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  1. Nutrient Losses from Dairy Operations and Their Environmental Issues

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/january-2016/nutrient-losses-dairy-operations-and-their-environmental

    manure relative to crop needs). When oversupplied to the field, P is lost from the field through runoff, ... which increases the risk of manure P causing water quality problems, such as eutrophication and harmful ... algae blooms. For example,  Ohio EPA (2010) estimated that 89% of total P loads into the western basin ...

  2. ROASTED SOYBEANS AND COPPER INCREASE SPONTANEOUS OXIDIZED MILK FLAVOR

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-7/roasted-soybeans-and-copper-increase-spontaneous

    the prediction equation could pool milk according to its potential for development of SOF. Milk likely ... developed to predict the development of off-flavor at 8 days post-sampling (approximate time for fluid milk ... predictable, with one half of the variation in flavor attributed to the amounts of xanthine oxidase (a ...

  3. Short-Season Forages for Late Summer Planting on Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-4/short-season-forages-late-summer-planting-dairy

    fiber in dairy rations.There are several excellent forage options that can be considered for no-till or ... mid-bloom alfalfa. As a grass, maximum inclusion rates in a lactating cow diet are less than those for ... rye and wheat (there is also a winter biotype that acts like winter wheat). In our research, oat ...

  4. What is Your Corn Silage Worth?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-3/what-your-corn-silage-worth

    trying to maximize dry matter (DM) yield per acre.             Note that the SesameIII predicted value of ... carbohydrate) contents and lower predicted nutritional values. Corn Silage Quality NDF (% of DM) NFC (% of DM) ... *Predicted using wholesale feed prices and SesameIII software. Obviously, how well the ears fill will affect ...

  5. Heat Stress in 2021: Will it be Intense?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-3/heat-stress-2021-will-it-be-intense

    precipitation is likely to be above average throughout the period as well. While predicting THI for individual ... practices are needed. Besides monitoring environmental conditions, signs of heat stress can include ... additional cooling is definitely needed. Figure 1. Temperature Humidity Index (THI) for cattle. Lactating ...

  6. Selecting Corn Hybrids for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/selecting-corn-hybrids-silage

    likely to cause a long term (at least several years) increase in the price of corn, making corn grain ... Effect on milk production. To select the most profitable hybrid for your farm, you need to know how much ... milk. And, you need to know this information months before the seed goes into the ground and more than ...

  7. Feed Prices are A-Changin'!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-4/feed-prices-are-changin

    dairy rations were predicted (Table 1).  Note that because market conditions are fluctuating ... changed prices dramatically.  Whole cottonseed has dropped $100/ton and is now predicted to be breakeven.  ... confidence range for the predicted Break-Even prices.  Feeds in the “Appraisal Set” are either those that ...

  8. Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud on Roadways

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/ohio-laws-governing-manure-and-mud-roadways

    damage, injury, or death to people or damage to vehicles on the road.  Harmed parties may bring ... several years ago involving wet manure on the road that was determined to be the cause of an accident, and ... the farm operator was held liable under a negligence claim brought by the harmed party.  ...

  9. Coming in 2014: Managing Dairy Employees More Effectively Farm Assessment

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-6/coming-2014-managing-dairy-employees-more

    like about working for you? Do they know your farm’s goals? Are they comfortable talking to management ... like these? How would your employees answer the same questions?  Getting work done on dairy farms today ... is accomplished through people, and more cows per farm means more people are needed to care for those ...

  10. Recommended Adjustment when Pricing Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-6/recommended-adjustment-when-pricing-forages

    Tebbe, Former PhD student (currently Dairy Consultant for Purina Animal Nutrition) For several years, an ... St-Pierre. The method is based on a statistical procedure that relates prices of several feeds to their ... matter intake. To overcome that issue, several years ago we developed a quality adjustment based on NDF ...

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