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Dairy Margin Coverage and Dairy Risk Management for 2025
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University The dairy industry has a history of volatility in profits coming ... (DMC) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is one of these tools that allows producers to ... potentially increasing feed costs through domestic or internal weather challenges that lower corn and soybean ...
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Property Owners and Unidentified Drones
and Natural Resource Educator, Mercer County, The Ohio State University Drones, or more accurately ... Peggy Kirk Hall, Director, Agricultural and Resource Law Program and Ryan McMichae l, Agriculture ... activity” and “can I shoot down a drone over my property?” Federal and state laws provide answers to these ...
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New Extension Forage Agronomist
Dr. Emma Matcham, Assistant Professor, Department of Horticulture and Crop Science, The Ohio State ... University We are excited to introduce the newest Extension state specialist for integrated forage ... professor and Extension state specialist, her lab focuses on applied forage systems research that helps ...
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Update on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Germany
State University On January 10, 2025, Germany announced an outbreak of foot-and-mouth disease (FMD) in ... markets. FMD was first discovered in the United States in 1870 and eradicated 1929. What is the source of ... the United States? If you are travelling outside of the United States, you can help prevent FMD by ...
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Rumen Acidosis in Dairy Cattle – A Cause for Concern?
Dr. Kirby Krogstad, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ... the 8 mm sieve of the Penn State Shaker Box. Buffers Another strategy for managing SARA is through the ... rumen health. Take Homes SARA is a multifactorial challenge which is best managed by implementing ...
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Hidden Defenses: How Cows Fight Disease
Elizabeth Plunkett, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... their surface area and limit heat loss. Additionally, blood flow will shift to internal organs, leaving ... cows because they will be moving less to conserve energy. This depressive state helps the cow conserve ...
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Federal Order Reform Passed in All 11 Federal Orders: Considerations for FMMO 33 Milk Prices
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University On January 17 th, USDA published the Final Federal Order Rules ... milk is pooled on the Federal order, the price you receive is a blend between all four classes of milk ... Ohio, this location differential increase was between $1.30 and 2.30/cwt for Class I milk, but across ...
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Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income
Andie Majewski, Graduate Teaching Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... Ohio (Figure 1), directly impacting the income over feed costs for dairy farms. While the greatest ... feedstuffs fed on Ohio dairy farms on January 27, 2025 (red) compared to the actual costs of feedstuffs on ...
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Corn Hybrid Selection for Disease Management
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Corn hybrid selection is critical to maximizing your cow's ... mycotoxins can be produced with major concerns coming from DON and ZEA. With your support from the Ohio Corn ... Marketing Board and Ohio Dairy Research Fund, OSU Extension and OSU Plant Pathology have been researching ...
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Free Flu Vaccine for Dairy Farmers and Farm Workers
Precision Livestock, Ohio State University Extension The Center for Disease Control (CDC) has allocated more ... than 100,000 doses of seasonal influenza vaccine to 12 states that have had dairy herds test positive ... supplemental free seasonal influenza vaccines to farm workers across states affected by H5N1 to prevent the ...