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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
during 2022. Of these farms, 97% had less than 10 cows. Milk Sales: In 2022, the 2,013 farms with ... unpaid labor and farm-produced feeds. The cumulative 10 year net return to economic cost has been less ... Dr. Carl Zulauf, Department of Agricultural, Environmental and Development Economics, The Ohio ...
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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 ... or 76,000 head less than the year prior in January of 2023. Heifer inventories do not show a rapid ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
is 150 cows or less. Automated milking dairy farms with all cows in same pen will observe more social ... partly due to less social distress. If your facilities allow, a separate first calf heifer group is ... dominant stressors and potential bunching. As a farm manager, do not overcrowd pens, especially with ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
consistently causing contamination issues with farm equipment. Biofilms can even result in animal infections. ... form biofilms within 48 hours. Currently, very few disinfectants have been tested to determine their ... a disinfectant has been tested against in the lab and found effective. Double check to make sure the ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
potassium, the optimal range is 100-130 ppm for sandy soils with a cation exchange capacity (CEC) less than ... test and that the variety is well suited to our region. The forage stand is a multiyear crop, so ... planting “common” seed (variety not stated) usually proves to be a very poor investment, yielding less even ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
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. ... distance of climate neutrality. Place et al. (2022) determined that a 23% reduction in farm-gate emissions ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
expected 39 or less Consider stand replacement While assessing the stem density of a forage stand, take ... crown and root. The table below can help you rate crowns. A healthy stand will have less than 30% of ...
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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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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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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 ... that are less productive in the milking herd or are culled. The primary transmission route for ... a farm. Biosecurity offers a comprehensive set of ongoing practices aimed at keeping the disease out ...