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Heat and Colostrum, Friend and Foe
relative humidity.) Heifers were exposed to these environments for approximately 3 weeks before calving. Is ... this happening with your heifers? The only way to know for sure is to measure the IgG concentrations in ... calf heifers. Conversely, heat treatment of colostrum can have more than one benefit according to data ...
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Impact of Frost on Soybean and Corn Survival
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/impact-frost-soybean-and-corn-survival
assessed for damage at least five days after suspected injury to inspect for regrowth. If damage occurred ... to 28 degrees F or lower for even a few minutes. Effects of low temperatures on germination are far ... Soybean: Last Monday, May 16, air temperatures dropped to high 20s/low 30s causing some freeze ...
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Let It Grow, Let It Grow
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/let-it-grow-let-it-grow
The weather continues to be favorable for the majority of the state as mainly dry conditions ... along with temperatures well above normal for late May. Temperatures soared into the double digits above ... in the form of isolated, albeit heavy convection causing problems for a few, while leaving most ...
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Evaluate the Total Amount of Corn-Derived Protein in Diets When Considering Using Distillers Grains
affecting milk protein or milk yield. To maintain diet total CP at 17%, then for every 1 percentage unit of ... fed to dairy cows. Across the individual studies, diets contained 0 and 42% distillers grains (DM ... basis), milk yields ranged from about 50 to 100 lb/day and milk true protein concentration ranged from ...
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The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
Ohio State University Until the crops are in, feed markets will be highly reactive to Chinese buying ... a very low stock-to-use ratio (i.e., small carry-over), then small changes in projected supply or demand ... can have disproportionate effects on feed prices. The uncertainty might be hard to stomach until ...
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Key Factors to Success
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/key-factors-success
Don Rogers, a keynote speaker at the Ohio Dairy Conference, suggests 10 key factors for success in ... sized to match your resources efficiently. Herds of less than 100 cows should focus on maintaining low ... must focus on capital, labor and facilities efficiency. Herds in the 100 to 200 cow size appear to be ...
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2006 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest
provides the opportunity for undergraduates at Ohio State University to experience the process of ... farm records to provide a summary of the strengths and opportunities for the operation in the format of ... Moritz, Maureen O'Brien, and Amanda Todd. The top 4 individuals for the contest selected to ...
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Fungicide Use on Alfalfa
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/fungicide-use-alfalfa
This week I was asked about applying fungicides to alfalfa because of the wet weather pattern we ... are experiencing. There are indeed some foliar fungicides that are labelled for alfalfa. The benefit ... to their use depends greatly on the weather conditions, with positive yield responses occurring when ...
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Observations from Tour of Matlink Dairy in New York
some excess electrical power for sale to the local utility, Niagara Mohawk. The heat generated also ... tour to Matlink Dairy. Located in Clymer, NY (the very southwest corner of New York) just outside the ... village of Clymer, the 600+ cow dairy farm needed to make improvements in the dairy manure management and ...
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Feeding Glycerol to Dairy Cattle
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/feeding-glycerol-dairy-cattle
ingredient for dairy cattle. Feeding glycerol may have to be limited more when diets are rather high in NFC. ... for animal feed. So, additional research is going to be needed to determine the variation in ... ingredients are listed in order from highest to lowest concentration), you will find glycerin (another name ...