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  1. Considering Dairy Farm Construction in 2023?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-1/considering-dairy-farm-construction-2023

    Extension Remodeling existing facilities to improve cow comfort can improve the longevity and production of ... has been 2 inches of assessable water trough perimeter per cow, but recent research has shown this ... ft, but newer research shows that when these fans are pointed correctly for cooling while cows are ...

  2. Upcoming Dairy Youth Events

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-1/upcoming-dairy-youth-events

    Saturday, April 2023, Wooster, OH For 10 different years, Dairy Palooza has offered a wonderful educational ... learn. It will be held on a Saturday during late April in the Wooster area. Additional information will ...

  3. Spring Hayfield Scouting

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-2/spring-hayfield-scouting

    keep that stand. Most forage specialists and researchers commonly use 55 and 40 as key numbers when ...

  4. USDA ERS Dairy Outlook: January 2023

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-1/usda-ers-dairy-outlook-january-2023

    University Extension The United States Department of Agriculture Economic Research Service (USDA ERS) ... Moving Forward Early indications are that 2023 will be a challenging year for dairy farms. While there ...

  5. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-25-issue-1/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    April F. White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... Table 1. Prices of dairy nutrients for Ohio dairy farms, January 25, 2023. Economic Value of Feeds ... confidence limits of 26 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms, January 25, 2023. For convenience, Table ...

  6. Methane Mitigation Strategies for Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-6/methane-mitigation-strategies-dairy-farms

    in context of a LCA. Thus, further research should focus on evaluating total GHG emissions using an ... LCA for individual farms and geographical regions. b) Dietary lipid supplementation has been shown to ... supplementation. Further research is needed to identify cost-effective fat sources fed at the appropriate level ...

  7. Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud on Roadways

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/ohio-laws-governing-manure-and-mud-roadways

    increase in farm equipment traveling roadways to harvest crops, haul grain, and transport silage from ... fields to the farm.  This is also a time when tractors and manure spreaders are used to apply nutrients ... the farm operator was held liable under a negligence claim brought by the harmed party.  ...

  8. Nuisance Bird Economics, Prevention, and Control for Livestock Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-6/nuisance-bird-economics-prevention-and-control

    survey. Flocks can range from a few hundred to over 10,000 on a single farm.  Starlings are known to fly ... 15 to 30 miles from roosting sites to a desirable feed source. On dairy farms, starlings consume ... month from a 200-cow dairy farm. Various studies have shown the economic cost of bird infestation in ...

  9. Preparing Your Dairy Herd for the Fall Football Season

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/preparing-your-dairy-herd-fall-football-season

    rearview mirror for most Midwest dairy farms, and the best coaches prepare their cow herd, facilities ... prepare.  Day Length The most consistent research response many university and farm data in the northern ...

  10. Use 2022 Profitability As a Catalyst for Retirement Savings

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    Extension Typically as we move into the final quarter of the year, farm managers will start to examine their ... financial records in order to estimate the potential net farm income for the year and make plans on how to ... For many farm managers, it typically means prepaying expenses for the upcoming year or by investing in ...

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