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Hay Matters: Smart Storage and Testing Tips, Plus Some Events
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/hay-matters-smart-storage-and-testing-tips-plus-some-events
be $15 and additional samples can be submitted for $20 each. Sample information forms can be ... Dairy Service Unit will host their annual Dairy Summit and Twilight Tour on July 15 th. This year’s ... forage sampling anr events dairy twilight tour upcoming events ANR Agriculture and Natural Resources ...
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Buckeye Dairy Network Feeder School
https://wayne.osu.edu/events/buckeye-dairy-network-feeder-school
OSU Extension presents Buckeye Dairy Network Feeder School August 8, 2025 8:30am-4pm Farm Shop, ... limited to first 20 participants Feeder School topics: Review of Dairy Nutrition Forage Safety & ... Management Evaluating Forages on the Dairy Value of Forages Feed Mixing 101 TMR Program Implementation Audit ...
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OSU Extension Offering Hay Testing Program
a forage sampler from 12-15 bales for each lot of hay being sampled. Place all of the core samples in ... maximizing quantity of forage for harvest. The lower a producer cuts their forage to the soil surface; the ... baled wetter than optimum. In a previous issue of the Ohio Beef Cattle Newsletter Chris Penrose and Dan ...
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July and August Newsletter
https://allen.osu.edu/news/july-and-august-newsletter
Our latest newsletter includes information about Booth Watch, Special Interest Judging, Livestock ... Judging, Show Closet, Silent Auction, Poultry Department News, Fight the Hunger Stock the Trailer food ... drive, Photo ID's and lots more. Click below to keep up to date. July August Newsletter Quick Links ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops-0
annual forage crops are best used for pasture or silage rather than for hay. Double-cropping combinations ... are feasible with these annual forage crops (for example, spring grains followed by summer annual ... confinement dairy operations, but it should also be considered for any operation in need of supplemental ...
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Annual Forage Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/annual-forage-crops
annual forage crops are best used for pasture or silage rather than for hay. Double-cropping combinations ... are feasible with these annual forage crops (for example, spring grains followed by summer annual ... grasses or brassicas). Corn Silage of corn for silage is a primary component of most confinement dairy ...
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Preserving Forage as Hay and Silage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/preserving-forage-hay-and-silage
bales at 13%–15% moisture content. If the forage is wetter than these ranges for hay, use hay ... Good management practices are required for storing forage as either dry hay or as silage or balage ... Curing forage for hay requires more drying time, resulting in greater chances for rain damage, and more ...
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Purchasing Hay Equipment: Forage Mowers
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0186
slopes, especially for tractors that are light in the front end windrowing the forage requires tedding or ... inverting to allow for proper drying shorter mowing widths Mower Conditioners Some of the most common forage ... to two auxiliary hydraulic remotes. When mowing a forage for haylage production, set the conditioner ...
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OSU tackles H5N1 in upcoming webinar
https://cfaes.osu.edu/news/articles/osu-tackles-h5n1-in-upcoming-webinar
the ongoing outbreak in U.S. dairy cattle. The one-hour presentation will also include a 15 ... Monday, July 28, 2025 Time: 2:00PM – 3:15PM Registration: Register Here Cost: Free News Tips and Events ... have been around for centuries. But the highly pathogenic avian influenza A (H5N1) virus has spilled ...
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Summer-Annual Grasses
https://agcrops.osu.edu/specialization-areas/forages/summer-annual-grasses-0
cool-season forages are less productive. Because the need for extra forage usually becomes apparent after row ... digestibility are available, as described above for sudangrass. FORAGE SORGHUM (Sorghum bicolor (L.) Moench.) ... grows 6 to 15 feet tall and has potential for high yields. It is utilized as a one-cut silage or ...