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  1. Managing the Work Schedule for Personnel in Large Dairy Herds

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-5/managing-work-schedule-personnel-large-dairy-herds

    employees to successfully complete the work. The U.S. Department of Labor considers the normal work shift to ... absenteeism and turnover; and overtime and moonlighting. When studying the U.S. manufacturing industry, ... advantages and disadvantages of longer shifts, with the assumption that the individual is going to work about ...

  2. Grain Marketing for Buyers

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-3/grain-marketing-buyers

    expected increase in US exports is being driven primarily by the severe drought in Southeastern Europe, ... soybean harvest will be adequate this fall. However, the US, and the globe, cannot plan for another 300 ... prices have rallied this summer, the fall in the US Dollar has offset some of those gains. At this point, ...

  3. Feed and Nutrient Costs in Dairy Production: Where are we now?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-2/feed-and-nutrient-costs-dairy-production-where-are

    column means that the ingredient is priced about for what it is worth. Price of Nutrients As explained ... Cow-Jones Index as it mimics the information of the Dow-Jones Index for the U.S. stock market.  In March, ... production ($8.00/cwt) result in a break-even milk price of about $17.00/cwt.  It was not that long ago, in ...

  4. Resources

    https://dairy.osu.edu/resources

    herd and the profitability of the farm given that about 50% of the costs of production is from feed. ... Resources about the various areas of animal and farm management are available with this section. ...

  5. Heat Detection in Dairy Cattle- Part II

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-4/heat-detection-dairy-cattle-part-ii

    cell counts), but these are relatively small and are not relevant to the analysis we are about to ... calculated using the 2001 edition of the National Research Council publication, "Nutritional ...

  6. Farm Transition Considerations: Working with an Attorney

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-5/farm-transition-considerations-working-attorney

    and issues from families about transferring their farm businesses to the next generation often arise. ... talking with friends or relatives about attorneys they use, or using one who has advised your family on ... background about the farm and your goals for transferring ownership.  Come prepared with written information ...

  7. Should Major Diet Adjustments be Made Because of High Corn Prices?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-6/should-major-diet-adjustments-be-made-because-high

    rely heavily on corn grain to obtain diets with about 25% starch) 1. Corn grain (approximately 70% ... starch is about twice as digestible as NDF; therefore, increasing dietary starch concentrations (within ... starch by dairy cows fed typical diets ranges from about 88 to 96%. Increasing starch digestibility from ...

  8. Dairy Farm Manager Academy

    https://dairy.osu.edu/events/dairy-farm-manager-academy

    information about the program and a registration form are provided on the attached document (click here). ...

  9. Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference

    https://dairy.osu.edu/events/tri-state-dairy-nutrition-conference

    producers. About 550 people attend the Conference each year. ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-1/costs-nutrients-comparison-feedstuffs-prices-and

    Ohio State University Very few people anticipated the bearish report issued January 12th by the US ... historical average of about 10¢/Mcal, NEL is still severely overpriced at 15.1¢/Mcal, although this figure is ... priced at about 4¢/LB compared to the 6-year average (3.3¢/LB). Table 1. Prices of dairy nutrients for ...

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