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  1. Managing Stress

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-3/managing-stress

    months as a result of lower than expected milk prices, crop and weather concerns, and uncertainty about ... the future. What can be done about this? The following paragraphs will help you understand what stress ...

  2. Thinking about Growing Hops? Consider this Field Day

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/thinking-about-growing-hops-consider-field-day

    Planting one acre of hops costs a farmer about $20,000 compared to an acre of corn or soybeans, which are ...

  3. Market View

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-6/market-view

    producers of $2.017 million and U.S. taxpayers $1.739 million.  Average contract size is 33,741 cwt. 2) The ... insured contract liability for the U.S. is $707.9 million dollars. The margin insured per cwt is $17.39. ...

  4. Where to Test Forages for Nitrates.

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-4/where-test-forages-nitrates

    omitted.   Check your chosen lab's web site, as many are already posting information about nitrate ... testing and many have specific instructions about how to take and handle the sample. Samples should be ...

  5. Vice President's Summit: Conversations on the Future of Extension

    https://darke.osu.edu/events/vice-presidents-summit-conversations-future-extension

    this year will center on futuring – asking questions about and envisioning the long-term future of OSU ... a participatory approach, designed to engage a wide array of stakeholders in discussions about the future. Asking ... challenges and opportunities that should be considered as we begin to think about the long-term future of OSU ...

  6. Stretching Corn Silage Supplies

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-3/stretching-corn-silage-supplies

    = 3 tons/day), the remaining corn silage will last about 113 days (340 tons remaining divided by 3 tons fed/day). ... can be fed is 340 tons divided by 150 days = 2.3 tons/day or about 30 lb/head/day. To ensure adequate ... lb/day. Soyhulls have about 60% NDF; therefore, 3.7 lb of soyhull DM would be needed to provide 2.2 lb of ...

  7. Learn the Secrets of Native Bees

    https://agnr.osu.edu/news/learn-secrets-native-bees

    residents are concerned about the plight of bees, including honey bees, bumble bees and the over 400 other ...

  8. Molds and Mycotoxins

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-11-issue-5/molds-and-mycotoxins

    thousands) of different mycotoxins exist and unfortunately we know very little about most of them.  The ... distillers grain with about 3 ppm DON (on a dry basis).  Some extremely high concentrations of DON have been ... about 5 ppm DON on a dry basis).  Because of the potential of mycotoxin contamination and other reasons ...

  9. 2008 Recipients of the Dairy Science Hall of Service Awards

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-3/2008-recipients-dairy-science-hall-service-awards

    Buckeye Dairy Club. He served in the U.S. Army Artillery during 1956-1957 and then returned home to farm ... started a research/Extension program on foot health and lameness. He was one of the first in the U.S. to ... students, veterinarians, and industry personnel that "I care about you" and then in these ...

  10. The Costs of Nutrients, Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices, and the Current Dairy Situation

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-6/costs-nutrients-comparison-feedstuffs-prices-and

    and effective NDF (e-NDF, $/lb) are reported in Table 1. Compared to its historical average of about ... priced at about 5¢/Mcal.  The cost of ne-NDF is currently discounted by the markets (i.e., feeds with ... 6-year average (-9¢/lb).  Meanwhile, unit costs of e-NDF are historically high, being priced at about ...

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