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Multi State Dairy Beef Program Being Offered
Garth Ruff, Beef Field Specialist, Ohio State University Extension Dairy producers over the past few years have faced a variety of challenges: low milk prices, increased feed costs, and often a surplus of heifers to enter the herd. In an effort to manage ...
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Gearing Up for Spring Planting
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/gearing-spring-planting
Dr. Mark Sulc, Professor and Extension Forage Specialist, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science and Jason Hartschuh, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crawford County, Ohio State University Extension ...
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Considering Corn Silage Cost of Production
Dianne Shoemaker, Dairy Farm Management Field Specialist, Ohio State University Extension The cost of raising a ton of corn silage, like the cost of producing a hundredweight of milk, varies across farms and years. For example, in 2019 the 33 Ohio Farm Bu ...
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Ventilation System Maintenance Is Critical to Keeping Cows Comfortable
Jason Hartschuh, Extension Educator, Crawford County, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension March is one of the most challenging months on the farm to keep barns properly ventilated. We often see temperatures in the teens and ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
April F. White, Graduate Student, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Milk prices In the last issue, the Class III futures for January and February were at $16.12/cwt and $15.56/cwt, respectively. Class III closed at $15.75/cwt in Dec ...
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USDA Projects Dairy Production to 2030
Chris Zoller, Tuscarawas County Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Ohio State University Extension The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) recently released the interagency report: USDA Agricultural Projections to 2030. The ...
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Beef Sire Selection for the Dairy Herd
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/beef-sire-selection-dairy-herd
Allen Gahler, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Sandusky County, Ohio State University Extension Creating half-blood bull calves with sexed beef bull semen can increase profitability on the dairy farm. By some estimates, fed cattle th ...
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VOLUME 23, ISSUE 2
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
April F. White, Graduate Student, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University Milk prices In the last issue, the Class III futures for November and December were at $23.10 and $16.09/cwt, respectively. Class III closed at $17.08/cwt in Decemb ...
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Thank You
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-1/thank-you
Dr. Bill Weiss, Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University I came to The Ohio State University in January 1981 as a Ph.D. student working with Dr. Russ Conrad on the nutritional value of heat-damaged forages for dairy cows. About ...