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The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Extension Dairy Management Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Sometimes I wonder if I live on the same planet as some dairy economists. I just read an article where an eminent dairy economist is co ...
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The Importance of Knowing Dry Matter Concentration When Buying (or Selling) Feeds
Dr. Bill Weiss, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University If your cows are stranded in the middle of a desert, water may indeed be priceless; however, in most of the U.S., the water contained in feed has essentially no economic v ...
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The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Extension Dairy Management Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University As I write this column in late March, it is snowing in central Ohio and the Midwest is once again under a blanket of snow. That’s good ...
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New Animal Disease Traceability Rule Announced by USDA
Ms. Peggy Hall, Agriculture and Resource Law Specialist, The Ohio State University Extension A new rule establishing general regulations for improving the traceability of U.S. livestock moving between states became final on December 20, 2012 and became ef ...
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The Dairy NRC 2001 Lives On
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-2/dairy-nrc-2001-lives
Dr. Bill Weiss, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University Many people still use the 2001 National Research Council (NRC) computer model to evaluate diets for dairy cattle; however, the original version will not work on new 64 bit ...
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The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Extension Dairy Management Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Until the crops are in, feed markets will be highly reactive to Chinese buying rumors, dry or rainy spells, phases of the moon... This ...
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Effect of Milking Personnel Performance and Turnover on Milk Losses in Dairy Herds
Dr. Gustavo M. Schuenemann, Extension Dairy Veterinarian, The Ohio State University Background- It is common to observe large within-herd variation in milking personnel performance (MPP) and turnover (TO) over time. Assessing work team performance, resolu ...
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Milk Production for Ohio Dairy Herds
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University It is always important to monitor the yield of milk and the composition of milk, especially for the individual farmer, because the income of the da ...
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What Do Your Cull Cows’ Records Show?
Jason Hartschuh, ANR Program Coordinator Crawford County, The Ohio State University Extension Can you look over your cull cow records from 2012 and tell when and why cows are leaving your farm? If accurate records were kept, it can help you make managemen ...
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Goodlatte-Scott vs. the Dairy Security Act: Shared Potential, Shared Concerns and Open Questions
John Newton, Cameron S. Thraen, Marin Bozic, Mark W. Stephenson, Christopher Wolf, and Brian W. Gould; Midwest Program on Dairy Markets and Policy- 2013 Farm Bill Dairy Analysis Group Executive Summary This paper reports our analysis to-date o ...