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Keep Forage Nitrate Toxicity in Mind This 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 ...
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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 ...
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Precautions for Feeding Frosted and Drought-Stressed Forages
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 ...
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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" ...
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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 ...
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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 ...
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ACEL professor selected for national agricultural leadership training program
https://acel.osu.edu/news/acel-professor-selected-national-agricultural-leadership-training-program
unique opportunities to represent agriculture when opportunities arise in the media, on speaking circuits ... Farm Bureau Federation’s (AFBF) Partners in Agricultural Leadership (PAL) class, a two-year, high-level ... level. The curriculum is designed to be of a high-level, executive type that provides participants with ...
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Snider to complete internship with Hardin County Extension
https://acel.osu.edu/news/snider-complete-internship-hardin-county-extension
and their peers. Positive self-image, leadership skills, public speaking, and etiquette are also areas ... to incorporate agriculture, as well as education the audiences about food groups and developing ... activities and teaching materials to teach about healthy nutrition and obesity prevention on a limited ...
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New Diagnostic Testing for Johne's Disease in 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 ...
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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 ...