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  1. Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/dairy-sustainability-%E2%80%93-jargon-dairy-story-and

    total, its estimated that man-made activities in the US emit about 6,300 million metric tons of CO ... and Dr. Joanne Knapp, Fox Hollow Consulting, LLC Everyone wants to talk about carbon, but who is going ... to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ...

  2. Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/current-dairy-industry-outlook-and-dairy-margin

    US dairy herd continued to shrink in January of 2024 by about 23,000 head compared to December 2023 ... Agency (FSA) office through April 29 th. The DMC program provided about $2.80/cwt of support in 2023 for ... Percentages of milk fat and solids from 2018 to 2024. U.S. milk prices are being supported by strong domestic ...

  3. US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/us-dairy-herds-and-policy-and-2022-census

    24,094 US farms sold milk during 2022 (see Figure 1).  The largest number of dairy farms with milk sales ... 1,000 or more cows accounted for 66% of all US milk sales (see Figures 1 and 2). The comparable share ... was 57% in 2017. Dairy Farm Transition, 2017-2022:  Fewer US farms sold milk in 2022 than 2017 at all ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    50%. The cost of NE L is about 55% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/MCal). However, the cost of ... by about 40%. These changes can be largely attributed to a lower reported cost of feeds providing ... used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein. For the ...

  5. Wilhelm, Meyer elected to CFAES Student Council leadership positions

    https://acel.osu.edu/news/wilhelm-meyer-elected-cfaes-student-council-leadership-positions

    public relations chair. She is from Anna, Ohio. The CFAES Student Council is a student-led liaison for ... the administration, staff, alumni, and current students about the various happenings around the ...

  6. Why Do Cows Bunch?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch

    temperatures are at 68 degrees F or higher. This often can occur in May in the US eastern corn belt. Walk your ... the US eastern corn belt in the early morning or late afternoon. Sun rays that enter a barn and expose ...

  7. Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/assessing-forage-stands-and-winter-damage

    a useful publication; “Alfalfa Stand Assessment: Is this stand good enough to keep?”, in which they provide ...

  8. Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/using-dairy-manure-newly-planted-corn-and-soybeans

    university trials of surface applied dairy manure, only about half the ammonium nitrogen applied seemed to be ...

  9. Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/disease-prevention-making-most-your-spring-and-every

    about cleaning and disinfection and how to develop your C&D program, check out ...

  10. New volunteers inducted into the Ohio 4-H Hall of Fame

    https://ohio4h.org/march-2024/new-volunteers-inducted-ohio-4-h-hall-fame

    adult staff member, 4-H Public Speaking coordinator, Junior Fair adult consultant, and a member of ...   Join us in congratulating the other award winners who were recognized at this year’s Ohio 4-H ...   4-H Young Alumni Award Gregory Williams, Scioto County   Please join us in thanking the sponsors who ...

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