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  1. Economics

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-5/economics

    Competitiveness gives guidance about competitive levels and what to do if you are asking your cows to do too much. ...

  2. 2016 Corn Silage Crop in Ohio

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-5/2016-corn-silage-crop-ohio

    shrink by 2 percentage units has a value of about $2/ton. Homolactic inoculants (these are the ‘standard ... a theoretical length of cut (TLC) of about ½ inch is acceptable (longer with kernel processing and BMR silage), ... of the silage for about 60 days will increase the digestibility of the silage, and thus optimize ...

  3. Your Milk Check is Under Attack! Where are all the Federal Order 33 Pool $$'s Going?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-4-issue-3/your-milk-check-under-attack-where-are-all-federal

    Federal Order 33. In fact, just about all of the milk continues to go to its normal buyers outside of the ... I understand what you are discussing but, how much money are we talking about? Is this really important to my ... about it? Unfortunately, in the short term there is really nothing that you can do to stop the flow of ...

  4. Making Corn Silage in Drought Conditions

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

    shrink by 2 percentage units has a value of about $2/ton. Homolactic inoculants (these are the ... digestibility.  Generally a theoretical length of cut (TLC) of about ½ inch is acceptable (longer with kernel ...

  5. The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-1/costs-nutrients-and-comparison-feedstuffs-prices

    of about 10¢/Mcal, NEL is still a highly priced nutrient  For MP, its current price (41.2¢/lb) is ... 6-year average (-9¢/lb).  Meanwhile, unit costs of e-NDF are historically high, being priced at about ...

  6. The Costs of Nutrients and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-5/costs-nutrients-and-comparison-feedstuffs-prices

    about 10¢/Mcal, NEL is still a highly priced nutrient at 17.9¢/Mcal.  This is important because a cow ... unit costs of e-NDF are about at their historical average, being priced at 1.5¢/lb compared to the ...

  7. Harvesting and Storing Corn Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-3/harvesting-and-storing-corn-silage

    plants gain about 0.5% units of DM each day after dent stage (can range between about 0.3 and 1% unit).  ... has been a problem or if silage feed out rate will be slow (less than about 6 inches/day) and/or the ...

  8. 4-H Youth Cooking Up a New Collaboration

    https://ohio4h.org/news/4-h-youth-cooking-new-collaboration

    by an interdisciplinary team of OSU Extension professionals, crafted five lesson plans about local ...

  9. Changes in Iodine Availability for Dipping Calf Navels at Birth

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-3/changes-iodine-availability-dipping-calf-navels-birth

    2 chemical, to a list 1 chemical.  For us, that means that the DEA will now regulate sales of all products ...

  10. Labor Management Series: Farm Transition to Non-Family

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/january-2016/labor-management-series-farm-transition-non-family

    consider. Interviewing potential successors takes time and energy.  It’s helpful to take notes about each ... hard to build and manage a successful business worries about its future.  Peter Drucker, ...

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