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  1. Manure Storage and Land Application- Where are we going? How fast can we get there?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-2/manure-storage-and-land-application-where-are-we

    Mr. Jon Rausch, Waste Management Extension Associate, The Ohio State University  In today's ... necessary and more economical. Water and air quality standards should drive the environmental requirements ... placed upon manure handling, storage, and nutrient recycling practices. Water quality impacts from land ...

  2. Is Your Herd Positioned for Profit?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-4/your-herd-positioned-profit

    John M. Smith, Agriculture, Natural Resources, and Community Development Agent, The Ohio State ... high quality. It is very expensive to upgrade poor forages with other feeds. 2. Clean, Fresh Water ...  Water is the cheapest most important nutrient and the one most often ignored. Big, high producing cows ...

  3. Water Usage on Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-1/water-usage-dairy-farms

    technology and the quantity of water used on a dairy farm. One of the first approaches to dealing with water ... Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University As we always say ... risks are being addressed. Therefore, we must constantly monitor water quality and quantity on dairy ...

  4. Compost Bedded Pack Dairy Barns in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-1/compost-bedded-pack-dairy-barns-ohio

    Department of Food, Agricultural, and Biological Engineering, The Ohio State University Most Ohio dairy ... high costs associated with transport of manure that is up to 90% water.  For dairy farms to remain ... last several years. The Ohio State University (OSU) and the University of Kentucky have conducted ...

  5. Transitioning of Herds to Automatic Milking Systems

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-20-issue-5/transitioning-herds-automatic-milking-systems

    the dairy farms in Ohio have the AMS. The vendors are primarily Lely and DeLaval, with one farm now ... The Ohio State University             Interest in the use of automatic milking systems (AMS) continues ... 2140 dairy farms in Ohio and 52 farms with AMS, with about 143 AMS on Ohio farms. Thus, about 2.4% of ...

  6. 2018 Dairy Farm Business Summary Now Available

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6/2018-dairy-farm-business-summary-now-available

    analysis program for the first time.  In all, 20 farms, 19 conventionally and one organically managed, ... Dianne Shoemaker, Field Specialist, Dairy Production Economics, Ohio State University Extension ... completed the analysis.  These farms are located in 11 counties across Ohio, but mainly concentrated in the ...

  7. Dairy Quality Assurance: Past, Present, and "Oh!", What A Future!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-4/dairy-quality-assurance-past-present-and-oh-what

    One of the most successful means has proven to be the implementation of the on-farm quality assurance ... Mr. Tim Demland, OSU Extension Associate and Executive Director Ohio Dairy Producers  Quality ... not take much time for one to come to the realization that the customers of tomorrow will continue to ...

  8. Forecasting and Benchmarking the Financial Bottom Line

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/forecasting-and-benchmarking-financial-bottom-line

    Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... Ohio Farm Business Summaries | Ohio Farm Business Analysis and Benchmarking Program (osu.edu) Data ... Federal order pricing system is scheduled (see article elsewhere in this issue of Buckeye Dairy News), but ...

  9. The Cost of Nutrients, Comparison of Feedstuff Prices and the Current Dairy Situation

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-5/cost-nutrients-comparison-feedstuff-prices-and

    Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) pdf ... file At this time of the year, I wish that I could bring you some good news.  I am afraid, however, ... prices.  As usual in this column, I used the software SESAME™ that we developed at Ohio State to price the ...

  10. Not the state lottery

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-1/not-state-lottery

    researchers in dairy science and one of the top extension systems in the nation. We thought that it was time ... for Ohioans to learn about it. Buckeye Dairy News will be published 12 times a year around the 15th of ... improve with time. The next issue, however, will not come automatically to you. There are three ways that ...

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