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Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 Passed the House
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University (top of page) The Deficit Reduction Act of 2005 passed the House on February 1 by only two votes. The Milk Income Loss Contract (MILC) provisions are: "Sec 1101 National Dairy M ...
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Twin Row Corn Silage Research Plot Results
Mr. Stephen Foster, Extension Educator, Darke County, The Ohio State University Steve Foster and Harold Watters, both Agricultural Educators for Ohio State University Extension, have been conducting twin-row corn production research plots at the Darke Co ...
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Water Usage on Dairy Farms
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-1/water-usage-dairy-farms
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University As we always say "water is the most important nutrient", but all too often it is the most ignored nutrient when we are thinking of nutrition and animal performance. How ...
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An Experience with Monitoring Water Usage on Dairy Farms
Mr. Dusty Sonnenberg, Extension Educator, Henry County, The Ohio State University Water is the most important nutrient for any living organism. Wise use and management of that water is and will become an increasingly important function of dairy producers ...
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Genetically Modified Organisms- Feeds and the Food Chain
Dr. Maurice Eastridge, Extension Dairy Specialist, The Ohio State University Biotechnology is part of our everyday lives, whether in the medical community or food industry. However, the word "biotechnology" gives rise to anxiety for some people ...
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Northeast Ohio Dairy Management Conferences, March 29, 2006
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Extension Dairy Specialist, OSU Extension Center at Wooster Formulating a ration to get the same amount of milk production but less manure. Covering the bunker silo in the fall but not having to uncover and handle plastic and tires ...
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Neonatal Calf Management Workshop: A Cool Experience for the Serious Calf Raiser
Mrs. Dianne Shoemaker, Extension Dairy Specialist, OSU Extension Center at Wooster The future of every successful dairy operation depends on a steady supply of healthy, productive replacement heifers calving between 22 and 24 months of age. If the dairy i ...
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Dairy Facts: A look at Ohio dairy farm numbers 2002 to 2005
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University, Additional milk marketing information by Dr. Thraen Each February, the United States Department of Agriculture, in the report Milk Production, releases estimates of the number of da ...
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Milk and Dairy Product Production Climbs- What's Down the Road for Milk Prices?
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, The Ohio State University As we enter the start of the 2006 calendar year, it is time to take stock of where we are milk price-wise and where we are likely to go in the next 12 months. In this column, I will ...
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Feed and Nutrient Pricing
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-8-issue-2/feed-and-nutrient-pricing
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University Commodity feed markets have been relatively flat for the last 6 months. Besides the usual seasonal trends for commodities, such as brewers grains and wheat middlings, commodity ...