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  1. Dairy Margin Coverage and Dairy Risk Management for 2025

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/dairy-margin-coverage-and-dairy-risk-management-2025

    to manage these risks in 2025 can help protect your operation from volatility. Dairy Margin Coverage ... (DMC) through the U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) is one of these tools that allows producers to ... manage both milk price risk and feed cost risk together. This program allows producers to protect their ...

  2. Property Owners and Unidentified Drones

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/property-owners-and-unidentified-drones

    Peggy Kirk Hall, Director, Agricultural and Resource Law Program and Ryan McMichae l, Agriculture ... imprisonment, depending upon the risk of harm resulting from the endangerment. 2. Shooting a drone can create ... safety risks and potential civil liability.  The Federal Aviation Authority (FAA) and other aviation ...

  3. Rumen Acidosis in Dairy Cattle – A Cause for Concern?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/rumen-acidosis-dairy-cattle-%E2%80%93-cause-concern

    effective fiber in the diet will increase rumen pH, but it does come with risks. Increasing forage or ... grains, which risks reducing milk production. An “optimum” forage or physically effective fiber ... concentration is the ultimate goal. Forage NDF concentrations below 17% risks reduced rumen pH and feed ...

  4. Federal Order Reform Passed in All 11 Federal Orders: Considerations for FMMO 33 Milk Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/federal-order-reform-passed-all-11-federal-orders

    your risk protection strategy when using Dairy Revenue Protection or the futures and options market as ... increased $0.50/cwt.  These changes may impact how you use market-based tools in the future to manage risk ...

  5. Hidden Defenses: How Cows Fight Disease

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/hidden-defenses-how-cows-fight-disease

    annual losses. As a producer, you do everything in your power to mitigate disease risks in your ...

  6. Update on the Foot-and-Mouth Disease Outbreak in Germany

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-27-issue-1/update-foot-and-mouth-disease-outbreak-germany

    and the agricultural market from the potentially devastating impacts of this disease. ...

  7. Using Antibiotics on Your Dairy Farm? How to Monitor for Improved Practices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/using-antibiotics-your-dairy-farm-how-monitor

    serious health issues. Responsible use of antimicrobials minimizes the risk of resistant infections, ... by reducing the risk of antimicrobial residues in food products. By tracking antibiotic use, farmers ... risk of infection or those with existing infections, such as high somatic cell counts (SCC). On some ...

  8. Practical Tips to Improve Calf Welfare in Cold Weather

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/practical-tips-improve-calf-welfare-cold-weather

    challenges for all calves, with very young ones being especially at risk. When temperatures drop below 50°F, ...

  9. Starter Success for Dairy Calves

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-6/starter-success-dairy-calves

    as group housing can increase the risk of health issues among calves. With proper backgrounding and ...

  10. Footbath Practices for Lameness Prevention

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-5/footbath-practices-lameness-prevention

    with copper sulfate is the environmental concern of copper accumulation in the soil leading to plant ... removal, copper build-up will be slow, but soils should be monitored. Formalin also kills bacteria and ... 5% due to risk of chemical burn. Formalin is not as effective at temperatures below 50° F, and open ...

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