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Cost of Nutrients: Ohio, May 2003,
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/cost-nutrients-ohio-may-2003
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University The cost of major nutrients remains high. The average cost per megacalorie (Mcal) of net energy lactation (NEL) has steadily gone up over the last 6 to 8 months. As of May 2003, NEL was costi ...
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Risk Management Education
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/risk-management-education
Mr. Robert Fleming Milk producers and the milk industry are faced with a new management challenge- managing their risk due to volatile milk prices. Understanding the complex milk marketing area requires effort and dedication but does offer substantial ret ...
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Ohio Dairy Industry Forum (ODIF) Hosts Trade Discussion
Mr. Tim Demland On February 11th, several Ohio dairy stakeholders attended ODIF's quarterly business meeting and trade discussion, with the following special guests: National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Trade Specialist, Jaime Castenada; Ohio De ...
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Are Your Cows Hot Yet?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/are-your-cows-hot-yet
Dr. Normand St-Pierre and Ms. Dianne Shoemaker Did you know that, on an average, Ohio gets two days of heat stress in the month of April and ten days during the month of May? Thus, you shouldn't wait to start planning and implementing a heat abatemen ...
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Cost of Nutrients in Feedstuffs
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/cost-nutrients-feedstuffs
Dr. Normand St-Pierre From feeds to nutrients In appearance, dairy cows are feed converters. They ingest feeds and produce milk. But, we know that the amount of milk produced per unit of feed ingested is not constant across all feedstuffs. This is because ...
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Dairy Heifer Replacement Programs
Ms. Amanda Hargett Ohio State University Extension is holding a series of Dairy Heifer Replacement programs at locations around Ohio. Topics of discussion are: Heifer Nutrition, Housing Heifers, Business Management, Heifer Reproduction, and Keeping Heifer ...
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Estimating Manure Phosphorus Excretion by Dairy Cows
Dr. Bill Weiss Manure nutrient management plans are required for large dairy operations and eventually may be required for all dairy farms. An important component of nutrient management plans is phosphorous (P) balance. On average, 55 to 65% of the P fed ...
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Livestock Need Fresh Air
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-1/livestock-need-fresh-air
John Smith Just because it is winter and cold outsid,e don't close up the livestock buildings. Good ventilation is important to animals as well as humans, all year around. When the weather turns cold, the natural tendency is to shut the livestock bui ...
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Working With Creditors When Times Are Tight
Dianne Shoemaker A dairy farm may operate with no debt and a few do. The majority of dairy farms, however, use some form of credit to finance their operations. Credit use ranges from long-term mortgages to finance the purchase of land, to loans for buildi ...
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Volume 4 Issue 2
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-4-issue-2
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