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Milk Prices May Firm as the Summer Heats Up and U.S. Milk Production Cools Off
like to follow my weekly price projections for the milk and dairy product markets, you can do so by ... the heat wave does not let up soon, look for any tightness in the cheese market to be reflected in ... still looking for butter prices to begin to increase and move into the mid $1.20's/lb toward the ...
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Labor Management Series: Farm Transition to Non-Family
as the most likely candidates. For many, it’s ‘out of the box’ thinking to consider having someone ... 1 = Poor, 3 = Fair, 5 = Excellent In order for a potential successor to be successful, they must assume ... opportunity for you to understand how your successor makes decisions. Allow your successor to develop and use ...
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OARDC Biomass to Energy Program
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-5/oardc-biomass-energy-program
and renewable energy sources will need to be developed to meet the increasing demand for ... livestock manures to produce methane-based biogas for limited heating and electrical generation is an ... reliability. Improved biogas quality may be applicable to new technologies for improved efficiency for ...
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Soybean Meal- They're Not All the Same
ranked second to corn ($1.6 billion) for cash receipts. However, during this same time period, 1.5 more ... acres of soybeans were planted in Ohio than acres of corn. With the demand for corn to use in ethanol ... been advertised heavily during recent months the importance of the livestock industry to the market for ...
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Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-2/price-outlook
University Dairy Economist, Extension Specialist The Class IV market continues to be the driver for the class ... III futures contract prices continue to trade between $9.58 for the nearby to a high of $12.62 for the ... prices. Cheese is now moving to government storehouses in the form of processed cheese product. CME Class ...
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Now that the Forages are Harvested
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-7/now-forages-are-harvested
time to consider contacting for grain and other concentrate ingredients. Minimize the risk of feed ... exists for your business. If possible, let silages ferment for two to four weeks before feeding. Forages ... need to be analyzed NOW for nutrient composition. Considerable variation in composition of corn silage ...
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Ammonia Emissions from Dairy Farms- The Basics
allowing the State to maintain its rank of 11th in the nation for total milk production. With this milk ... plants). This processing capacity has helped the State to maintain a strong dairy industry and for the ... contract with local crop farmers for feed production and for land application of manure to provide ...
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A Look Back at the Dairy Business of 2013
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-1/look-back-dairy-business-2013
allows them to identify strengths and areas for improvement across their farm. These 35 dairy farms ... industry. That said, there is a wealth of information in these numbers for all Ohio farms to use as they ... head. Herd size for the top 20% ranged from less than 70 to more than 800 cows. The only herd size not ...
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Minimizing Heat Stress in the Dairy Facility
the holding area for blowing toward the back of the holding area. Add another row of fans every 20 to ... 24 ft for 36-inch diameter fans and 30 to 36 ft for 48-inch fans. Mount fans as low as possible ... as for the holding area. Adding soaker nozzles to wet the cows will improve the cooling affect. ...
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What are LEAP and OFAER?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/what-are-leap-and-ofaer
2 training session is required of farmers who wish to become eligible recipients for agricultural pollution ... session to earn points towards qualifying for the grant. On-Farm Assessment & Environmental Review ... Program To help Ohio's livestock and poultry producers identify and address key management issues ...