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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
farms, July 21, 2021. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the Sesame analysis for central Ohio on July 21, ... April F. White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... were this time last year. To estimate profitability at these nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was ...
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Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
Science, The Ohio State University The month of August provides a window of opportunity for establishing ... perennial forage stands or filling in seedings made this spring that have gaps. The primary risk with late ... moisture and increases the risk of soil crusting. Follow the "footprint guide" that soil should ...
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Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages
Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crawford County, The Ohio State University Summer annual ... listed in the Ohio Agronomy Guide are shown in Table 7-12. Table 7-12: Harvest Information for ... of microbial contaminants with neutral detergent solution. The results were not surprising in that ...
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Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters
Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle Field Specialist and Greg LaBarge, Agronomic Crops Field Specialist, Ohio ... State University Extension Hay and haylage crops are grown on just over 1 million acres in Ohio (NASS, ... 2019) and are grown on more Ohio farms (44% of all farms) than any other crop (Becot et al., 2020). In ...
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Steps to Speed up Field Curing of Hay Crops
Extension Educator, Sandusky County, The Ohio State University The rainy weather in many regions of Ohio and ... often exceed recommended speeds, which can result in bunching and wrapping of the hay, which will ... swaths can significantly speed up drying. Faster drying in wide swaths results in less chance of rain ...
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USDA Releases July Dairy Outlook
Chris Zoller, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Tuscarawas County, Ohio State ... reduced milk prices result in the lowered forecast. Milk Class Price/cwt III $16.80 IV $15.40 All-milk ... Dairy farmers and advisors are encouraged to consult the Ohio State University Extension Dairy Excel 15 ...
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Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality
Medicine, The Ohio State University Mastitis is the most common and costly disease affecting dairy cows, ranking ... dairy products and fluid milk is greatly affected by the initial quality of the raw milk harvested at ... preparation (washing the teats with water, not using teat predip, and dirty teats) all known risk factors for ...
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Promising Vaccine Development to Control Johne’s Disease
Medicine, Ohio State University Extension Johne’s disease is a chronic enteritis associated with ruminants ... been shown that the subclinical stages of MAP were associated with decreased milk yield and higher risk ...
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Creeping Towards Harvest
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/creeping-towards-harvest
Haley Zynda, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wayne County, Ohio State ... appearance of the milkline), or 40 days after silking (for Ohio). Dry matter yield in tons/acre is maximized ... optimum moisture because the resulting average moisture will be drier than anticipated. Table 1. Silage ...
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Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program
Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University Many dairy herds are implementing a beef-dairy crossbreeding ... pregnancy results in the birth of one calf. However, the birth of two or more calves could occur at a rate ... cows inseminated following estrus detection are more likely to experience double ovulation resulting in ...