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2018 Dairy Farm Business Summary Now Available
analysis program for the first time. In all, 20 farms, 19 conventionally and one organically managed, ... reinforce that the top third of dairy farms, while not exempt from financial challenges in down markets, on ... analysis to both evaluate the farm’s position and progress and to make informed management decisions. We ...
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Ohio State University Extension Small Farm Program announces the 2020 Ohio New and Small Farm Colleges
someone you know answered yes to any of these questions, then the OSU Extension Small Farm College program ... small farmer. The Ohio New and Small Farm College is an 8 week program that introduces new and even ... economic development of their small family-owned farms. This program can help small farm landowners and ...
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Ohio Dairy Challenge, November 2019
management practices on a dairy farm and to interact with representatives in the dairy industry. The program ... participate in a meeting later in the evening with the contest judges to discuss observations on the farm. The ... on the farm include corn silage, alfalfa, and rye. There were 65 undergraduate students (18 teams; ...
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Winter Calf Management
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6/winter-calf-management
increase in energy to meet maintenance requirements. There are many different calf-feeding programs. With ... below the lower critical temperature of 50⁰F, calves need extra energy to stay warm. At times during ... and get chills at night. If you have a calf born premature, putting the jacket on at night and taking ...
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Feeding High Ash Forages
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6/feeding-high-ash-forages
either splashed onto the surface of the plant while in the field or was picked up during harvest. On ... but generally by only a few percentage points. On the other hand, harvest practices and soil ... evaluated the composition of corn silage that was harvested after severe flooding caused by Hurricane Irene. ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
(predicted) and 75% confidence limits of 27 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms, November 22, 2019. For ... program SESAME™ developed by Dr. St-Pierre at The Ohio State University. The resulting analysis can be ... energy lactation (NE L, $/Mcal), metabolizable protein (MP, $/lb; MP is the sum of the digestible ...
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Change Your Employee Recruitment and Interview Mindset
has been completed, farm profitability often turns on how well a task was completed, the attention to ... Quoting that article, “farm managers have a tendency to place too much emphasis on someone’s work history ... and not enough emphasis on whether the person is the right fit for the farm. Smart people with the ...
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Buckeyes Win National Dairy Judging Contest
year, we only “Won by One!” In a moment prior to the contest on one of our farm workouts, the students ... Ms. Bonnie Ayars, Dairy Program Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... luck was once again on our side. We teamed up with a trip coordinated through New Generation Genetics ...
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Milk Quality Workshop on December 6, 2019
on Friday, December 6, 2019. For more information, please click on this Milk Quality Workshop link. ...
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VOLUME 21, ISSUE 6
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6
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