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Busted: rbST Milk Myth Machine is Revealed
milk purchasers and resellers, including the Kroger Company, used this argument in deciding to stop ... disheartening if it was anywhere close to being true. In a June 29 guest editorial in the New York Times (hardly ... a bastion of conservatism...), Henry I. Miller advocated "... the use of rBST to help increase the ...
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15- Measures of Competitiveness
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/15-measures-competitiveness
farmers ask: how much debt can my dairy handle? While the debt to asset ratio looks at the overall debt ... a dairy, cows generate the money needed to make principal payments. If debt per cow is too high When debt ... additional debt -increase net income per cow and pay down debt -withdraw less from the farm for family living ...
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When is the Best Time to Market Cull Cows?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-3/when-best-time-market-cull-cows
for other Ohio regions, but not markedly so. Compared to January 2005, prices of nutrients (Table 1) ... currently wise to reduce the safety margins of dairy rations for net energy and undegradable protein. ... Meanwhile, the markets are willing to pay you for increasing your usage of rumen degradable protein and ...
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Pre-Spring Housekeeping Around the Farm
of year getting equipment ready for spring work. As you are doing maintenance and repairs on ... equipment to prevent any delays, remember to do some daily basic housekeeping in the shop. · Keep ... walkways and areas in front of workbenches free of clutter. Mark walkways on the floor to prevent trip or ...
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Looking for Farmers to Participate in Grain Dust Study
Ohio farmers are being asked to participate in a study about their dust exposure while working ... (BWC) to learn the real exposures farmers experience at when they unload and clean their bins. The aim ... of this research will help identify safety and health practices used on Ohio farms to help solve (or ...
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Using Manure with Growing Crops
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/using-manure-growing-crops
source of nitrogen for growing crops. However, the large volume of manure needed to meet the nitrogen ... Mr. Glen Arnold, Extension Agriculture Educator, Putnam County Applying animal manure to a growing ... crop can add an additional window of time rarely utilized for manure application. Also, applying animal ...
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Safety and Health Topics for your Upcoming Winter Programs
specifically for your audience group, or feel free to select a topic from our “Most Popular List” below. The ... changing behaviors! We look forward to scheduling in your area for the 2016 season. “Tractor and Equipment ... and learning about safe work practices for the farm and agritainment businesses” What rules apply to ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
used these results in combination with component prices for Federal Order 33 to calculate a benchmark ... feed commodities traded or available in Ohio to determine the implicit costs of nutrients and estimate ... Results for the nutrient costs are reported in Table 1. Net energy for lactation is still at a very high ...
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Ohio Will Host the Professional Heifer Growers
rapidly growing and important organization has as their mission: Heifer growers dedicated to growing ... high quality dairy replacements. One of the goals of the organization is to provide educational ... programs and professional development opportunities for heifer growers. That opportunity will be available ...
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DEADLINE: Warren County Fair Entries Due
https://warren.osu.edu/events/deadline-warren-county-fair-entries-due
All Junior Fair entries are due to the Extension office by 4:30 pm on Monday, June 17. ...