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  1. Factors to Consider in a Program for Heat Detection

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/factors-consider-program-heat-detection

    point to remember about estrous detection in cattle is that the only definitive sign that a cow is in ... metestrous bleeding and occurs about 35 to 45 hours after the end of estrus.  This is not an indication of ... from about 18-24 days and averages 21 days. If a cow is showing estrus more frequently than this, she ...

  2. More Milk- Good for Me? Good for Our Industry?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-5/more-milk-good-me-good-our-industry

    of milk per cow has increased at the rate of about 250 lb per cow per year for the past 45 years. ... the market. When milk volume increases to the point whereby we are oversupplying the market by about ... cow numbers. The average decrease in cow numbers during the last 10 years is about 0.5% annually, ...

  3. Farm Bill Legislative Committee Considers Dairy Safety Net Alternative Offered by Ohio State University Economists in Potential Compromise

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/farm-bill-legislative-committee-considers-dairy-safety-net-alternative-offered-ohio-state

    significant shift in federal dairy income support policy that the U.S. has seen in the past 60 years, said ... comprise 75 to 80 percent of U.S. producers, like MILC as their safety net,” said Thraen. “Larger scale ...

  4. Crop Input Outlook 2013 from Barry Ward

    https://aede.osu.edu/news/crop-input-outlook-2013-barry-ward

    capabilities in the U.S. Fertilizer Fertilizer continues to be the most volatile of the crop input costs and ... E.U. and U.S. sovereign debt issues and potential economic slowdowns are factors, if unresolved, may ... prices and crop profitability + Large corn acreage prospects for the U.S. again + Strong farm balance ...

  5. Small Grains Field Day

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-3/small-grains-field-day

    demonstrations about small grains as cover crops, alternative forages, and how they fit into row cropping ...

  6. How the Weather and Feed Shrink Affect Your Bottom Line

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-3/how-weather-and-feed-shrink-affect-your-bottom-line

    we think about minimizing feed shrink, we typically focus on forage shrink and forget how quickly ... feeding a silage-based ration, feed cost will increase by about $0.60/cow/day. If these losses could be ... or minus 10 lb, even if they count by fives. The accuracy error is typically about 1%, but varies ...

  7. Environmental Stewardship- Minimizing Risk and Being Prepared

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-5-issue-5/environmental-stewardship-minimizing-risk-and-being

    risks-it's just a factor of life. Yet, a general mindset seems to have settled among us that we demand ...

  8. Viable Alternatives for Animal Protein Feeds

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-2/viable-alternatives-animal-protein-feeds

    risks in the event that additional cases of BSE exist in the US, the FDA has proposed prohibiting the ...

  9. Erie, Huron, Sandusky and Seneca Counties Agricultural Policy and Outlook Meeting

    https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/events/erie-huron-sandusky-and-seneca-counties-agricultural-policy-and-outlook-meeting

    Bellevue VFW Hall, 6104 US Route 20, Bellevue, OH 4:00pm registration; 4:30pm – 8:30pm, Dinner ...

  10. Economics

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-5/economics

    Competitiveness gives guidance about competitive levels and what to do if you are asking your cows to do too much. ...

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