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Do Not Let Your Dairy Cows Strike Out this Summer
Nutrition Consultant Summertime brings thoughts of ice cream and baseball. The post-game little league event ... milk. A dairy farmer is a coach to their cows, as a dairy manager provides the proper resources to allow ... need to be turned on when temperatures will be above 68°F during the day. Four to six mile per hour ...
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OARDC Biomass to Energy Program
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-5/oardc-biomass-energy-program
the United States and world will not be able to sustain energy needs based on petroleum. Alternative ... and renewable energy sources will need to be developed to meet the increasing demand for ... initiated a program based on the biological conversion of biomass to energy through anaerobic digestion. An ...
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SHOULD I USE BST OR GENETICALLY ENGINEERED CROPS? WHETHER OR NOT I USE GENETIC ENGINEERING, HOW WILL IT AFFECT FARMING AND THE DAIRY INDUSTRY?
individual farmers need to adopt this new technology as quickly as possible in order to maintain their ... adoption of genetic engineering has been by farmers using the Roundup Read soybeans developed and marketed ... unnatural agricultural practices, such as chemical fertilizers and weed and bug killers, and the government ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
and Dr. Joanne Knapp, Fox Hollow Consulting, LLC Everyone wants to talk about carbon, but who is going ... to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ... First, we need to get some context on the dairy carbon story and the current dairy carbon emissions ...
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New Environmental Resources
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-1/new-environmental-resources
producers and they can be printed from the web: 1) Guidelines for Livestock Operations ... (http://www.ohiolivestock.org/images/1_livestock_guidelines03.pdf)- The purpose of the 23-page booklet is to help individuals better understand the types of ... (http://www.ohiolivestock.org/images/It%20takes%20two1.pdf)- This 2-page document was designed to help livestock farmers and rural residents/country dwellers ...
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Corn Silage Price, Processing, Performance, and Preparation
proper fertility, reputable seed, weed control, correct planting, field scouting, fungicide (if needed ... length and kernel rolls, keep people safety first, and review equipment safety and update as needed ... practice. The farmers weight room work out of having quality corn silage starts with prepping the soil, ...
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2006 Inductions to Dairy Science Hall of Service
Hall of Service was initiated in 1952 to recognize worthy men and women who have made a substantial and ... farmers, or inspired students enrolled at the Ohio State University. The desirable qualifications for the ... have made major contributions to Ohio's dairy industry- our THANKS to them for their many years of ...
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Non-Livestock Judging
https://champaign.osu.edu/events/non-livestock-judging-0
One major change for nutrition judging this year is there will be no food tasting. Please follow ... the guidelines for state fair by completing the portfolio and bringing a place setting to judging. ... face-to-face, but will need to be registered for by 4:30 p.m. on Friday, July 22 nd in order to receive the ...
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Guidelines for Feeding Low Forage Diets to Dairy Cows
when feeding low fiber diets. When using these guidelines, keep in mind that a balance needs to be ... assumed by the dairy farmer. Changes in forage quality or particle size can result in major problems with ... Assuming that 75% of the NDF should be forage, 21% FNDF would be needed in the ration; however, research ...
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2011 Dairy Farm Business Analysis- The time is now!
a number of factors. Whether you were selling grain or buying feed will be one of the major factors. How ... the top 20% of both groups? Need help answering all of these questions? Completing your farm's ... Analyses will be completed by either Extension or Farm Business Consultants who previously worked with the ...