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  1. Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/current-dairy-industry-outlook-and-dairy-margin

    history. Figure 1. Actual and forecasted dairy margin coverage. In March, USDA raised the 2024 all-milk ... Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ... University Extension Dairy margin coverage (DMC) sign-up is currently underway at your local Farm Service ...

  2. US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/us-dairy-herds-and-policy-and-2022-census

    -19, and 10-199. In total, 39% fewer US farms sold milk in 2022 than 2017.   Dairy Farm Transition, ... significance. The 2014 farm bill authorized a Dairy Margin Protection Program that made payments when the margin ... and alfalfa) was below a specified value. The 2018 farm bill renamed the program, Dairy Margin ...

  3. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    March 2024 issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about $10 ... University Milk Prices In the January issue, the Class III milk future for March was $16.33/cwt. Class III ... $3.10/lb, respectively. The rising price of milk fat continues to negatively impact protein price. For this ...

  4. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-1/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    protein. For the January 2024 issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day ... University Milk Prices In the November issue, the Class III milk future for January was $16.38/cwt.  Class ... $2.98/lb, respectively. The price of milk protein and fat have decreased since the previous issue, a trend ...

  5. Current 2024 US Dairy Outlook

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-1/current-2024-us-dairy-outlook

    record low milk-to-feed margins and record high dairy margin coverage (DMC) payments. The milk to feed ... for the milk-to-feed margin for 2024 to be $10.70/cwt, with at least 2 months below the $9.50 margin ... Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ...

  6. Why Do Cows Bunch?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch

    lameness, reduces ruminations and feed intake, and results in subsequent loss in milk production that is ... lower in milk fat.  Dairy farmers provide their cows with quality feed, housing, stalls, and ... is 150 cows or less. Automated milking dairy farms with all cows in same pen will observe more social ...

  7. Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/dairy-sustainability-%E2%80%93-jargon-dairy-story-and

    https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1496 Capper, J. L., and R. A. Cady. 2019. The effects of improved performance in the U.S. dairy cattle ... climate neutrality for US dairy cattle production. J. Dairy Sci. 105(10 ... to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ...

  8. Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/using-dairy-manure-newly-planted-corn-and-soybeans

    10,000 gallons per acre of dairy manure has not negatively impacted crop germination and emergence on ... drag hose through the V3 stage of growth without an issue. The nitrogen in the dairy manure will be ... In recent years, dairy farmers and commercial manure applicators have been moving towards applying ...

  9. Safeguarding Your Herd: How Biosecurity Keeps Salmonella Dublin at Bay

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-1/safeguarding-your-herd-how-biosecurity-keeps

    The encouraging news is that dairy producers can take proactive steps to protect their herds. ... dairy industry are available through the Secure Milk Supply Plan (SMS) ... a bacterial pathogen that presents a significant risk to both the dairy industry and human health. While there ...

  10. Economics

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-5/economics

    Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) program.  A summary of the new Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy insurance ... Dairy Risk Management Programs in the Food, Conservation, and Energy Act 2008: Milk Income Loss Contract ... Program and Livestock Gross Margin-Dairy Insurance Dr. Cameron Thraen, State Specialist, Dairy Markets and ...

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