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  1. 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

    can be helpful to compare the prices in Table 1 to the 5-year averages. With some lower reported feed ... by about 40%. These changes can be largely attributed to a lower reported cost of feeds providing ... dairy farms, March 15, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the SESAME™ analysis for central Ohio on ...

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

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    unpaid labor and farm-produced feeds. The cumulative 10 year net return to economic cost has been less ... size that exist in US milk production (see Figure 6).  Economies of size are much greater for non-feed ... than feed cost.  Over 2016-2022, highest and lowest feed cost differ by $2.50/cwt ($12.87- $10.37) but ...

  3. Why Do Cows Bunch?

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    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 ... environmental stress, flies, electrical stimuli like stray voltage, or limited access to feed or water. A brief ...

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

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    the use of methane mitigating feed additives. Incentives are coming into view for such a practice to ... have an economic return, but we will cover both methane mitigating feed additives and the carbon ... emissions (35%), feed production (26%), and energy use (6%; Figure 2). Of course, this can vary tremendously ...

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

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    program premium. All current indications are for stronger milk prices in 2024 and lower feed costs; ... events could affect this projection by either increasing feed costs or lowering milk price. As a risk ... production for 2024 and improve your cost controls as you can begin to project home-grown feed costs for the ...

  6. Spring Forage Establishment

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    Recommendations (https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages). Phosphorus levels for grass ... stand that is productive and competitive with weeds. An excellent resource for calibration is the video ...

  7. Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices

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    disinfection! Organic material, such as manure or feed residue, that are left on surfaces can interact with ...

  8. 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

    1. Prices of dairy nutrients for Ohio dairy farms, January 12, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results ... results for all 26 feed commodities are reported. The lower and upper limits mark the 75% confidence range ... for the predicted (break-even) prices. Feeds in the “Appraisal Set” were those for which we didn’t ...

  9. Feeding and Nutrition

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    Feeding Management Resources: Energy and Protein Energetics for the Practicing Nutritionist Energy: ... Phosphorus Excretion by Dairy Cows (MS Excel file) Factors Affecting Manure Excretion by Dairy Cows Poisonous ... Where to Have Your Water Tested Other Feed Resources Calculating Value of Feeds (MS Excel file) ...

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

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    determine the best treatment protocols to adopt for your operation.  Calf Feeding: In confirmed ... Dublin-affected herds, feeding waste milk is an exposure risk for calves. Consider pasteurizing colostrum and ... Hygiene: Clean and disinfect vehicles and equipment entering and leaving the farm, including feed trucks ...

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