Site
Search results
-
USDA Releases July Dairy Outlook
numbers were 4,100 higher than the same week one year ago. Milk production in May was 0.5 lb less than ... %2015%20Measures%20of%20Dairy%20Farm%20Competitiveness%20Final%20%281%29.pdf, Ohio State University Extension Farm ... University Extension Ohio Farm Business Analysis and Benchmarking Program at: ...
-
Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
farms, July 21, 2021. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the Sesame analysis for central Ohio on July 21, ... April F. White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... University Milk prices In the last issue, the Class III futures for May and June were at $18.93/cwt and ...
-
Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program
A case study using data from a beef-dairy crossbreeding program was developed to illustrate a systematic ... replacement program: a) growth and development (e.g., double calf birth weight by 60 days of life, 1.9-2 ... Preventive Medicine, The Ohio State University Many dairy herds are implementing a beef-dairy crossbreeding ...
-
Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
(https://extensionpubs.osu.edu/2020-weed-control-guide-for-ohio-indiana-and-illinois-pdf/).  ... Science, The Ohio State University The month of August provides a window of opportunity for establishing ... be firm enough for a footprint to sink no deeper than one-half inch. Tilled seedbeds do not need ...
-
Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality
Medicine, The Ohio State University Mastitis is the most common and costly disease affecting dairy cows, ranking ... welfare and causes significant economic losses through decreased milk yield, reduced milk quality, early ... control program to improve milk quality at the herd level: Point #1: Establishment of goals for udder ...
-
Green Umbrella awarded a USDA Farm to School
https://hamilton.osu.edu/news/green-umbrella-awarded-usda-farm-school
Farm to School Curriculum Coordinator, launch a training program for cohorts of teachers to develop ... with key partners Ohio State- Hamilton County 4-H, Gorman Heritage Farm, Civic Garden Center, and ... Cuyahoga County Board of Health!  "Green Umbrella’s Food Policy Council (FPC) will lead development ...
-
Creeping Towards Harvest
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/creeping-towards-harvest
Haley Zynda, Extension Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Wayne County, Ohio State ... Since there is only one shot to get it right, you have to make corn silage harvest count. The feed you ... appearance of the milkline), or 40 days after silking (for Ohio). Dry matter yield in tons/acre is maximized ...
-
Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages
to 60% moisture. We have also had at least one barn fire in Ohio caused by sorghum bales that seemed ... Educator, Agriculture and Natural Resources, Crawford County, The Ohio State University Summer annual ... listed in the Ohio Agronomy Guide are shown in Table 7-12. Table 7-12: Harvest Information for ...
-
Steps to Speed up Field Curing of Hay Crops
cases, it may be better to gamble more on the weather just to get the old crop off and a new one started. ... Extension Educator, Sandusky County, The Ohio State University The rainy weather in many regions of Ohio and ... dried a bit, the crop can be spread out with the tedder. Tedding twice may decrease drying time. Tedding ...
-
Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters
Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle Field Specialist and Greg LaBarge, Agronomic Crops Field Specialist, Ohio ... State University Extension Hay and haylage crops are grown on just over 1 million acres in Ohio (NASS, ... 2019) and are grown on more Ohio farms (44% of all farms) than any other crop (Becot et al., 2020). In ...