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Drought-Stressed Corn for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/drought-stressed-corn-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University The dry conditions in many parts of the State have greatly reduced hay and haycrop silage yields, which has reduced forage inventory on many dairy farms. In addition, corn plants are b ...
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Chopping Soybeans for Silage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/chopping-soybeans-silage
Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, The Ohio State University Because of dry conditions, soybeans may not mature adequately to justify harvesting the crop as beans. An alternative is to chop the entire plant and make silage out of it. If harveste ...
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Testing for Nitrates
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/testing-nitrates
Dr. Maurice Eastridge and Dr. Bill Weiss, Dairy Specialists, The Ohio State University With the dry conditions in many areas in Ohio, crop growth has been severely affected and producers are considering using grain corn for forage. With the dry conditions ...
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Feeding Glycerol to Dairy Cattle
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-2/feeding-glycerol-dairy-cattle
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University Are you a label reader? Probably not, unless you get bored when you are on "business" in the bathroom and you don't have the Readers Digest or the local daily newspaper in a ...
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Planting Small Grains in Late Summer for Supplemental Forage
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, The Ohio State University Forage yields have been reduced this year due to the late spring frost and dry weather since May. Supplemental forage can be produced yet this year by planting small grain species on land coming ...
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Results of Ohio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The annual Ohio 4-H Dairy Quiz Bowl competition for youth ranging in age from 3rd grade through 18 years of age was held on Saturday, May 19 on the OSU Columbus campus. Nine junior (age 1 ...
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Bonnie Ayars Hired as Dairy Program Specialist
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University Bonnie Ayars started on Monday, June 4 in the Dairy Program Specialist position in the Department of Animal Sciences (position formerly held by Laurie Winkleman). Her responsibilities inc ...
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2007 Recipients of the Dairy Science Hall of Service
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University The annual Dairy Banquet for the Department of Animal Sciences and the Buckeye Dairy Club was held on Saturday, May 12 at the Der Dutchman in Plain City. One of the highlights of the banq ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-9-issue-3/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University No group watches the dairy markets more closely than the good folks at the USDA Dairy Market News. Here is a synopsis of what they have to say about the current conditions in the ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University. What will be the average US corn yield this year? Is China buying corn? Can Brazil compensate for the US acreage reduction in soybeans? These are just a few among many ques ...