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  1. Chopping Soybeans for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/chopping-soybeans-silage

    plant dry matter) to cause problems. Under normal growing, R-7 stage beans contain about 10% fat (whole ... adequately. If your soybeans contain much more than about 10% fat, they should be blended with other crops ...

  2. Safety Training

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-3-issue-3/safety-training

    a close call safety story; here is mine. I was 14. The family had been baling hay all day. It was 5 p.m. ... tractor from being tipped. It never crossed my mind as a 14 year old that the wagon would tip. After all, ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-16-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    settled at $23.35/cwt, an increase of $2.20 over January and $6.10 over February of last year.  For the ... the feed costs to produce a hundredweight of milk in Ohio are in the $10.50 to $11.00/cwt range.  This ... in Table 1. Compared to its historical 6-year average of about 10¢/Mcal, NE L is still priced above ...

  4. Dairy Policy and Market Watch

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/dairy-policy-and-market-watch

    challenge filed here in Toledo, Ohio (Bridgewater Dairy, LLC, et al.-vs- USDA) will push the USDA/AMS to ...

  5. Dairy Feed Bunk Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-19-issue-5/dairy-feed-bunk-management

    spend 4 to 6 hours per day eating, ideally divided into 9 to 14 separate meals or feeding sessions. The ...

  6. Feeding Lower Quality Hay Crop Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-4/feeding-lower-quality-hay-crop-forages

    corn silage = 10; 10/0.40 = 25% alfalfa). If the alfalfa contained 50% NDF, then the diet should ... contain 20% alfalfa (21- 11 = 10; 10/0.5 = 20%). Additional supplemental protein may be needed because of ...

  7. Update on Footbaths for Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/update-footbaths-dairy-cattle

    Footbaths are generally viewed as helpful when disease is present at a low (<10%) level. When more ... treatment. Size the treatment bath to be at least 8 and preferably 10 feet long. Maintain a 5-inch solution ... chemicals are effective for around 150 to 200 cow passes. Copper sulfate at 5 to 10% has been the most ...

  8. Austin Ayars Memorial Scholarship Launched

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-19-issue-3/austin-ayars-memorial-scholarship-launched

    been a premier site for dairy judging teams from across the United States to visit and evaluate high ...

  9. Milking Machines and Milk Quality

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-1/milking-machines-and-milk-quality

    average vacuum in the claw during milking of 10.5 to 12.5" Hg. This normally indicates that the set ... 14 to 15" Hg for high lines. Measurement: Measurement of effective reserve and manual reserve on ...

  10. The Land of “MILC and Honey”- Dairy Policy Watch 2013

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-5/land-%E2%80%9Cmilc-and-honey%E2%80%9D-dairy-policy-watch-2013

    representative farms (~1/10th of US milk supply). Program/Herd Size Catastrophic Margin Mean Reverting Margin ... Milk Income Loss Contract                 1-49 head  16.0 1.06 1.4 0.09 0.7 0.04   4.0 0.27 50-99 head ...   7.2 0.47 50-99 head   33.1 1.60 1.7 0.08 >0 >0   9.8 0.47 100-499 head   92.8 1.56 1.4 0.04 ...

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