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  1. Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/assessing-calf-death-losses-beef-dairy-crossbreeding

    semen (Holstein bulls); thus, more females calves were born. About 52% of first-calf heifers calved with ... is important to note that about 60% of all multiparous cows were bred following observation of ... overall for the US (5.1%). However, the top 10% dairy herds in the US, in terms of calf survival, are ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-3/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    are about 33 and 64% higher compared to the 5-year averages ($0.39/lb and $0.08/lb, respectively). Net ... energy for lactation (NE L) is about 16% higher than the 5-year average ($0.08/Mcal), and closer to the ... US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein. For January’s issue, the ...

  3. Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/key-mastitis-control-points-best-milk-quality

    within the top two reasons for early removal of cows within US dairy herds. This disease affects cow ... significantly increases the risk for environmental mastitis and lower milk quality.      Think about cow comfort ... mastitis during lactation. About 50 to 80% of clinical cases of mastitis may not benefit from an antibiotic ...

  4. Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/harvest-management-sorghum-forages

    planting (30 to 50 inches tall). Heifer cow diets could utilize this forage harvested at about 60 days (50 ... heights are about 50 inches (2-cuts possible with early June planting) because this will occur before the ... should occur about 60 days after planting (50 inches tall) for feeding to heifers and 60 to 80 days after ...

  5. Are You Ready for Death to Knock on Your Farm Business Door?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-1/are-you-ready-death-knock-your-farm-business-door

    make us pause and reflect on how precious the time is we have been given here on earth. This past year ... everyone on board. My quick disaster calculations had us only having a 50% chance of surviving at best. ... just for us, complete with emergency vehicles. I credit the entire flight crew for handling this ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    the winter issues at $2.98/lb and milk fat at about half of that at $1.44/lb. The Class III future for ... physically-effective neutral detergent fiber (peNDF) are about 74 and 62% higher compared to the 5-year averages ... ($0.39/lb and $0.08/lb, respectively). Net energy for lactation (NEL) is about 39% lower than the 5-year ...

  7. Technology and Data Management on the Dairy Farm – Miniseries

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-1/technology-and-data-management-dairy-farm-%E2%80%93

    in both robotic and parlor operations will be joining us to answer questions about how these ... go.osu.edu/precisiondairy1. Join us again virtually on February 24 th at 12:30 pm for a dairy farmer panel on utilization of ... produced by many different manufactures. They will share with us how their farm management has changed to ...

  8. Ohio Dairy Risk Management Series Held in November 2020 Offered a Range of Important Information to Dairy Producers

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-1/ohio-dairy-risk-management-series-held-november-2020

    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fpGfd5c0pi4.             Session two highlighted domestic and international markets. William Loux from the U.S ... United States. International demand for US dairy products is up in 2020, driven primarily by China and ... by India. He concluded by saying it is a good sign that the US continues to export dairy products in ...

  9. USDA Projects Dairy Production to 2030

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/usda-projects-dairy-production-2030

    projections are based on assumptions and many unknowns, they do provide a glimpse of how U.S. farm commodity ... rise faster than the growth in the U.S. population over the next decade. Demand for cheese is expected ... fluid milk products is expected to continue. Global demand for U.S. dairy products is expected to ...

  10. Milk Production of Ohio Dairy Herds (2016 through 2020)

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-3/milk-production-ohio-dairy-herds-2016-through-2020

    average production per cow increases about 2% annually and the most populated breeds, Holstein and Jersey, ... increased in milk yield by about 2.8% from 2019 to 2020. During this same time period, milk fat percentage ... increased about 2.6% for Holstein and 1% for Jersey and milk protein percentage remained the same. Using ...

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