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  1. Corn Silage Harvest Safety Should Be Priority One

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/corn-silage-harvest-safety-should-be-priority-one

    Nitrogen dioxide is heavier than air and may be seen as a reddish to yellowish-brown haze. Since it is ... heavier than air, it can be found near the base of a recently filled silo. It has a bleach-like smell, and ... nitrogen dioxide inhalation. Carbon dioxide fills the headspace of the silo, replacing the air. Exposure to ...

  2. 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

    herds, fall can result in more confined and unclean calving pens and poor air quality.  This can result ... factors unrelated to the fall season that affect milk production.  The ABC of air, bunk, and comfort ...

  3. Fertilizing Perennial Forages on Dairy Farms

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/fertilizing-perennial-forages-dairy-farms

    the best times to topdress maintenance fertilizer on perennial forages. Soils are usually firm in ... of P 2 O 5 per ton of dry hay harvested. Adequate amounts of soil P and K are important for the ... harm animals fed those forages. A recent soil test should always guide what nutrients to apply and how ...

  4. Annual Winter Forage Following Wheat Harvest

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/annual-winter-forage-following-wheat-harvest

    your Soil and Water Conservation Board. Double cropping annual forages offers many opportunities to ... costs, improved soil health, and grazing offers higher nutrient values when compared to harvested and ... while protecting the soil, which would otherwise sit idle and without cover for an extended period (Mark ...

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

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    analysis for central Ohio on September 23, 2022 are presented in Table 2. Detailed results for all 26 feed ... classification of feeds according to their outcome in the SESAME™ analysis. Feedstuffs that have gone up in price ...

  6. Preparing Equipment for Corn Silage Harvest

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/preparing-equipment-corn-silage-harvest

    another that is a water cannon with foaming agent.  Check lights, back-up beepers, and condition of the ... across the rolls for wear. The in-season inspection of kernel processors is done with a water separation ... kernels, with a criterion that no more than one whole kernel is present in the sample. The water method ...

  7. Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-4/seeding-perennial-forages-late-summer

    cold weather arrives. The decision to plant should be made for each individual field, considering soil ... moisture status and the rainfall forecast. Rainfall and adequate soil moisture in the few weeks immediately ... Seedings No-till seeding is an excellent choice to conserve soil moisture for seed germination in late ...

  8. Alternative Forages – What are they really?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-3/alternative-forages-%E2%80%93-what-are-they-really

    of beans to be put in, the benefits would be twofold – the cover crop would prevent soil erosion and ... careful analysis and measurement is warranted before decisions are made. Sometimes, the value of cover ... crops may only be in preventing soil erosion if harvest interferes too greatly with other full-season ...

  9. Considerations for Managing Higher Fertilizer Prices on Your Dairy

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-6/considerations-managing-higher-fertilizer-prices

    recommend dairy producers soil test fields, complete a manure nutrient analysis, and apply the correct ... pricing. Management Considerations Soil Sampling & Testing Soil testing is always an important ... situation. Sampling is recommended every three years to maintain proper soil fertility and promote healthy ...

  10. H2Ohio Cover Crop Usage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-5/h2ohio-cover-crop-usage

    cash payments. According to Emily Kramer at the Ohio Department of Agriculture’s Soil and Water ... University Extension A collaborative approach to the issues facing Ohio’s water is how the H2Ohio website ... defines their program. Launched in 2019 as a water quality initiative to address the inflow of nutrients ...

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