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Depooling: A call to action
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-6/depooling-call-action
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, Ohio State University Data recently made public by the Federal Order 33 Market Administrator Office shines a very bright light on the financial cost of depooling in our Mideast Federal Order, and the cost of ...
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Nutrient Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Income Over Nutrient Costs
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, Ohio State University In this column, I periodically use a software program that we developed here at Ohio State (SESAME) to estimate the cost of major nutrients required for milk production and break-ev ...
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Milking Frequency in Early Lactation: The jury is still out
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, Ohio State University (top of page) It is well known that milking frequency affects milk production. A review paper by Dr. Mark Varner at the University of Maryland estimated an average 12% response in ...
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Length of Dry Period- Don't just jump on a band wagon without knowing if you really want to go that way
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, Ohio State University The traditional length of the dry period for dairy cattle has been 60 days. It is well established from research conducted many years ago and just recently that continuous milking (n ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch,
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-7/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, Ohio State University, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Policy Watch By the time that you read this, it will be old news that dairy product prices for butter and cheese have fallen followin ...
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Nutrient Prices- Everything is Getting Cheap
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, Ohio State University Everything seems to be getting cheap this fall. Finally, by-product feeds have followed the substantial drop of the corn and soybean markets. Based on average nutritional compositio ...
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Control of Bovine Respiratory Disease (BRD or Pneumonia)
Dr. William B. Epperson, Extension Veterinarian, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University Bovine respiratory disease is associated with a large number of pathogens, including viruses (BVD, IBR, BRSV, Coronavirus, and many other ...
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Don't Be Surprised, Do Tax Management for 2004 Now
Mr. David Miller, Farm Management Specialist, Ohio State University Extension As the end of 2004 approaches, dairy farmers need to be thinking about the income and social security tax liability that will be due March 1 (or April 15th) of 2005. While milk ...
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National Animal Identification System for Cattle
Dr. William B. Epperson, Extension Veterinarian, Department of Preventive Veterinary Medicine, Ohio State University Overview and Objectives The National Animal Identification System (NAIS) is a voluntary program administered by USDA in cooperation with ...
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Rumensin® Approved for Lactating Dairy Cows
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Dairy Nutrition Specialist, Ohio State University Ionophores (monensin and lasalocid) have been approved as feed additives for use in dairy replacement heifers for several years but not for lactating dairy cattle. However, the Food ...