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  1. Harvest Alfalfa Based on Quality Goals

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-2/harvest-alfalfa-based-quality-goals

    PEAQ? We have tested the PEAQ method in production fields across Ohio and over multiple years, ... California. After collecting 545 samples across these six states, we can conclude that the PEAQ method does ... in other states as it did in Wisconsin, where it was originally developed. An important advantage of ...

  2. Selecting Corn Hybrids for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/selecting-corn-hybrids-silage

    Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) The ideal ... average corn silage yield reported in Ohio, silage yields among hybrids could vary by about 4 tons/acre. ...

  3. A Diet Is Only as Good as the Data Used to Formulate I

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-16-issue-4/diet-only-good-data-used-formulate-i

    Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University The typical process of formulating a diet for dairy cows goes ... haycrop (mostly alfalfa but some farms fed mixed grass and alfalfa) silages on several Ohio dairy farms ...

  4. More Ohio Producers Exploring Grass-Fed Beef Production

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/more-ohio-producers-exploring-grass-fed-beef-production

    grazing management system to accomplish," said Jeff McCutcheon, an Ohio State University Extension ... March 8, 2010 MT. GILEAD, OhioOhio livestock producers are exploring grass-fed beef production ... livestock producers in Morrow County and surrounding areas are part of a growing niche of Ohio farmers who ...

  5. Compare Your Dairy Farm With NY Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-4-issue-1/compare-your-dairy-farm-ny-dairy-farms

    Jim Poulson District Specialist Farm Management  Northeast District Extension, Wooster, OH Ohio ... and financial records contains much information of interest to progressive Ohio milk producers. The NY ...

  6. Worker's Compensation 1K Program Expands to 5K

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-5/workers-compensation-1k-program-expands-5k

    for Ohio's farm businesses. Premium costs can reach 25% of gross payroll without careful ... premiums are available to all farm businesses and have been discussed in previous issues of the Ohio Ag ...

  7. Using Total Quality Management to Organize Labor and Work

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-4-issue-1/using-total-quality-management-organize-labor-and

    receive the feedback and guidance for accomplishing their job. This TQM structure changes attitudes on the ...

  8. Ohio State Expert: June Good Time to Establish High Reproduction Standards for Heifers

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-expert-june-good-time-establish-high-reproduction-standards-heifers

    than keeping an animal that isn’t achieving satisfactory conception rates, an Ohio State University ... June 20, 2012 PIKETON, Ohio – Livestock farmers, who are now in the midst of breeding season, may ...

  9. Feeding Lower Quality Hay Crop Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-4/feeding-lower-quality-hay-crop-forages

    Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University This year's rainy spring had negative ...

  10. Update on Footbaths for Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/update-footbaths-dairy-cattle

    Dr. William B. Epperson, Extension Dairy Veterinarian, The Ohio State University  Footbaths are ...

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