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  1. US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/us-dairy-herds-and-policy-and-2022-census

    24,094 US farms sold milk during 2022 (see Figure 1).  The largest number of dairy farms with milk sales ... 1,000 or more cows accounted for 66% of all US milk sales (see Figures 1 and 2). The comparable share ... was 57% in 2017. Dairy Farm Transition, 2017-2022:  Fewer US farms sold milk in 2022 than 2017 at all ...

  2. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    50%. The cost of NE L is about 55% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/MCal). However, the cost of ... by about 40%. These changes can be largely attributed to a lower reported cost of feeds providing ... used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein. For the ...

  3. Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/assessing-forage-stands-and-winter-damage

    a useful publication; “Alfalfa Stand Assessment: Is this stand good enough to keep?”, in which they provide ...

  4. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-1/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    decreased by about 27%. The cost of NE L is about even with the 5-year average ($0.09/Mcal). The cost of ... metabolizable protein (MP) has increased slightly since the November issue, but it is still currently about 5% ... Cow-Jones Index was used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% ...

  5. Ohio 4-H at the Dayton Dragons

    https://miami.osu.edu/news/ohio-4-h-dayton-dragons

    Join us to celebrate Ohio 4-H at the Dayton Dragons!  What a great chance for a club outing!  ...

  6. Why Do Cows Bunch?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch

    temperatures are at 68 degrees F or higher. This often can occur in May in the US eastern corn belt. Walk your ... the US eastern corn belt in the early morning or late afternoon. Sun rays that enter a barn and expose ...

  7. Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/using-dairy-manure-newly-planted-corn-and-soybeans

    university trials of surface applied dairy manure, only about half the ammonium nitrogen applied seemed to be ...

  8. Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/disease-prevention-making-most-your-spring-and-every

    about cleaning and disinfection and how to develop your C&D program, check out ...

  9. Attention: Office Closure

    https://miami.osu.edu/news/attention-office-closure

    Friday, February 23rd The Miami County Extension Office will be closed. You will find us out in ... us during normal business hours on Monday, February 26th. ...

  10. Current 2024 US Dairy Outlook

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-1/current-2024-us-dairy-outlook

    review your 2023 profit and losses to prepare your farm for 2024. The U.S. all-milk price for 2023 will ... be about $20.60/cwt, only the fourth time in 20 years that the all-milk price was over $20/cwt. ... to be about 9.35 million head, slightly lower than 2023 but about 300 lb/cow more milk.  The January ...

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