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2008 Recipients of the Dairy Science Hall of Service Awards
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University Extension (top of ... on Saturday, May 10 at the new Nationwide and Ohio Farm Bureau 4-H Center on the OSU campus in ... contribution toward the improvement of the dairy industry of Ohio, elevated the stature of dairy farmers, or ...
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Agricultural Reflections
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-5/agricultural-reflections
on life and the world around us. It is really important to have time to reflect so that one can put ... a factory is all about. Ohio livestock farms began to consolidate in the 1980s because consumers demanded ... low-cost, high-quality products. First to consolidate in the livestock sector were the chicken farms ...
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Using Total Quality Management to Organize Labor and Work
represents a commitment to continual improvement of quality. The success of TQM is dependent on identifying ... regardless of herd size, is that it simplifies your work life because it defines the important farm quality ... Chris Zoller Extension Agent ANR/CD Tuscawaras County What is Total Quality Management? Total ...
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Valuing Bedded-Pack Manure
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-6/valuing-bedded-pack-manure
Glen Arnold, Manure Management Field Specialist, Ohio State University Extension Due to the ... captured 10 lb of manure, the application rate was 10 tons/acre. We always want to keep water quality in ... and organic matter in pen-pack manure are an excellent addition to farm fields. The most common types ...
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Student Org Spotlight
programs to help improve the quality of life at Ohio State ATI. You may have already participated in some ... council, all residents of the Applewood Village student apartments at Ohio State ATI are welcome and ... the housing activity fee is spent through social programming or village improvement initiatives. This ...
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When an Abandoned Parking Lot Becomes a Farm
that’s exactly what happened on OSU’s Mansfield campus. The new micro-farm (just one-third of an acre!) ... sustainable food systems to address food insecurity. Mansfield alum Tyler Arter and Ohio State Professor Kip ... Not many of us would look at a parking lot and see a way to improve the local food system, but ...
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Using Protocols to Train Farm Employees
Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator, Wayne County, Ohio State University Extension Establishing ... on writing farm protocols from Michigan State Extension suggested that successful protocols are based ... helps the farm employee to take ownership of the protocol. Protocol training is not a one and done type ...
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Milking Excellence
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-19-issue-4/milking-excellence
Rory Lewandowski, Extension Educator Wayne County, Ohio State University Extension It ... many dairy farms. Profitability depends upon managing costs and doing things that improve production ... is a rough go for dairy farmers these days. While milk price has improved a little from the ...
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Grow Kindness
https://urban-extension.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/urban-october-1/grow-kindness
depression Ease feelings of anxiety Enhance productivity and creativity levels Improve the indoor quality of ... one to keep for themselves and one to give away in kindness to someone else. The following locations ... air Uplift and improve mood Connection to the outdoors and nature Kindness Benefits Kindness ...
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Dairy Educational Forum and Open House
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The ... System, Reagan Bluel, Waterman Farm Manager, 2) Silage Storage to Maintain Quality and Minimize Shrink, ... Field Specialist, 4) Jersey Calf Research at Ohio State, Dr. Kristy Daniels, OSU Assistant Professor, ...