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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
Recommendations (https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages). Phosphorus levels for grass ... are optimal in the 20-40 ppm range, while the range for legumes is 30-50 ppm. When it comes to ... potassium, the optimal range is 100-130 ppm for sandy soils with a cation exchange capacity (CEC) less than ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
2024 is projected to have margins above the $9.50/cwt level, many different domestic or international ... the first 5 million pounds of milk production history if producers enrolled at the $9.50/cwt margin ... level. Farms received 2 months of catastrophic payments when the margin fell below $4/cwt. Figure 1 shows ...
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CFAES Student Recruitment Information
Interacting with high school students and families who have an interest in food, agriculture, or ...
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EPN Earth Day Celebration – April 22
and wildlife. Learn to identify Ohio’s berry brambles and maple trees, study the interactions between ...
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Agricultural Land Lost to Development
https://aede.osu.edu/news/agricultural-land-lost-development
between 2001 and 2021. The NLCD defines several categories for developed land – high, medium, and low ... land in farms declined by 6.4% between 2002 and 2022. One number that is concerning to agricultural ... Statistical Areas had among the largest percentages of agricultural land loss to development (as high as 93% ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
dairy herds over the last 50 years, the decline between the 2017 and 2022 Census of Agriculture was ... had 50-99 cows. Another 11,942 farms had milk cows on December 31, 2022 but had not sold any milk ... farms. Herds of 20-49 cows declined the most on a percentage basis, followed by herds of 50-99, 10-19, ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
standing, splashes manure on the udder, and elevates stress hormones. These changes increase risk of ... is 150 cows or less. Automated milking dairy farms with all cows in same pen will observe more social ... outside airflow can create a micro-environment in pens that initiate cow bunching. High stocking density ...
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Policy Brief explains the overall success in Holmes and Mercer Counties reflected in their relative advantages from a vigorous small-business community, entrepreneurship, QoL, and social connectedness.
firms and entrepreneurs, robust links between local educational institutions, government agencies, and ...
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2024 Extension Conference Committee Selects Theme
The Extension Conference steering committee has selected Fulfilling Our Mission, Cultivating Our Path for the Future as the theme for the 2024 conference. This year’s conference will be Dec. 10-11 in Columbus and is open to all Extension professionals. ...
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Ferrari and Fox Contribute to a Book Focused on Extension Education and Social Sciences
Theresa Ferrari, state specialist, 4-H youth development, and Julie Fox, director, Extension strategic initiatives and urban engagement, each recently contributed to a chapter in a book published by Cambridge University Press. ...