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  1. National Dairy FARM Program to Release Animal Care Version 5

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-6/national-dairy-farm-program-release-animal-care

    Management, Inc. The program helps ensure the success of the entire dairy industry by demonstrating U.S. dairy ... is open to all U.S. dairy farmers, milk processors and cooperatives. As science and best practices ... Additional information about the program is available at: https://nationaldairyfarm.com/ ...

  2. Forage Is Important To Overall Livestock Health

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/forage-important-overall-livestock-health

    livestock.  Previously, we talked about how to collect a forage sample and how to read your forage test ... example of a 150 lb ewe.  During her first 15 weeks of pregnancy she is going to eat about 2 percent of ... her body weight each day and will need about 0.29 lbs of protein.  During her last 4 weeks of ...

  3. Additional Links to Relevant Information

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-6/additional-links-relevant-information

    Nuisance Bird Economics, Prevention, and Control for Livestock Farms Production Trends in the US ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-6/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    September issue, the cost of net energy for lactation (NE L) has increased. The cost of NE L is about 44% ... the September issue and is currently about 5% 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 1500 lb and ...

  5. Managing Stress Is Key For An Enjoyable Holiday- Here Are Some Tips

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/managing-stress-key-enjoyable-holiday-here-are-some-tips

    from them are not the source of their joy. He begins to think that Christmas is about something more. ... gift-giving season.           Rethink Family Traditions. About five years ago, my family decided to cut back ...

  6. The Importance of Gratitude; And Turkey Tips

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/importance-gratitude-and-turkey-tips

    cleaning, traveling, and the food preparation are all extra tasks for the event.  Before we talk more about ... those may I encourage us all to pause and give thanks for the many blessings that we have.  For some the ... bird, please put it in the refrigerator.  It takes about 1 day for every 5 pounds.  If it’s not fully ...

  7. Ohio Phosphorus (P) Use by Crop Reporting District

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0144

    issues and harmful algal blooms. A review of regional data of Ohio, the application of P as fertilizer by ... application is one factor when determining nutrient mass balance. The other factor is nutrient removal through ... health of those watersheds. For example, CRDs10 and 20 represent nutrient application activity in the ...

  8. Post-Harvest Sanitation Steps To Help Prevent Diseases, Insects From Overwintering

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/post-harvest-sanitation-steps-help-prevent-diseases-insects-overwintering

    pests will reduce the cost associated with chemical applications as fewer applications should be needed. ...

  9. Focus On Gratitude With "Gather Your Gratitude" Challenge

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/focus-gratitude-gather-your-gratitude-challenge

    Thanksgiving is also a time of counting our blessings and finding gratitude for what’s sustained us. We know ... that gratitude is good for us. Done throughout the year, it can lessen our anxiety, relieve stress, ... more than us and take time to be grateful for what we have, we don’t feel the need to spend to keep up ...

  10. Phosphorus (P) Nutrient Use in Ohio

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0143

    Recovered manure–sourced P2O5 available for land application from 2018–2022 is 42,212 tons P fertilizer ... recommendations developed in 1995 were modified, resulting in reduced application of P fertilizer while still ... available for land application. Animals will deposit some manure in pastures, loafing areas, and open ...

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