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  1. HPAI in Dairy Cattle: Learn More

    https://dairy.osu.edu/resources/hpai-avian-influenza-dairy-cattle/learn-more

    a high-level view of the federal order regarding testing and reporting of HPAI in dairy cattle. Where is this ... risks, implement biosecurity, testing, etc. is described in the factsheet by USDA and the Department of ... Highly Pathogenic Avian Influenza in Cattle: IS preventable and well-managed with strong ...

  2. Keep Forage Nitrate Toxicity in Mind This Year

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/keep-forage-nitrate-toxicity-mind-year

    away. We have had multiple reports of high nitrate levels this year. The first reports of high nitrate ... reports of dangerously high nitrate levels in millet hay with the recently dry weather.  Producers have ... the results. Table 1: Interpretation of nitrate forage test results. ppm NO 3 (DM) Percent NO 3 ppm NO ...

  3. Feeding Roasted Soybeans to Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-3/feeding-roasted-soybeans-dairy-cattle

    increasing levels of roasted high oleic soybean on milk fat yield in lactating dairy cows. J. Dairy Sci. 103 ... roasting home-grown soybeans has recently increased again with the availability of high-oleic soybeans ... but if they are mixed with the soybean meal, the protein level in the soybean meal is typically 44%. ...

  4. Beat the Heat Before It's Late: Cooling Strategies for Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-3/beat-heat-its-late-cooling-strategies-dairy-cattle

    responses of dairy cattle, you can identify those animals experiencing high heat load early on. Coupled with ... mitigate high heat load is clear and consistent across climates: shade, soakers, and fans. During summer, ... usually when the air temperature is about 72°F or when the Temperature-Humidity Index (THI) is above 65. ...

  5. 3-NOP (Bovaer™) Receives FDA Approval

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-3/3-nop-bovaer%E2%84%A2-receives-fda-approval

    Carbon price of $30/ton Milk price of $17.50/cwt Ration cost of $0.15/lb DM In the first scenario ... 3-NOP is fed. Under this scenario, the breakeven cost for feeding 3-NOP is $0.41 to 0.45/hd/day. If ...

  6. HPAI in Dairy Cattle: Facts for Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/resources/hpai-avian-influenza-dairy-cattle/facts-farms

    help mitigate risk. Currently, there are no vaccines, drugs, or feed additives available for purchase ...

  7. Corn Silage Ear Rot and Foliar Disease Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/corn-silage-ear-rot-and-foliar-disease-management

    a high disease pressure with DON levels as high as 17.9 ppm in one hybrid and 30.3 ppm in the other ... leaf spot is favored by warm temperatures between 70 and 90°F and high relative humidity. Northern corn ... nutritionists encouraging levels below 1 ppm in corn utilized in the lactating ration. Fungicides may have the ...

  8. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-3/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    $16.35/cwt, respectively.  Class III milk closing price for April was $15.50/cwt, with protein and butterfat ... Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% ...

  9. Dairy Sustainability Part 2: Methane Mitigating Feed Additives

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-3/dairy-sustainability-part-2-methane-mitigating-feed

    States as of this writing. With over 30 feeding studies, 3-NOP has a rigorous and highly consistent body ... Summary of methane reduction potential and level of confidence in various feed additives. 1 Name Methane ... Reduction Potential Confidence in Efficacy 2 Monensin Low 5 Essential oils Low 2 3-NOP Very High ...

  10. Fertilizing Perennial Forages on Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/fertilizing-perennial-forages-dairy-farms

    test P exceeds the agronomic level of 50 ppm, there is increased  potential of P losses into streams ... Many dairy farms have high levels of soil P, making the expense of fertilizer P unnecessary. When soil ... harm animals fed those forages. A recent soil test should always guide what nutrients to apply and how ...

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