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  1. Tunnel Ventilation- Fad or Fan?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-9/tunnel-ventilation-fad-or-fan

    are designed to generate 350 feet per minute (4 mph) with all fans operating. For perspective, ... fans on thermostats to allow for varying the airflow. Preliminary evaluation:   The primary advantages ... maintain milk production for enough additional days each summer compared to a naturally ventilated building ...

  2. Getting the Last Cutting of Alfalfa

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-5/getting-last-cutting-alfalfa

    alfalfa occurs when temperatures drop to 25 o F or less for several hours. So the period from ... be attempted on soils prone to heaving! Removal of the top growth cover increases the potential for ... Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, Ohio State University Early September is ideal for taking that ...

  3. Milk Price Outlook

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/milk-price-outlook

    above $13.00 per cwt. BFPs above $13.00 per cwt. will place producer pay prices for milk in the mid to ... Gary Schnitkey The Basic Formula Price (BFP) for January was released on February 5th.  For ... Currently, BFP futures contracts for February are trading above $13.00.  This trading, along with most analys ...

  4. rbST Safety Around the World

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-2/rbst-safety-around-world

    a current registration of rbST for commercial sale. Chile is the most recent country to grant registration ... 22nd session, the commission decided to suspend the consideration of the adoption of MRL for bovine ... would be hard to follow the logic of an approach that considers a product unsafe for consumers in the EU ...

  5. Handling and Transporting Neonatal Calves

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/handling-and-transporting-neonatal-calves

    immuno-suppressed, and this makes it more difficult for the animal to cope with the additional stress of transport. ... most dairy cattle lived on one farm from birth to death. However, transportation of young animals has ... the farm to separate rearing facilities within the first week of life, and then perhaps moved again ...

  6. Ohio Dairy Industry Forum (ODIF) Hosts Trade Discussion

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/ohio-dairy-industry-forum-odif-hosts-trade-discussion

    best-case scenario to restore a more equitable marketing environment is for Ontario and Quebec officials to ... could be taken to assure that market equitability in the region is sustained. Currently, shipments of ... raw milk continue to move into Ohio's neighbors, Pennsylvania and Indiana. Ohio's Department ...

  7. Variation in Corn Silage Will Result in Different Dietary Strategies

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-4/variation-corn-silage-will-result-different-dietary

    Buckeye Dairy News provides guidelines to follow for proper harvesting and pricing of corn with different ... of feeding corn with no ears to being well eared. Even with well-eared corn for silage, the cost of ... will be harvested ranging from no ears to being well-eared. Information elsewhere in this issue of ...

  8. Milk Price Outlook

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/milk-price-outlook

    per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up to $0.80 over the last month price ... Cameron Thraen, Dairy Economist The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for the month is $16.84 ... equal to the base month M-W price @ 3.5 of $16.26 plus a butter/powder/cheese price adjustment from ...

  9. Tough Management Yields- Dairy Profits

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/tough-management-yields-dairy-profits

    profits.  Farmers that did not plan for feed purchases or that failed to take control of production ... potential for profits on well managed dairy farms.  This report summarized over 90 Ohio farm businesses that ... used FINPACK for year-end analysis.  The report represents farms from 31 Ohio counties.  Participation ...

  10. Milk Pricing and Policy

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/milk-pricing-and-policy

    intended for use in food and animal feed. If passed, the new TRQ's would have to be consistent with ... that is out-of-touch with international market realities. Look for this one to be hotly debated by both ... prices, and Class prices continue to sit on the price support floor as the year unwinds. My forecast for ...

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