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  1. Tenth Anniversary of Dairy Palooza

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-3/tenth-anniversary-dairy-palooza

    Fairgrounds on April 30. It was a “leap of faith” as the committee began making plans back in the winter. ... project. Evidently, our sponsors believed too, as their response was equally as strong in their commitment. ... purple. Palooza began as a simple idea for dairy club members to learn through hands-on activities. The ...

  2. Spring Hayfield Scouting

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/spring-hayfield-scouting

    weeds. Over the next few weeks, it may be necessary to rescout fields as they receive additional frost ... yield, and eventual crown die-off.  In some cases, as we saw in the spring of 2020, and again last year, ... keep that stand. Most forage specialists and researchers commonly use 55 and 40 as key numbers when ...

  3. Assessing Wheat Crop Grain Versus Forage Economics

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/assessing-wheat-crop-grain-versus-forage-economics

    as a forage and follow with a soybean or corn crop.  Keeping the current wheat may also be important ... remains realistic.  However, if the wheat crop is to be harvested as a forage, delayed corn and soybean ... planting will occur.  To maximize wheat as a forage, the crop will need to develop towards Feekes Growth ...

  4. Importance of Collecting Good Milk Samples

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-2/importance-collecting-good-milk-samples

    samples if more than 24 hours will pass until it can be submitted to the laboratory. ... Dr. Luciana da Costa, Department of Veterinary Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University. As ... basic as it looks, some producers are still not fully aware and familiarized with the importance of or ...

  5. Feeding for Milk Components

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/feeding-milk-components

    provided in Figure 2. Traditionally, milk protein was at a higher price than milk fat, even as evidenced ... starch concentrations (but not so much as to cause acidosis), Increasing dietary inclusion of fermentable ... starch, such as high moisture corn, Increasing concentrations of high-quality undegradable protein, ...

  6. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    downward trend since November. As a word of caution, these estimates of IONC do not account for the cost of ... Alfalfa hay- 40% NDF Soybean hulls 41% Cottonseed meal Feather meal 48% Soybean meal   As coined by Dr. ... within a commodity type can vary considerably because of quality differences as well as non-nutritional ...

  7. JIT Inventory: Amazon-Yes, Dairy Producer-No

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/jit-inventory-amazon-yes-dairy-producer-no

    COVID-19 threw a wrench in the JIT process across the world as raw supply chain disruptions limited the ... seasonally then stored fermented for the year in silo’s or dry as bales. Forage storage has a financial cost ... costs soared. The dairy survived but was financially constrained. As a thumb rule, 1.5 to 2 acres of ...

  8. USDA Dairy Report: March 2023

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/usda-dairy-report-march-2023

    pace, as represented in the table below. Restaurant Performance Index According to data from the ... increase in 15 months.  The National Restaurant Association is optimistic about sales growth, as 58 percent ...

  9. Manure Sampling for Nutrient Analysis

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/manure-sampling-nutrient-analysis

    sample and then collecting a representative sample.  Ideally, a manure sample is submitted before ... spreader. Try to collect at least five samples (more is better) during the application process. As each ... effectively. There are two main challenges to sampling manure for a nutrient analysis, determining when to ...

  10. Corn Silage and Foliar Disease

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/corn-silage-and-foliar-disease

    but a few samples that look like tar spot have been submitted to the lab for diagnosis. Previous years ... be cautious of the preharvest interval of the fungicide used with some being as long as 30 days and ... others as short as 7 days. With silage harvesting beginning around R4 growth stage, 50% milk line, the ...

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