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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 ...
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Nutrition of Jersey Cows- Little Holstein Cows or a Breed Apart?,
mastitis and lameness, and greater longevity, while their temperament and size means they are friendly to ... the above factors, it is likely that interest in the Jersey breed will continue to increase. In ... which guidelines for Jersey cows can be based. This article reviews some of this information. Feed ...
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MarketView...U.S. Dairy Outlook Brief March- May 2011
production year to the 3,250 reported for the 2010 production year. To keep up with the daily dairy futures ... production for the United States over the last 10 years. This edition of MarketView will highlight a few of ... feed prices back in early 2009 has all but vanished, as milk output has now returned to its long term ...
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Early Termination of Cover Crops
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/early-termination-cover-crops
late March to early April time frame. Ideally we would like to see less than 8 inches of growth for ... Cover crops provide multiple benefits with regards to protecting soil from erosion, improving soil ... health, and as a component of a nutrient management plan. For those cover crops that over winter and ...
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Nutrition
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-6/nutrition
Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Which forage is usually more economical for Ohio dairy farmers ... to produce and feed to their cows? This article provides the answer to that pressing question. ...
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Where are Your Records for Manure Application
Ms. Amanda Meddles, Extension Program Coordinator for Environmental Management, The Ohio State ... if this happens to you? Keeping accurate and detailed application records could mean the difference ... between avoiding a complaint and being fined for misapplying. Good records should include details about ...
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Stretching Corn Silage Supplies
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/stretching-corn-silage-supplies
NDF). To account for a loss in effective NDF, total NDF intake should be increased by 1.1 x 2 = 2.2 ... (minimum concentration for adequate forage diets) to about 35% (i.e., 21% forage NDF (requirement with ... corn silage was harvested last September. The silage is fed to 150 lactating cows at the rate of 40 ...
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Milking Machines and Milk Quality
or nominal vacuum on the system should be 12.5 to 13.5" Hg for low lines and bucket milkers and ... 14 to 15" Hg for high lines. Measurement: Measurement of effective reserve and manual reserve on ... claw. Cluster- There should be a provision for release of vacuum in the claw prior to removal of the ...
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Milk Production for Ohio Dairy Herds
important to monitor the yield of milk and the composition of milk, especially for the individual farmer, ... average milk yield per cow, whether for all Ohio, Ohio herds on DHI, or for the US, has increased 1 to 2% ... for all herds in Ohio. Even at $15/cwt, that would equate to about an additional $500/cow per year or ...
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MarketView...U.S. Dairy Outlook Brief October-December 2010
consider the prospects for the observed variability in dairy commodity prices to continue into the future. ... MarketView, I will take a look at the variability for both dairy commodity prices (butter, cheese, nonfat dry ... depth of the increases and decreases will grow greater and deeper” (italics added for emphasis). Now, ...