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  1. Managing Dairy Cow Heat Stress

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-19-issue-3/managing-dairy-cow-heat-stress

    in the holding pen should be kept to a minimum. Adequate number of fans should be spaced at about 12 ... 29% as air temperature increases from 64 to 86 o F.  Cows will drink about 50% of their total daily ...

  2. Fall 2006 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-6/fall-2006-ohio-dairy-challenge-contest

    a herd of about 250 cows that are housed in free stalls and are milked in a double-12 parallel parlor. ... The contest started by the students and the judges spending about two hours at the farm on Thursday ...

  3. Selecting Corn Hybrids for Silage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-1/selecting-corn-hybrids-silage

    hybrid" is about zero. This article will provide some general guidelines that should assist you in ... average corn silage yield reported in Ohio, silage yields among hybrids could vary by about 4 tons/acre. ... On average, we would expect corn silage from the lowest yielding hybrid to cost about $4/ton more ...

  4. Manure Storage and Land Application- Where are we going? How fast can we get there?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-2/manure-storage-and-land-application-where-are-we

    horizon as research efforts begin and air quality issues play out in the scientific, policy, and public ...

  5. Recommendations for Special Needs Facilities

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-4/recommendations-special-needs-facilities

    with the neck rail about 32 inches high and an upper bar about 18 inches above it.  The rump rail ... should be about 40 inches high. There needs to be 2 feet of space for their heads in front of the forward ... rail, and about 4 feet of working space behind the cows.  Single lane chutes should be about 32 inches ...

  6. Milk Price Inversion in Ohio Federal Milk Marketing Orders

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-10/milk-price-inversion-ohio-federal-milk-marketing

    milk producer you also know that the utilization for Class 1 typically runs about 50% (53% #36) and ... Class 2 about 25%(13% #36) in July of the year. That leaves Class 3 at 25%(34% #36) With these typical ... the short answer version of my explanation if you are interested in the details about how your milk ...

  7. Feeding Lower Quality Hay Crop Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-4/feeding-lower-quality-hay-crop-forages

    production. Intake depression becomes substantial when diets have more than about 25% of the DM as forage NDF. ... adversely affects intake. About the only solution to this problem is to feed less of the poorly fermented ... steers (about 600 lb of body weight). Cattle in both experiments sorted against severely molded hay. ...

  8. Improving Neighbor Relations in the Face of Palmer Amaranth, a New Weed with New Challenges

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-15-issue-6/improving-neighbor-relations-face-palmer-amaranth

    The agronomic crops team has been working to educate farmers about the different weeds in the Amaranth ... that you be diligent about managing the risks. Cottonseed can be a good source of protein, fiber, and ... plan feed usage and manure applications, think about the ability to control the weeds in that manure. ...

  9. Release of eXtension for Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-4/release-extension-dairy-cattle

    answer life questions, or to learn more about any topic available, 3) has the national shared strength of ...

  10. Farm Financial Analysis- The Ready, Set, Go Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-1/farm-financial-analysis-ready-set-go-program

    financial and production records can do the analysis of 2014 now.  Contact us to get started right away.  ...

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