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  1. Keep Forage Nitrate Toxicity in Mind This Year

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/keep-forage-nitrate-toxicity-mind-year

    slows fermentation. If nitrate levels are reduced in silage in about 3 weeks, it will take 6 or more ... away. We have had multiple reports of high nitrate levels this year. The first reports of high nitrate ... reports of dangerously high nitrate levels in millet hay with the recently dry weather.  Producers have ...

  2. Where to Test Forages for Nitrates.

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-4/where-test-forages-nitrates

    death.   Good information on this topic is available in the factsheet "Nitrates in Dairy ... have nitrate testing available.  This list is for your convenience and no labs are intentionally ... omitted.   Check your chosen lab's web site, as many are already posting information about nitrate ...

  3. Precautions for Feeding Frosted and Drought-Stressed Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-5/precautions-feeding-frosted-and-drought-stressed

    accumulate toxic nitrate levels. This can occur in many different forage species, including both annuals and ... nitrates. Even alfalfa can accumulate toxic nitrate levels under severe drought stress. Before feeding or ... one-third to one-half of the plant or the leaves of coarse-stemmed forages if the nitrate level in these ...

  4. Testing for Nitrates

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/testing-nitrates

    considering using grain corn for forage. With the dry conditions, concerns have arisen about the potential for ... nitrate toxicity of animals. Conditions favorable to high nitrate concentration and feeding guidelines are ... described in the OSUE fact sheet titled "Nitrates in Dairy Rations" ...

  5. 2016 Corn Silage Crop in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-5/2016-corn-silage-crop-ohio

    available, and commodities will be less expensive near harvest time. Harvesting Corn Silage Chop at the ... shrink by 2 percentage units has a value of about $2/ton. Homolactic inoculants (these are the ‘standard ... cost-effective with drought-stressed corn.  Check for nitrates.   Because of the growing season this year, the ...

  6. Keeping Phosphorus Out of Waterways

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/keeping-phosphorus-out-waterways

    million.  Almost every year, somewhere in Ohio, at least one public alert goes out about high nitrate levels ... additional measures to treat the water and must alert the public if the nitrate levels are over 10 parts per ... COLUMBUS, Ohio—In a pit about 3 feet underground lies one possible solution to reducing a large ...

  7. New Diagnostic Testing for Johne's Disease in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-3/new-diagnostic-testing-johnes-disease-ohio

    preparation technique that resulted in more MAP being available to inoculate on the media. An additional ... on solid media, this system utilizes a liquid media, or "broth" as it is sometimes called, ... in a sealed vial of the liquid media along with specific growth supplements and certain antibiotics ...

  8. Pricing Drought-Stressed and Immature Corn for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-4/pricing-drought-stressed-and-immature-corn-silage

    normal corn silage would be reasonable.  Test drought-stressed corn silage for nitrate levels before ... silage (very early milk stage) CP   10 to 11%                     (about 2 or 3 units higher than normal) ... NDF 50 to 55%                    (about 10 units higher than normal) Starch 15 to 20%                  ...

  9. Drought Resources

    https://agnr.osu.edu/programs/animals/beef-cattle-team/beef-library/drought-resources

    Forages! Alternatives for fall and winter preparations- an interview with Dave Russell, Brownfield Ag News ... Corn Stalks Can Stretch Forage Supplies Feeding Cover Crops?- Consider Nitrate Potential Alfatoxin in ... the 2012 Corn Crop and the Potential Impact on Its Use for Livestock Concerns about Aflatoxin in Ohio ...

  10. USDA Expands Meat and Poultry Hotline Hours to Further Provide Food Safety Information to Consumers

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/usda-expands-meat-and-poultry-hotline-hours-further-provide-food-safety-information-consumers

    Almanza. “Experts are available to talk with people in English and Spanish, so we are able to help address ... speak to a live food expert at 1-888-674-6854, or visit  Ask Karen to chat or email (in English or ... service assists in the prevention of foodborne illnesses by answering consumers’ questions about the safe ...

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