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COBA/Select Sires Annual Meeting Series
Columbus, OH COBA/Select Sires is once again sponsoring a series of Management Seminars during its 1998 Annual Meeting Series. Topics to be discussed are: Where will your farm fit tomorrow? to be presented in Districts 1, 2, 3N and 8N by Dr. Normand St-Pi ...
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NOBA District Membership Meetings
Tiffin, OH Two dairy companies and two land-grant universities are cooperating to present Competitive Dairying in 2005 and Beyond at the NOBA/CRI district membership meetings, to be held January 26 through 30, 1998, in Ohio. Presenters will include Norman ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/milk-price-outlook
Gary Schnitkey The Basic Formula Price (BFP) for January was released on February 5th. For January, the BFP was $13.25 per cwt. This is the second month in a row that the BFP has been above $13.00. Currently, BFP futures contracts for February are tradi ...
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Factors to Consider in a Program for Heat Detection
Dr. Joe Ottobre, Associate Professor Department of Animal Sciences Data from DHI summaries of Ohio dairy herds indicate that the average estrous (heat) detection rate in Ohio is approximately 45%. Thus, Ohio dairy producers are missing 55% of the opport ...
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15- Measures of Competitiveness
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/15-measures-competitiveness
Dianne Shoemaker, Agriculture Agent This month: Debt per cow Competitive Level: Less than $2000 per cow Less than $3000 per cow during an expansion Calculation: Total farm debt/(lactating cows + dry cows) Example: $800,000 debt / 300 cows (249 lacta ...
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Tough Management Yields- Dairy Profits
Donald J. Breece Ph.D., Southwest District Specialist, Farm Management Ohio State University Extension The last three years in the dairy business has required decisive action and tough management by dairy farmers. Yet, those Ohio dairy farms that contro ...
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Who's Who
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-4/whos-who
Normand St-Pierre (614) 292-6507 Normand is a faculty member in the Department of Animal Sciences with an 80% Extension and 20% research appointment. His primary area of responsibility is dairy herd management. He is a new faculty member in the Departmen ...
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Constructing New Buildings On the Farm
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-5/constructing-new-buildings-farm
Joe Beiler Extension Agent, Mercer Co. There are three basic methods for construction on farms: (1) Perform all construction with farm labor, (2) Act as a general contractor and hire sub-contractors, or (3) Hire a general contractor to construct the ...
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Milk Price Outlook
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-5/milk-price-outlook
Gary Schnitkey Dairy Farm Management Specialist The February 1998 Basic Formula Price (BFP) is $13.32 per cwt., up $.07 from the January 1998 BFP. This BFP will place average pay prices for Ohio milk producers in the $14 to $15 per cwt. range BFPs f ...
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First Harvest of Forages is Just Around the Corner!
Mark Sulc & Thomas E. Noyes The first harvest of forage crops is just around the corner, in fact orchardgrass for dairy cattle will be ready for harvest in the southern part of the state as soon as fields dry out, if it isn't ready already. First ...