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Feed and Nutrient Costs in Dairy Production: Where are we now?
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University Rain, rain, rain… When is it ‘gonna’ stop? As I write this column, Ohio is still getting more than its share of rain. The Southwest is under drought, while the Eastern Cornbel ...
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Evaluate the Total Amount of Corn-Derived Protein in Diets When Considering Using Distillers Grains
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University Variety is not only the spice of life, it also can increase milk yields and concentrations and yields of milk protein. Researchers at Michigan State University (Hollmann et ...
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Estimating Alfalfa NDF in the Field
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-2/estimating-alfalfa-ndf-field
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University First harvest of alfalfa is fast approaching. Timely cutting is critical for obtaining high quality forage. For lactating dairy cows, the optimal NDF of pure alfalfa ranges from 35 to 4 ...
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Ohio State Participates in the 2011 North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The 10th anniversary of the North American Intercollegiate Dairy Challenge ® (NAIDC; http://dairychallenge.org) was March 31-April 2 in Hickory, NC. The contest attracted 127 col ...
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Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference: Another Successful Year
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The 2011 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference (http://tristatedairy.osu.edu) was held April 19-20 in Ft. Wayne, IN at the Grand Wayne Center. This was a monumental year for the C ...
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2011 Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging Contest at Spring Dairy Expo
Mrs. Bonnie Ayars, Extension Dairy Program Specialist, The Ohio State University The Ohio 4-H Dairy Judging contest was held on April 2nd during Spring Dairy Expo. Typically, our largest dairy event for youth, there were nearly 375 attending. Our contest ...
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MarketView…Livestock Gross Market Insurance Product and Price Forcasts
Dr. Cameron Thraen, State Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University If you have been looking for the Ohio Dairy 2011 website and are unable to connect, this is because it is on the move. Recent changes to the College of Food, Agriculture and Enviro ...
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Costs of Nutrients, Comparison of Feedstuff Prices, and the Current Dairy Situation
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) pdf file The milk and feed markets have clearly gone up over the last few months – nobody has missed this. With all these changes, however, it is too easy to loose ...
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Nothing Stands Still: High Moisture Corn and Corn Silage is Different in Summer than in the Fall and Winter
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) pdf file The high moisture (HM) corn and corn silage fed today was made 9 or 10 months ago, and they are not the same feedstuffs as they were last winter. If H ...
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Dairying by the Numbers- A Challenge to be the Best: Summer Activities
Ms. Dianne Shoemaker, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The top 20% of dairy producers are really profitable. Year in and year out, as a dairy producer, you want to be in the top 20% (measured by return on assets). Interestingly, the ...