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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
plate! They’ve been investing in and researching new strategies that will shrink our greenhouse gas ... footprint while also returning value to the farm-gate. This article series aims to get us on the same page ... how they are being bought and sold, and what that means for the dairy farms and the dairy industry. ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
environment. A California dairy study from 20 large dairy farms indicated that crops grown adjacent to free stall ... is 150 cows or less. Automated milking dairy farms with all cows in same pen will observe more social ... dominant stressors and potential bunching. As a farm manager, do not overcrowd pens, especially with ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
University Extension Dairy margin coverage (DMC) sign-up is currently underway at your local Farm Service ... level. Farms received 2 months of catastrophic payments when the margin fell below $4/cwt. Figure 1 shows ... management strategy against either one of these two events, the DMC program is a very useful tool for ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
current dairy policy play in the post-2017 consolidation?” Dairy Farms: According to the 2022 Census, ... 24,094 US farms sold milk during 2022 (see Figure 1). The largest number of dairy farms with milk sales ... had 50-99 cows. Another 11,942 farms had milk cows on December 31, 2022 but had not sold any milk ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
relative humidity can impact the success of your hygiene practices. However, there are strategies you can ... consistently causing contamination issues with farm equipment. Biofilms can even result in animal infections. ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
dairy farms, March 15, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the SESAME™ analysis for central Ohio on ... Actual, breakeven (predicted) and 75% confidence limits of 26 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms ... farms, March 15, 2024. ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
fields for a drag hose. Additional on-farm manure side-dress plot results can be obtained by clicking on ... the On-farm Research link on the OSU Extension Agronomics Crops team website at ...
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Severe Weather on the Farm
https://agsafety.osu.edu/safety-thru%C2%A0-seasons-2024/severe-weather-farm
and large machinery sheds are vulnerable to collapse and should not be used as shelters. Farms are ... in your area. Photo caption: Tornado damage to farm in Mercer County, Ohio, November 2017. Credit: ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
1. Prices of dairy nutrients for Ohio dairy farms, January 12, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results ... confidence limits of 26 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms, January 12, 2024. For convenience, Table ... farms, January 12, 2024. ...
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Safeguarding Your Herd: How Biosecurity Keeps Salmonella Dublin at Bay
Historically, Salmonella Dublin was a herd-health issue in the western United States. In recent years, on-farm ... encompasses a comprehensive set of measures and management strategies designed to protect animals and humans ... a farm. Biosecurity offers a comprehensive set of ongoing practices aimed at keeping the disease out ...