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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. Programs

    https://fcs.osu.edu/programs/programs

    stops by to learn more about the many community programs being offered through Ohio State University ...

  4. 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, ...

  5. 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/. ...

  6. Evaluate the Total Amount of Corn-Derived Protein in Diets When Considering Using Distillers Grains

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-2/evaluate-total-amount-corn-derived-protein-diets

    basis), milk yields ranged from about 50 to 100 lb/day and milk true protein concentration ranged from ... about 2.6 to 3.2%.  The forages were mainly corn silage and/or alfalfa, ground corn was the primary ... ranged from about 14 to 20%.  Overall, control diets were fairly typical Midwestern diets.  Dietary CP ...

  7. Pressure Canner Guage Testing Guidelines

    https://fcs.osu.edu/intranet/fcs-professionals/healthy-people/pressure-canner-guage-testing-guidelines

    general public to contact their local Extension office to have their pressure canner gauge checked. OSU ... "Would you like any information or fact sheets about preserving food?" are simple ways to provide ...

  8. USDA Releases DAIRY 2014: Dairy Management Practices in the United States

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-2/usda-releases-dairy-2014-dairy-management-practices

    University The Dairy 2014 study was conducted in 17 of the US major dairy states and refers to estimates for ... the calendar year of 2013. Data collected for the study represented 76.7% of U.S. dairy operations and ... 80.3% of US dairy cows at the time of the study interview. Farm size was defined as very small (< 30 ...

  9. Pricing Drought-Stressed and Immature Corn for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-4/pricing-drought-stressed-and-immature-corn-silage

    silage (very early milk stage) CP   10 to 11%                     (about 2 or 3 units higher than normal) ... NDF 50 to 55%                    (about 10 units higher than normal) Starch 15 to 20%                  ... (about 15 units lower than normal) NEL, 0.60 to 0.63 Mcal/lb    (90 to 95% of normal) As the corn silage ...

  10. On-Farm Assessment & Environmental Review (OFAER) Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-6/farm-assessment-environmental-review-ofaer-program

    stewardship, minimize livestock impact on watersheds, improve the public's perception of livestock ...

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