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USDA Releases July Dairy Outlook
(https://www.ers.usda.gov/webdocs/outlooks/101676/ldp-m-325.pdf?v=2053.7) on July 16, 2021. This monthly outlook provides supply and use projections based on the World ... Measures of Competitiveness bulletin available at: https://dairy.osu.edu/sites/dairy/files/imce/2019 ... %2015%20Measures%20of%20Dairy%20Farm%20Competitiveness%20Final%20%281%29.pdf, Ohio State University Extension Farm ...
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Fall Armyworm Information
https://clermont.osu.edu/news/fall-armyworm-information
each year. The damaging life stage, larvae, live for about two weeks but this can change based on ... getting on your knees and looking at the top of the grass blades during cooler parts of the day, down near ...
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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 ... Actual, breakeven (predicted) and 75% confidence limits of 26 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms ... farms, July 21, 2021. ...
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Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program
heifers were raised on-site at a different facility. Pregnancy diagnosis was performed weekly for cows (32 ... crossbreeding program. The dairy herd was enrolled in DHIA and maternity data available on calf losses were ... program for all or a portion of their lactating cows in order to add value to newborn calves. In beef ...
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Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters
2019) and are grown on more Ohio farms (44% of all farms) than any other crop (Becot et al., 2020). In ... addition, there are over 1.3 million acres of pastureland on nearly 39,000 farms (50% of all farms) in the ... for Ohio farmers to manage on-farm nutrients as efficiently as possible. A farmer’s ability to find ...
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Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality
A milk culture will be needed to identify the pathogen(s) causing the infection. On most farms, mild and ... spread of infectious disease on farms. Keep the herd as closed as possible. If you purchase animals into ... the farm level. Therefore, listed below are key points expanded from the National Mastitis Council ...
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Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages
used as additional sources of forage on dairy farms. This article discusses harvest and grazing ... Summer-Annual Grasses. We planted a trial on July 19, 2013 near South Charleston, OH to evaluate the yield and ... to heights greater than 50 inches might be advantageous if extra forage is needed on the farm and ...
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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. ... long-lasting effects on hay crops. We’ve seen many fields where stand loss in wheel tracks led to lower forage ... evening. Proper dry matter content for haylage ranges from 30 to 50% (50 to 70% moisture), depending on the ...
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Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
mold on alfalfa seedlings and infects plants later during the cool rainy spells in late October and ... seed. This affects the number of seeds planted in planters set to plant seed on a weight basis. Seed ... one-quarter to one-half inch deep. It is better to err on the side of planting shallow rather than too deep. ...
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Milk Production of Ohio Dairy Herds (2016 through 2020)
milk, especially for the individual farmer, because the income of the dairy farm depends on this source ... program are provided in Table 1. Not all herds on DHI are included in the table below because of the ... within a farm. The income over feed costs (IOFC) and feed costs per hundred of milk are important ...