2003 at the Grand Wayne Center in Fort Wayne, IN. The objective of the Conference is to disseminate current information on the feeding of dair ...
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Cost of Nutrients in Feedstuffs
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/cost-nutrients-feedstuffs
Dr. Normand St-Pierre From feeds to nutrients In appearance, dairy cows are feed converters. They ingest feeds and produce milk. But, we know that the amount of milk produced per unit of feed ingested is not constant across all feedstuffs. This is because ...