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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
of July actually closed at about $1/cwt lower than its future at $15.45/cwt, whereas the August Class ... be around $65.40/ton, about 40% higher than my calculation. However, corn silage quality varies ... July’s issue ($0.37/lb) but is about 13% lower than the 5 year average ($0.48/lb). The cost of NE L is ...
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New Information on Feeding Behavior and Intake by Lactating Cows
either once, twice (about 8 hours apart), or 4 times (about 6 hours apart) per day. For cows fed once ... daily, feeding twice daily increased eating time by 10 minutes/day (about a 3% increase) and feeding ... of Idaho. They fed Holstein cows (average production about 90 lb/day of milk) the same diet to two ...
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Health Benefits, Risks, and Regulations of Raw and Pasteurized Milks
and Applied Nutrition and the U.S. Food and Drug Administration published guidelines that established ... lost during handling, pasteurization, packaging, and oxidation of milk; about 70% of the remaining ... consumption. Dairy Division, Indiana State Board of Animal Health, Indianapolis, IN. PMO. 2001 Revision. US ...
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Pay Attention to Dairy Cow Stocking Density
stocking density can affect a dairy cow, you have to know something about how a dairy cow ideally will ... producers, Dr. Peter Krawczel from the University of Tennessee, Animal Science Department talked about ... the typical lactating dairy cow spends 3 to 5 hours /day eating, about 0.5 hours/day drinking, 2 to ...
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Observations from Tour of Matlink Dairy in New York
a rate of approximately 76,400 ft 3 /day or about 113 ft 3 /cow/day. This biogas consists of methane ... (about 65%), carbon dioxide (about 35%), a small amount of sulfide compounds, and other trace gases. The ... set produces about 884,000 KWH/year, which meets the electricity needs for the dairy farm and provides ...
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Chopping Soybeans for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/chopping-soybeans-silage
plant dry matter) to cause problems. Under normal growing, R-7 stage beans contain about 10% fat (whole ... adequately. If your soybeans contain much more than about 10% fat, they should be blended with other crops ... several long stems remain, reduce TLC, if you cannot find any stem pieces that are about an inch long, ...
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4-H'ers to Learn about New Drone Technology
A new learning opportunity will be provided to 4-H youth this summer thanks to a gift provided by Rover Pipeline. ...
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Dairy Management Workshops
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-3/dairy-management-workshops
improvement. If you have any additional questions about the program or about how producers can register, ...
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Stable Nutrient Costs and Income for September
substantial changes in the structure of the U.S. dairy industry lately, enough so that old price benchmarks ... may not be appropriate anymore. There will be more about this in the December issue of Buckeye Dairy ... historical average of about $6.00/cow/day. Thus, profitability of Ohio dairy farms should still be good and ...
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The Importance of Knowing Dry Matter Concentration When Buying (or Selling) Feeds
are stranded in the middle of a desert, water may indeed be priceless; however, in most of the U.S ... lose about 10% of the feed to shrink and that should be considered in the price. Moisture does not ... silage that is too dry (greater than about 40% DM) has those problems plus the digestibility of the ...