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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. Horse Manure Management

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AGF-212

    be lost into the air in a manure pile and do no good. Add about 10 pounds of ammonium nitrate or ... cleaned. Simply pick a stall clean with a manure fork, then add about 1/2 cup of ammonium nitrate or ... pounds. For example, only about 1/4 cup of ammonium nitrate or ammonium sulfate per day would be needed ...

  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. County-level 4-H Advisory Committees

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/4h-48

    More Information About Advisory Committees Visit these websites for more information: ... Development Kirk L Bloir, Assistant Director, 4-H Youth Development The 4-H Advisory Committee Role 4-H ... Advisory Committees play an important role in the county 4-H program. As the name implies, they provide ...

  9. 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%                  ...

  10. News & Events

    https://urban-extension.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news

    News & Events OSU Urban Extension is available in a variety of formats. Check out the Urban ... Updates blog, our upcoming events, the news stories below, subscribe to our newsletter, and view ... Ohio's Urban Counties' social media links on the right of this page. OSU Extension Urban Updates ...

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