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Are Your Cows Hot Yet?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/are-your-cows-hot-yet
Dr. Normand St-Pierre and Ms. Dianne Shoemaker Did you know that, on an average, Ohio gets two days of heat stress in the month of April and ten days during the month of May? Thus, you shouldn't wait to start planning and implementing a heat abatemen ...
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Dairy Farm Labor
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/dairy-farm-labor
Mr. Robert Fleming About a year ago, I wrote: "Several trends are quite clear in the broad area of farm management. More farms are using hired labor, family or non-family, regularly to accomplish their goals. Farm labor laws, while still retaining so ...
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Risk Management Education
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-2/risk-management-education
Mr. Robert Fleming Milk producers and the milk industry are faced with a new management challenge- managing their risk due to volatile milk prices. Understanding the complex milk marketing area requires effort and dedication but does offer substantial ret ...
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Ohio Dairy Industry Forum (ODIF) Hosts Trade Discussion
Mr. Tim Demland On February 11th, several Ohio dairy stakeholders attended ODIF's quarterly business meeting and trade discussion, with the following special guests: National Milk Producers Federation (NMPF) Trade Specialist, Jaime Castenada; Ohio De ...
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Milk Pricing and Policy
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/milk-pricing-and-policy
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, Ohio State University, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Policy Watch In the policy arena, the current issue taking center stage is the Milk Import Tariff Equity Act (MITEA) of 2003. This ac ...
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Cost of Nutrients: Ohio, May 2003,
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/cost-nutrients-ohio-may-2003
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University The cost of major nutrients remains high. The average cost per megacalorie (Mcal) of net energy lactation (NEL) has steadily gone up over the last 6 to 8 months. As of May 2003, NEL was costi ...
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Estimating Alfalfa Neutral Detergent Fiber in the Field
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, Ohio State University First harvest of alfalfa is fast approaching. Timely cutting is critical for obtaining high quality forage. For lactating dairy cows, the optimal range for neutral detergent fiber (NDF) of alfalfa i ...
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Stretching Corn Silage Supplies
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/stretching-corn-silage-supplies
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University In many areas of Ohio, corn silage yields were much lower than average last year because of the drought. Forage supplies are tight and hay prices are extremely high, but on the bright side, first cu ...
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Are Ohio Dairy Farmers Satisfied With Local Suppliers?
Dr. Brian Roe, Livestock Economics Specialist, Ohio State University The face of dairy farming in Ohio is changing. The structure of dairy farming has evolved immensely in the past few years with regard to technology, size of operation, and the geographi ...
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Heat Stress- Where Do You Start?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/heat-stress-where-do-you-start
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Specialist, Ohio State University In an average year, heat stress costs $19.0 to $33.5 million to Ohio's dairy industry, or $70 to $125/cow/year. That's a lot of money being left on the table, especially in these ti ...