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  1. USDA Releases DAIRY 2014: Dairy Management Practices in the United States

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-2/usda-releases-dairy-2014-dairy-management-practices

    University The Dairy 2014 study was conducted in 17 of the US major dairy states and refers to estimates for ... the calendar year of 2013. Data collected for the study represented 76.7% of U.S. dairy operations and ... 80.3% of US dairy cows at the time of the study interview. Farm size was defined as very small (< 30 ...

  2. Pricing Drought-Stressed and Immature Corn for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-4/pricing-drought-stressed-and-immature-corn-silage

    silage (very early milk stage) CP   10 to 11%                     (about 2 or 3 units higher than normal) ... NDF 50 to 55%                    (about 10 units higher than normal) Starch 15 to 20%                  ... (about 15 units lower than normal) NEL, 0.60 to 0.63 Mcal/lb    (90 to 95% of normal) As the corn silage ...

  3. Pricing Drought Stressed Corn for Corn Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-4/pricing-drought-stressed-corn-corn-silage

    about $170/ton of DM ($60/ton at 35% DM)- remember that this value is for good quality corn silage in ... yields. For many people, both the price of corn silage as fed to the cow ($60 to 75/ton) and the price of ...

  4. 2007 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-4/2007-ohio-dairy-challenge-contest

    freestall barn was build in 2003. At present, they have about 550 cows, and construction is underway for ... the judges spending about two hours at the farm on Friday afternoon, assessing the strengths and ... facility.  During Friday evening, the teams spent about four hours reviewing their notes and farm records to ...

  5. First Harvest of Forages is Just Around the Corner!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-6/first-harvest-forages-just-around-corner

    was 32.4% at Columbus, 32%  near Millersberg, and about 29% northeast of Wooster in Wayne county. Last ... of alfalfa for lactating dairy cows is 40%. We would expect alfalfa NDF to increase by about 5 or ...

  6. Milk Price Outlook

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/milk-price-outlook

    increases this fall. The USDA reports that milk production across the U.S. continues strong for this time of ...

  7. Heat Detection in Dairy Cattle- Part II

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-4/heat-detection-dairy-cattle-part-ii

    cell counts), but these are relatively small and are not relevant to the analysis we are about to ... the milk fat to 3.6% and maintaining other milk components at the same levels. Results of our ...

  8. Pricing Standing Corn for Silage Harvest

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-3/pricing-standing-corn-silage-harvest

    the standing corn for silage would be worth about $26/ton before the cost of harvesting for grain, or ... concentrations.  If actual DM was 30%, then the value is about $20/ton (i.e., 30/35 = 0.85 x $23.50/ton). Corn ... chopped at more than about 38 % DM or less than about 30% DM may not ferment properly and can be ...

  9. Key Factors to Success

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/key-factors-success

    get there. People love to be led by someone who has their act together. At a dairy seminar, ...

  10. September Dairy Judging Update

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-5/september-dairy-judging-update

    and Emily was 2nd with her 4 sets of reasons, followed by Hillary in 4th.  The “angels” (our nickname) ... national contest for both 4-H and collegiate teams at World Dairy Expo.  You can bet that we will have our ...

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