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Quality Milk and Quality Beef
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/quality-milk-and-quality-beef
Dr. Steve Boyles, Extension Beef Specialist, The Ohio State University Dairy cows are a major source of beef. Cows marketed to slaughter can represent up to 15% of a dairy's income. Meat packers are implementing Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point ...
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Free Stall Bedding Options: Important considerations from the cow's perspective
Dr. Naomi Botheras, Animal Welfare Program Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) Most dairy cows are now housed indoors for most, if not all, of their lives. Very few cows are moved to pasture or dirt lots during the dry period or when weath ...
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Selecting Corn Hybrids for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/selecting-corn-hybrids-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) The ideal silage hybrid is the one that maximizes profitability under a specific set of conditions (i.e., your farm). A multitude of factors influence profitability, but f ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University. At the time of this writing, fears of a drought in the Eastern corn belt are accentuating, bringing the usual wild market speculations in the process. Weather will be the prime ...
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Drought-Stressed Corn for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/drought-stressed-corn-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University The dry conditions in many parts of the State have greatly reduced hay and haycrop silage yields, which has reduced forage inventory on many dairy farms. In addition, corn plants are b ...
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Chopping Soybeans for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/chopping-soybeans-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University Because of dry conditions, soybeans may not mature adequately to justify harvesting the crop as beans. An alternative is to chop the entire plant and make silage out of it. If harveste ...
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Testing for Nitrates
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/testing-nitrates
Dr. Maurice Eastridge and Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialists, The Ohio State University With the dry conditions in many areas in Ohio, crop growth has been severely affected and producers are considering using grain corn for forage. With the dry conditions ...
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Planting Small Grains in Late Summer for Supplemental Forage
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, The Ohio State University Forage yields have been reduced this year due to the late spring frost and dry weather since May. Supplemental forage can be produced yet this year by planting small grain species on land coming ...
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Results of Ohio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The annual Ohio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl competition for youth ranging in age from 3rd grade through 18 years of age was held on Saturday, May 19 on the OSU Columbus campus. Nine junior (age 1 ...
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Bonnie Ayars Hired as Dairy Program Specialist
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University Bonnie Ayars started on Monday, June 4 in the Dairy Program Specialist position in the Department of Animal Sciences (position formerly held by Laurie Winkleman). Her responsibilities inc ...