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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
St-Pierre, I must remind the readers that these results do not mean that you can formulate a balanced diet ... milk closing price for February was $16.08/cwt, with protein and butterfat prices at $1.23/lb and ... profitable. As a word of caution, these estimates of IONC do not account for the cost of replacements or dry ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
effectiveness in winter conditions. How Much C&D is Enough? If you want your C&D to be successful, ... relative humidity can impact the success of your hygiene practices. However, there are strategies you can ... pathogens you are most concerned with. Discuss with your veterinarian what disinfectants and C&D ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
With the first quarter of 2024 coming to a close, hopefully you have reviewed your entire 2023 cost of ... production for 2024 and improve your cost controls as you can begin to project home-grown feed costs for the ... year. As you look over your farm’s data, be sure to evaluate if your milk solids are keeping up with ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
the accuracy of seeding rate. If you do plan to drop mixed seed through a drill, calibration is ... spring-establish forages is open. In the spring, the combination of weather and plenty to do make planting ... improve chances for a successful forage establishment this spring. Soil Fertility and pH: Set up your ...
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New Factsheet: Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle
A new factsheet on “ Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle ” has been developed and posted ... on the front page of our web site: https://dairy.osu.edu/ ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ... how they are being bought and sold, and what that means for the dairy farms and the dairy industry. ... picture. How Much Carbon Does the U.S. Dairy Industry Emit? “Carbon” is actually carbon dioxide equivalents ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
barns during late afternoon each day and be a “cow whisperer”. What are your cows telling you? If they ... group. The farmer scratches his head and asks, “Why do cows congregate into a group?” They were not like ... that before. Unsure of what to do, he gets in the pen and separates the cows, only to find the same ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
they experienced a post-holidays decline. As a word of caution, these estimates of IONC do not account ... I must remind the readers that these results do not mean that you can formulate a balanced diet using ... typically seen through post-holidays through winter. In this issue, the Class III future for February is ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
University Extension Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. ... notes in the mower tractor or flagging the field entrance can help you remember throughout the year that ... crown and root. The table below can help you rate crowns. A healthy stand will have less than 30% of ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
a boost to the emerging crop. It is difficult to know how much of the ammonium nitrogen in the dairy ... the On-farm Research link on the OSU Extension Agronomics Crops team website at ... http://agcrops.osu.edu/ or E-fields at https://digitalag.osu.edu/efields or follow OSU Extension’s manure research on ...