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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
As we all wait anxiously for our fields to dry off enough to allow field work, sowing, and planting, ... we are left to ponder about what direction the swirling dairy winds will be taking for the balance of ... $15.40/cwt for April, May, and June, and $16.23/cwt for the balance of the year. These translate to mailbox ...
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Coming in 2014: Managing Dairy Employees More Effectively Farm Assessment
like about working for you? Do they know your farm’s goals? Are they comfortable talking to management ... is accomplished through people, and more cows per farm means more people are needed to care for those ... designed for farms with more than 10 employees to protect confidentiality of employees. All the employee ...
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Taking Control of Feed Costs
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-3/taking-control-feed-costs
that $200/ton for cottonseed must have been a revenge of the Confederates. How much I would like to see ... I remember thinking that $3.00/bu for corn was outrageous, that $300/ton for soybean meal was a rip-off, and ... situation, it is unlikely that we will see cheap feeds anytime soon. So what is a dairy producer to do? Cows ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-8/milk-price-outlook
April's $11.82 to May's $11.05, cheese and butter prices showed strong increases. What is ahead for ... Cam Thraen, Agricultural Economist The announced Basic Formula Price (BFP) for June is $ 13.10 ... per cwt. for milk testing 3.5 percent butterfat. This price is up $2.22 over the May price and $2.36 ...
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The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
a drastic reduction in New Zealand due to a severe drought, an inability for the European Union to raise its ... 2013. For convenience, Table 3 summarizes the economic classification of feeds according to their ... Midwest is once again under a blanket of snow. That’s good for restoring soil moisture in a region that ...
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Students Excel in 2010 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest
provides the opportunity for undergraduates at Ohio State University to experience the process of ... students then had 20 minutes to present their results and 10 minutes for questions from the judges. The ... Emily Severt*, and Lindsey Raubenolt. The top 4 individuals for the contest that were selected to ...
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Personnel Changes in the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University
December 1999 and was promoted to Professor in 2011. He received the PhD and MS degrees in meat science ... for his meat science program and teaching accomplishments. His contact information is: 110B Animal ... July to join the Department of Dairy Science at Virginia Tech. Reagan Bluel, Waterman Dairy Farm ...
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BIG SWINGS IN WEATHER PATTERN AHEAD
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2017-10/big-swings-weather-pattern-ahead
down before a warm finish to the month. The outlook for summer still looks warmer than normal with ... inches for the next 2 weeks with heaviest totals in western areas of Ohio. Normal is about 2 inches. The ...
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CORN SILAGE FEEDING MANAGEMENT
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-8/corn-silage-feeding-management
grain content than normal. What does all this mean to managing corn silage in your feeding program? For ... being fed at a higher percentage of the forage dry matter today as compared to years ago. There is good ... reason for this as todays cows are capable of higher levels of milk production and need a much higher ...
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Milk Price Inversion in Ohio Federal Milk Marketing Orders
of course is why is there a deduction in my milk price for July? And, second, what happened to the ... calculation for the Class 1 and Class 2 prices, (2) a rapid rise in the BFP from May 1998 to July 1998, and ... Consider the following set of events. You open up the envelope from your favorite milk buyer expecting to ...