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OSU DAIRY PUBLICATIONS

Feed Management

Energy and Protein
Computerized Concentrate Feeders for Dairy Cows
Energetics for the Practicing Nutritionist
Energy: Comparison of 2001 versus 1989 Dairy NRC
Energy: Overview of 2001 Dairy NRC
Feeding Fat to Lactating Cows
Protein and Carbohydrate Utilization by Lactating Dairy Cows
Randomness Rules: Living with Variation in the Nutrient Composition of Concentrate Feeds
Using Feed Analysis to Troubleshoot Nutritional Problems

Bio-Fuel Production and Corresponding Feeds for Livestock
Distillers Grains Factsheet
Ohio State University presentations:

• Introduction to Distillers Grains
• Feeds and Composition of Feeds from Ethanol Production
• Feeding Distillers Grains to Dairy Cattle
• Economics of Feeding Distillers Grains
• Wet Distillers Grains for Dairy Cattle

Forages
Choosing Corn Hybrids for Silage
Forages for Dairy Cattle
Frosted Forages
Harvesting and Storing Dry Corn Silage
Immature Corn Silage
Nitrates in Dairy Rations
Nutritional Requirements of Grazing Dairy Cattle
Pricing Corn Silage - 2007 (MS Powerpoint; click HERE for notes)
Pricing Standing Corn for Silage
Pricing Soybeans for Silage
Valuing Corn Silage - How much is it worth?

Minerals and Vitamins
Antioxidant Nutrients and Milk Quality
Biotin for Lactating Cows
Selenium Nutrition
Update on Trace Mineral Requirements for Dairy Cattle
Update on Vitamin Nutrition of Dairy Cows

Nutrient Management
Estimating Manure Phosphorus Excretion by Dairy Cows (MS Excel file)
Factors Affecting Manure Excretion by Dairy Cows

Other Resources
Calculating Value of Feeds (MS Excel file)
Monitoring Economics of Ration Changes for Lactating Cows (MS Excel file)
Proceedings Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference
SESAME - Software for Estimating Value of Feedstuffs
Water Use on Ohio Dairy Farms

Financial Management

Ohio Dairy Enterprise Budgets:
**Dairy Cow and Replacement Budget - Large Breed (2008)
Milk Markets, Prices, and Policy for Ohio
Questions Pertaining to Large Dairy Enterprises in Ohio: Economic Impact
Dairy Excel's 15 Measures of Dairy Farm Competitiveness
Economic Study of Large Dairies in Ohio

Health

E. Coli O157 in Dairy Cattle
Newsprint Bedding for Dairy Cattle
Questions Pertaining to Large Dairy Enterprises in Ohio: Animal and Human Health

Heifer Management

Dairy Heifer Contacting: Motives, Forms and Arrangements
Economics of Heifer Contracting
Feeding Dairy Heifers
Feeding Heifers on Pasture
Financial Benchmarks*
*Downloadable MS Powerpoint Presentation
Health Management
Raising Dairy Veal
Reproduction Programs