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Dairy Endowment Reaches Goal
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-3/dairy-endowment-reaches-goal
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The Peter W. Spike Dairy Judging Endowment Fund was established in 2005 in honor of Dr. Peter W. Spike, Professor Emeritus in the Department of Animal Sciences, to honor his care ...
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Annual Banquet for the Buckeye Dairy Club and the Department of Animal Sciences
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The Annual Banquet for the Buckeye Dairy Club and the Department of Animal Sciences at The Ohio State University was held on May 7 at the Der Dutchman Restaurant in Plain City. ...
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Current Dairy Youth Programs
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-3/current-dairy-youth-programs
Mrs. Bonnie Ayars, Extension Dairy Program Specialist, The Ohio State University State fair is upon us. However, I would like to report that we recently conducted our annual Ohio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl on July 5th. If you think you might be smarter than o ...
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Pricing Drought-Stressed and Immature Corn for Silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, and Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Extension Dairy Specialists, The Ohio State University Because of growing conditions this year, some corn silage will be made from either drought-stressed corn plants or immature corn plant ...
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Pricing Standing Corn for Silage Harvest- 2011
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Dr. Bill Weiss, and Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Extension Dairy Specialists, The Ohio State University How to price corn for silage as a crop standing in the field is a perennially challenging question. The optimal answer will vary depe ...
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Market View
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-6/market-view
Dr. Cameron Thraen, State Extension Specialist, Dairy Market and Policy, The Ohio State University By the time you are reading this, it will be well known that the United States Super Committee of 12 was not able to come to agreement on tax increases and ...
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The Costs of Nutrients, Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices, and the Current Dairy Situation
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Extension Specialist, The Ohio State University The milk and feed markets have gone down recently. Nobody really knows where milk prices are heading 3 to 6 months from now. With all these changes, however, it is too easy to ...
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Should Major Diet Adjustments be Made Because of High Corn Prices?
Dr. Bill Weiss, Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University With the end of the cheap corn era (probably forever), diet formulation strategies are being re-evaluated. When dry corn was $120/ton ($3.35/bu), diets t ...
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Composition of Corn Silage Harvested in 2011
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The weather conditions this crop year presented several challenges. It was a very wet spring and crops were planted quite late, resulting in a late harvest. Overall, the yield ...
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Students Excel in 2011 Ohio Dairy Challenge Contest
Dr. Maurice L. Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The 2011 Ohio Dairy Challenge was held November 10-11and was again sponsored by Cargill Animal Nutrition. The Dairy Challenge provides the opportunity for undergraduates at Oh ...