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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% ...
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Managing for High Quality Stored Forage
too wet will mold and heat in storage. As interior bale temperatures get above 150 degrees F, the risk ... levels between 25 and 30%. The other limit is that the effectiveness decreases over time because the acid ... Therefore, harvesting high quality forage is dependent upon minimizing biological and mechanical harvest ...
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USDA ERS Dairy Outlook: January 2023
scenario will require budgeting, monitoring, and evaluation on a regular basis. I encourage you to have ...
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Time to Assess Forage Legume Stands
greater in wet, saturated clay soils with high shrink/swell potential that were exposed to rapid ... to green up. Wet soil conditions and widely fluctuating temperatures have presented tough conditions ... a concern in northeast Ohio and wherever heavy clay soils are present with poor drainage. Crops such as ...
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Update on Ohio's Program for Controlling Johne's Disease
management plans for Johne's disease. Conducting a risk assessment involves a one-on-one meeting between ... is to be reviewed annually. Herd testing is not required for producers to participate in the risk ... they are infected, can elect to do some diagnostic testing. Currently, if they have completed the risk ...
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Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute: Dairy Outlook
provided and provisions of the 2018 Farm Bill will continue. On a macroeconomic level, the authors ... important risk management tool. Improved prices will likely result in increased cow numbers which are ... (https://farmprofitability.osu.edu/) to complete a whole-farm and enterprise analysis. Use budgets and scenarios to plan. OSU ...
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Manure Application to Alfalfa
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-4/manure-application-alfalfa
can lead to unacceptably high potassium levels in the forage. Soil test results are an essential tool ... manure on established alfalfa. Applications on frozen soils run the risk of large nutrient runoff losses, ... alfalfa. The environmental risk of nitrate leaching may be high with this practice. Limit the manure rate ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
predicted at $20.50/cwt, with protein and butterfat prices at $2.67/lb and $3.15/lb respectively. This ... the Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and ...
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Feeding Glycerol to Dairy Cattle
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/feeding-glycerol-dairy-cattle
Administration has issued a letter stating that if methanol is over 150 ppm (0.015%), then it should not be used ... the bottles of hand or body lotion, sun screen, and skin moisturizer. Very high on the list (and ... ingredient for dairy cattle. Feeding glycerol may have to be limited more when diets are rather high in NFC. ...
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Water Usage on Dairy Farms
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-1/water-usage-dairy-farms
levels may decrease intake Sodium 0- 300 High levels reveal the use of a water softener Iron 0- 0.3 May ... risks are being addressed. Therefore, we must constantly monitor water quality and quantity on dairy ... at greater risk for dehydration from water deprivation than older animals; the younger the animal the ...