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Milk Prices Flatten as Milk Output Stays in High Gear!
5 cents and I can live with it! Now let's turn our attention to prices for April (to be announced on ... black box for coming up with this number is very transparent. This increase is due to a slight increase ... best bet is that cheese plants very likely will have paid close to the announced $11.62 for milk. The ...
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Environmental Rules- Are you in compliance?
Protection Agency released the new revisions to the Clean Water Act for concentrated animal feeding ... General Assembly to revise Ohio's environmental rules for CAFO to abide by the new Federal rules. In ... Concentrated Animal Feeding Facility Advisory Committee. Ohio House Bill 152 has been introduced to the 125th ...
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Alfalfa Weevil: An early-season pest
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-09/alfalfa-weevil-early-season-pest
also the time to be aware of what alfalfa weevil larvae are doing in your forage. While February and ... is essential to maintain a healthy alfalfa stand. Keep in mind that, while your alfalfa may be ... resistant to potato leaf hopper, it is NOT resistant to alfalfa weevil. As a reminder, alfalfa weevil ...
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Planning: A Vital Function of Management
hands, you should manage to make room for planning. We know that you dont like sitting behind a desk to ... needs. Why should you waste your time planning for the future if the world is coming to an end? The ... For most dairy producers, this is a slower time of the year. With a bit of free time in your ...
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Livestock Mortality Composting Certification Program Scheduled
mortality. To legally compost dead livestock in Ohio, producers must attend a certification program. For ... A livestock mortality composting certification program has been scheduled for Tuesday, January 31st at the ... 419-422-3851 (Arnold.2@osu.edu) for more information or contact Ann Meyer at the Putnam County Extension office ...
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MarketView...US. Dairy Outlook Brief 2010
over, this may not be good news for the milk price and ultimately net returns to milk production. With ... milk cow numbers, falling to an average of 8.97 million head for 2010. This is a level last experienced ... in the United States in December 2003. If U.S. milk cow numbers continue to slide, milk prices for ...
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2004 Ohio Dairy Management Conference- Recap of Ray Nebel's presentation: Keys to a Successful Reproductive Management Program
Plan now to attend the December 2006 Conference! See below for a recap of Dr. Ray Nebel's talks on ... "Keys to a Successful Reproductive Management Program". For a copy of the Proceedings, please ... industry personnel, dairy producers, and Extension and agribusiness personnel gathered for information on ...
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Feeding Calves to Grow in Cold Weather
staying healthy- 2 universal objectives for raising calves from birth to weaning. As the seasons change, ... requirements for the first 18 hours of life. Colostrum has twice the level of fat than normal milk to start ... so must our management practices to achieve these two goals. Why? First, a calf is born with ...
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Harvesting Hay Crop Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-3/harvesting-hay-crop-silage
the quality of first cutting will affect your cows for a substantial period of time. Milk production ... decreases about 0.3 lb/day for every 1 unit increase in NDF concentration above about 37%. A good compromise ... between yield, quality, and stand longevity is to cut alfalfa so that the resulting hay or silage has ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
to maintain profitable margins for many producers. The Good Side: Nutrient Prices All is not doom and ... the dietary energy required to produce milk is currently very inexpensive. For MP, its current price ... Using these nutrient costs, we can estimate how much it should cost on an average to feed for a certain ...