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Water Usage on Dairy Farms
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-1/water-usage-dairy-farms
farms for animal health and performance and for protecting the environment. About 80% of the water ... immediate response will be a drop in milk yield (milk consists of 87% water). In a lactating cow, about 24% ...
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New Diagnostic Testing for Johne's Disease in Ohio
complete about eight weeks after the process begins. This is a significant improvement in the incubation ... bacteria, Mycobacterium tuberculosis. This disease affects about one-third of the world's population, ...
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A Diet Is Only as Good as the Data Used to Formulate I
about once monthly and the data from that single sample are used to formulate or re-formulate diets. ... about equal to sampling plus analytical variations. This means you should probably measure DM on ...
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2006 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest
contest started by the students and the judges spending about 2 hours at the farm on Friday evening, ...
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Economics of Dairy Production in Ohio
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-2/economics-dairy-production-ohio
averaged about $2.20 difference between the lower and highest profit third of producers participating in ... including purchased feed and the value of home grown feed. About a third of this feed cost is used for ...
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Tips for Spring Application of Manure
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-2/tips-spring-application-manure
and fail about 50% of the time because of improper use and installation. Tile plugs should not be used ... utilize custom applicators for manure application, take time to educate them about this issue. Plan on ...
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Nutrient Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Income Over Nutrient Costs
fiber. To put these numbers in perspective, the long-term nutrient costs would average about ... $4.00/cow/day, milk gross income, $9.75/cow/day, and income over nutrient costs about $5.75/cow/day. Thus, ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
average is about 7¢/Mcal), whereas rumen degradable protein (RDP) is much below its historical average of ... about 0¢/lb. Therefore, as a general rule, it is currently wise to reduce the safety margins of dairy ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
year average of about $0.07/Mcal. Presently, feed energy is the predominant factor driving the price of ... effective NDF (a major feature of forages) is about at its historical average. Thus, dietary energy is ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
historical 6-year average of about 10¢/Mcal, NE L is currently a relative bargain at 4.9¢/Mcal. This is ... the daily cost of providing this nutrient is only about $1.56/cow/day (i.e., 10.5 lb × $0.149 per lb). ...