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  1. Tips To Keep Livestock Cool

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    requirements can double when temperatures increase. Water quality affects water intake so always make sure ... know where water is. Shelter for animals during times of extreme heat is very important. The best ... increased respiration rate, increased water intake, loss of appetite, lethargy, or listless, increased ...

  2. Late Summer Forage Seeding

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    establishment, select high quality seed, use new, improved forage genetics and take time to calibrate the ... and the time needed for forage plants to develop a root system and carbohydrate reserves that will ... Consult the 2015 Ohio and Indiana Weed Control Guide and always read the specific product label for ...

  3. Milking Excellence

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    improve production and milk quality.  Dianne Shoemaker, OSU Extension Dairy Production Economics Field ...           It is a rough go for dairy farmers these days.  While milk price has improved a little ... production costs for many dairy farms.  Profitability depends upon managing costs and doing things that ...

  4. Seed Selection Can Make or Break Your Crop in 2021

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    more technical traits, the cosmetic quality of the produce can drop significantly. One big trait that ... using the correct management, you could have major improvements in production and quality. Just as ... from one growing season to the next is often formally rung in by the arrival of seed catalogs, and if ...

  5. Post-Harvest Sanitation Steps To Help Prevent Diseases, Insects From Overwintering

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    Additionally, less infection or damage in the crop means higher yields and an improvement in the quality of the ... and Natural Resources Extension Educator with Ohio State University Extension – Wayne County, and ... Residue management One of the first steps to take to reduce the likelihood of diseases and insects over ...

  6. 4-H News and Notes: July 28, 2016

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    this year.   There will be one final special Quality Assurance Only session for those who did ... last opportunity to complete Skillathon and Quality Assurance (QA) together here in Wayne County for ... Skillathon at the State Fair.  This special QA Only session will be held on August 15th at 6:00 pm at the ...

  7. Stress Management Check-in

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    habits that relieve the stress of work and create quality time away from work and with family and ... help to relieve stress and reenergize you. A Michigan State publication on managing farm stress lists ... your body.  There is a lot of stress in farming and agricultural occupations.  Take time to assess your ...

  8. Drought Stressed Corn as Silage

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    2006.  Each location had at least one drought year during that time frame and some locations had ... is one ton of 30% dry matter silage for each 5 bushels of grain/acre.           Quality wise, ... publication.  August 2007. Ramirez, Hugo.  Key Points to Make a High Quality Corn Silage.  Iowa State University ...

  9. Silage Pile Feeding Management and Safety

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    number of bunker silos and silage piles that are on area farms.  Feeding out that stored silage requires ... management.  Silage management can be discussed from two perspectives, one being how to manage the removal of ... silage from the silo to maintain silage quality and promote animal intake and the other on how to keep ...

  10. Looking for On-farm Nutrient Cooperators

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    agriculture since that time.  Over the years there have been some validation studies done to confirm Tri-State ... host a replicated nutrient trial on one of their farm fields.  The project began last year with ... a scattering of farms across the state.  Wayne County was involved but I hope that we might expand our ...

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