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  1. Fall Application of Dairy Manure

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/fall-application-dairy-manure

    serious manure application efforts by dairy farmers and commercial manure applicators across Ohio. We have ... experienced unusually dry weather in much of Ohio, so fields are suitable for manure application. The field ... application of manure, milking parlor water, outdoor lot runoff, and silage leachate is a necessary part of ...

  2. Next Year’s Winter Annual Cereal Grain Forage Success Starts Now

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/next-year%E2%80%99s-winter-annual-cereal-grain-forage

    50 lb/acre of spring nitrogen. Sulfur application in the spring of 20 lb/acre did significantly ... crop removed 270 lb/acre of nitrogen. From our field trial without historical manure applications ... affected by nitrogen (N) and sulfur (S) applications. Results in the same column with similar letters had ...

  3. Feed Market Outlook: Tight Cattle Supply Continues to Hold Cull Cow Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/feed-market-outlook-tight-cattle-supply-continues

    USDA projected the US soybean export would be 1.79 billion bushels in 2023/24, which is about 10% down ... commodities snapshot in the U.S. Item 2022/2023 2023/2024 Change from 22/23   Estimate Forecast (%) Supply ... on 1,000+ capacity feedlots in the US. (Source: USDA NASS)   Figure 3. Hay prices and soybean meal ...

  4. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    about 4% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/Mcal). The cost of metabolizable protein (MP) has ... increased since the July issue and is currently about 37% higher than the 5-year average ($0.44/lb). To ... estimate profitability at these nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing ...

  5. Keep Forage Nitrate Toxicity in Mind This Year

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-5/keep-forage-nitrate-toxicity-mind-year

    also told us that they are struggling with excessive silo gas coming from corn silage. Plants readily ... fertilizer or manure applications made to forages increase the risk for higher nitrate levels in plant ... slows fermentation. If nitrate levels are reduced in silage in about 3 weeks, it will take 6 or more ...

  6. Corn Silage Ear Rot and Foliar Disease Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/corn-silage-ear-rot-and-foliar-disease-management

    until they become dry about 10 days later. This application is primary for Gibberlla ear rot which ... weeks. The ideal time to scout corn for fungal disease and for fungicide application is from tassel ... Michigan. When fungal disease is present in corn silage at harvest, research shows a fungicide application ...

  7. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    of net energy for lactation (NE L) about 81% higher than the 5-year average ($0.09/Mcal), although ... is currently about 11% lower than the 5-year average ($0.44/lb). To estimate profitability at these ... nutrient prices, the Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with ...

  8. Corn Silage Price, Processing, Performance, and Preparation

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/corn-silage-price-processing-performance-and

    to make course corrections and improve in season. Corn silage harvest will soon be upon us! Unlike ... harvested corn silage would remove about 400 lb of stover on a dry hay equivalent basis (15% moisture). ... Ongoing scout silage fields and provide proper fungicide application if needed. Communicate with silage ...

  9. Federal Milk Marketing Order Hearing Planned to Begin in August

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-4/federal-milk-marketing-order-hearing-planned-begin

    announced details about the hearing that will begin on Wednesday, August 23, 2023, at 9:00 a.m. The purpose ...

  10. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-3/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    ($0.09/Mcal). The cost of metabolizable (MP) has decreased since the March issue and is currently about 24% ... Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% ... protein. For the May issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about ...

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