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Avia Influenza Impacting Ohio: Here's What You Need To Know
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/avia-influenza-impacting-ohio-heres-what-you-need-know
classifications: High Pathogenic and Low Pathogenic AI. High Path AI strains are extremely infectious, often fatal ... purple discoloration of the wattles, combs, and legs; green diarrhea; and nasal discharge. If a High ... are moving between farms. When AI has been identified within a flock, the USDA has a response team ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
a common form of winter damage seen in the field. This is a more common problem in heavier clay soils and ... poorly draining soils. Warmer temperatures occurring sporadically in February and March, followed by ... enough level that plants may not survive into May. Plants that experience heaving and survive are more ...
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Livestock Need Good Quality Drinking Water
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/livestock-need-good-quality-drinking-water
can tell you if the feedstuff is low, medium or high quality. Do you know how your livestock water ... but levels below 3000 ppm are generally considered safe to drink. Nitrates and sulfates should be ... nitrates the level in water should be below 20 ppm as long as feedstuffs contain low nitrate levels. With ...
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Corn Silage and Foliar Disease
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/corn-silage-and-foliar-disease
contamination of corn silage and high moisture corn with many nutritionists encouraging levels below 1 ppm in ... with DON levels as high as 17.9 ppm in one hybrid and 30.3 ppm in the other hybrid. Again, fungicide ... by at least 50%. The trial was then expanded the second year, which was a high disease pressure year ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
prove to be more difficult and will most certainly require soil carbon sequestration or alternative ... digestion reduces the greenhouse gas emissions from manure by 50%. Solid separation technologies can also ... on dairy cow manure! Reduced and no-till cropping practices have improved soil carbon sequestration. ...
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Jam-packed Schedules Can Impact Mental Health
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/jam-packed-schedules-can-impact-mental-health
make the wheels fall off the bus. Margin: The space between load and limits In his book, “Margin: ... describes margin this way: “Margin is the space between our load and our limits. It is the amount allowed ... situations. Margin is the gap between rest and exhaustion, the space between breathing freely and ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
heavily soiled areas; however, these should be used with caution. Some pathogens, like Salmonella, can be ... form biofilms within 48 hours. Currently, very few disinfectants have been tested to determine their ... a disinfectant has been tested against in the lab and found effective. Double check to make sure the ...
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Key To Corn Success Is Getting It In The Ground Properly
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/key-corn-success-getting-it-ground-properly
statement has stood the test of time, and that the simplistic tips from 20 years ago still hold true today. ... program is $50, which covers the manual, a grazing stick, and program supplies. To register for any of ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
50%. The cost of NE L is about 55% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/MCal). However, the cost of ... primarily energy to the ration. To estimate profitability at these nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was ...
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Common Plant Names Cause Common Misconceptions
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/common-plant-names-cause-common-misconceptions
with highly invasive non-native plants simply because of overlapping common names. This can lead to ... mention of the name, or really any plant name that crosses over between native and non-native invasives. ...