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New Factsheet: Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle
the front page of our web site: https://dairy.osu.edu/ ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
prey. We don’t have cheetahs in our dairy barns as a threat to our cows, but the response to stress is ... feed bunks, it is a response to stress which can begin a bunching response. Provide extra waterers ... Dr. Dwight Roseler, Adjunct Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
Medicine, The Ohio State University Cleaning and disinfection (C&D) practices are often laborious and ... time-consuming, but successful C&D is critical to reducing cattle exposure to pathogens, even if you ... don't see an immediate response. Many factors can influence the effectiveness of your cleaning and ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
Dr. Kirby Krogstad, Assistant Professor, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ... and Dr. Joanne Knapp, Fox Hollow Consulting, LLC Everyone wants to talk about carbon, but who is going ... to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
cows, or for profitability changes related to culling cows. Table 1. Prices of dairy nutrients for Ohio ... April F. White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... $3.10/lb, respectively. The rising price of milk fat continues to negatively impact protein price. For this ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
Glen Arnold, Extension Field Specialist for Manure Nutrient Management, The Ohio State University ... dairy manure to newly planted corn and soybeans. Applying dairy manure to fields after crops are planted ... adding moisture to the soil that can enhance crop germination and emergence, especially if the weather ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
spring planting window for forages in Ohio is mid-March to mid to late April for southern Ohio and late ... March to early May for northern Ohio. Warm-season forages and annual forages can effectively be ... Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ... University Extension Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. ... Winter damage is difficult to predict and the variability of temperatures this past winter across the ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ... 2024 is projected to have margins above the $9.50/cwt level, many different domestic or international ... producers. Also during the 2024 sign up, producers have the option to make a one-time adjustment to their ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
Dr. Carl Zulauf, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio ... current dairy policy play in the post-2017 consolidation?” Dairy Farms: According to the 2022 Census, ... herd sizes except those with 2,500 or more cows (see Figure 3). The latter increased from 714 to 834 ...