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  1. Hay Testing

    https://greene.osu.edu/program-areas/agriculture-and-natural-resources/hay-testing

    practices, and other factors. A forage analysis removes the guesswork from feeding decisions by providing ... forage quality and directly affects animal performance, feed intake, and supplementation needs. Test ... results can help producers match forage quality to animal requirements, reduce feed costs, improve animal ...

  2. Summer Plantings for Alfalfa

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2026-25/summer-plantings-alfalfa

    https://www.frontierdistrict.k-state.edu/crops/crop-production/docs/Alfalfa%20weed%20guide.pdf Alfalfa; Forages ... primarily due to the later timing of first frosts in southern Ohio, since a frost before successful root ... root-feeding insects can become a problem when alfalfa seedlings emerge in a field that has pre-existing living ...

  3. Feeding Pre-Weaned Calves, Part 4: Solid Diet – Feeding the Rumen Transition

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-4/feeding-pre-weaned-calves-part-4-solid-diet-%E2%80%93

    cross-sucking or licking pen fixtures. How to Offer Solid Feeds Even the highest quality starter and forage ... include: Offer starter and forage separately: providing feeds in separate containers allows calves to ... 2012. Effect of different forage sources on performance and feeding behavior of Holstein calves. J. ...

  4. Biosecurity Measures Are Crucial For Farms of All Sizes

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/biosecurity-measures-are-crucial-farms-all-sizes

    programs happening soon.  An ‘Auditing Your Feed and Forage’ program workshop will be held in Salem, Oh on ... rodent entry into your barns. Clean up any spilt feed and keep your livestock feed in containers that ... it is becoming sick, as well as introduce it to your feed, water, and health program.  This should be ...

  5. Assessing Protein Quality in Heat-Treated Soybean Products

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-4/assessing-protein-quality-heat-treated-soybean

    https://www.foragelab.com/Services/Forage-and-Feed/Invitro-Digestibility NASEM. 2021. Nutrient requirements of dairy cattle. 8 th rev. ed. National Academies of Sciences, ... and forages, but for non-ruminants, the protein is primarily supplied by grains. Soybean products are ... soybeans produced in the US, about 97% are processed for animal feed, biofuels and vegetable oil; 2.6% is ...

  6. Warm-Season Annual Grasses for Forage Production

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0230

    research-based guidance to improve forage productivity, decrease reliance on purchased feed, and increase the ... summer feed gaps, support more consistent forage availability, and improve the overall resilience of ... function as an emergency feed source, helping reduce the need for purchased hay. While warm-season forages ...

  7. Preparing for Harvest: Do You Need Silage Inoculants?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-4/preparing-harvest-do-you-need-silage-inoculants

    “…decisions made during the relatively few days a year spent on harvesting and silo filling can affect feeding ... value of the silage for the next year.” Investing time, energy, and resources to get silage harvested ... and stored right are resources well spent. Creating high-quality silage is a product of multiple ...

  8. Managing Energy Partitioning in Lactating Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-4/managing-energy-partitioning-lactating-dairy-cattle

    and increases protein degradation, and insulin declines; each change prioritizes resource use by the ... observed that feeding 26% starch instead of 21% dietary starch increased early lactation milk yield. ... Souza et al. (2021) observed that feeding palmitic acid at 1.5% of diet DM increased milk and milk fat ...

  9. Hunger Action Month Highlights Ohio State Meal-Packing Effort

    https://fcs.osu.edu/news/hunger-action-month-highlights-ohio-state-meal-packing-effort

    to Feeding America, more than 1.8 million Ohio residents face hunger, including over 517,000 ...

  10. Stephanie Hutson joining CFAES Columbus Operations team

    https://ansci.osu.edu/news/stephanie-hutson-joining-cfaes-columbus-operations-team

    In this role, she will support daily dairy operations while managing feed inventory, quality and ...

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