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  1. Length of Dry Period- Don't just jump on a band wagon without knowing if you really want to go that way

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-6/length-dry-period-dont-just-jump-band-wagon-without

    of the dry period is being questioned. Presently, about 16% of the cows in the Midwest calve with ... less than 40 days dry, but about 25% of the cows calve with greater than 70 days dry (Dairy Records ... revealed that cows with about 30 versus 60 days dry had lower milk yield. However with these types of data, ...

  2. 2012 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest – Record Student Participation

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-6/2012-ohio-dairy-challenge-contest-%E2%80%93-record-student

    about 385 cows in a double-12 parallel parlor. This was a record year for the number of students ... students being involved. The contest started by the students and the judges spending about two hours at the ... facility.  During Friday evening, the undergraduate teams spent about four hours reviewing their notes and ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-20-issue-4/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    nearly identical to May’s issue (9.0¢/Mcal and $0.40/lb, respectively). The price of e-NDF is about 4¢/lb ...

  4. 2016 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest Huge Success

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-6/2016-ohio-dairy-challenge-contest-huge-success

    Wiesje Kruiter. The Kruiter family started milking at the facility in 2010, and there are about 715 cows ... contest started by the students and the judges spending about two hours at the farm on Friday afternoon, ... undergraduate teams spent about four hours reviewing their notes and farm records to provide a summary of the ...

  5. Harvest Alfalfa Based on Quality Goals

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-2/harvest-alfalfa-based-quality-goals

    harvested and stored alfalfa without any knowledge of its chemical composition? If you are like most of us ... well-made silage is about 2 percentage units higher than in fresh forage. Losses with hay harvest will be ... increases about 5 points per week. So a reasonable goal is to begin harvesting alfalfa when it reaches 35 to ...

  6. Columbus Mileposts: Dec. 12, 1959: 4-H, junior highs were man’s legacy

    https://ohio4h.org/columbus-mileposts-dec-12-1959-4-h-junior-highs-were-man%E2%80%99s-legacy

    "Columbus Mileposts: Today in City History," which are reprints of previous articles about ... Columbus' rich history.   Click here to read the December 12, 1959 article about A.B. Graham. ...

  7. Establishing Alfalfa

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-20-issue-2/establishing-alfalfa

    time period to establish alfalfa seedings.  Have you thought about what needs to be done to ...

  8. Launch of the Dairy Farm Manager Academy Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-19-issue-5/launch-dairy-farm-manager-academy-program

    registration deadline has been set for December 1 so we can have about two months to prepare for the program, ...

  9. Appointment of Laurie Winkelman

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-5/appointment-laurie-winkelman

    involved with her family's farm- ask her about her favorite breed (hint: BIG brown cow with about 4% ...

  10. Commercial Activity Tax Update

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-7-issue-6/commercial-activity-tax-update

    receipts." A second question was asked about milk and other livestock sales from Ohio farms to out-of-state ... more about the CAT and other new Ohio tax information at: http://tax.ohio.gov/. ...

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