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3rd Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/3rd-dairy-cattle-welfare-symposium
universities, and the dairy community to discuss best recommended practices with focus on animal well-being, ... The Dairy Cattle Welfare Symposium will bring together dairy farmers, veterinarians, consultants, ... management, husbandry, animal-people interaction, health, and productivity. The first keynote speaker will be ...
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Sheep Care Videos
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/sheep-care-videos
topics on selection, nutrition, management practices, handling, showing, and fitting. They were produced ... These sheep care videos feature some of the key components of owning and managing sheep including ...
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New Study Will Track Ways to Cut Runoff from Elevated Phosphorus Fields
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-study-will-track-ways-cut-runoff-elevated-phosphorus-fields
on the farmers’ fields; use and evaluate best management practices on the fields — practices aimed at ... Instead, other best management practices are needed — ones that keep nutrients in the field or that trap ... a variety of best management practices at the study sites and then will evaluate the practices using ...
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Helping farmers know their bottom line
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/helping-farmers-know-their-bottom-line
Shoemaker, a dairy specialist with Ohio State University Extension, the outreach arm of CFAES, and manager of ... a 400-cow dairy farm for years. That, plus row-cropping 2,000 acres, kept him outside, where he wanted to be ... stopped. Selling off their herd of Holsteins, they switched to raising heifers while continuing with ...
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2019 North West Ohio Sheep and Goat Series
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/2019-north-west-ohio-sheep-and-goat-series
small ruminant nutrition and feeding, reproduction and birthing, animal health, and pasture management ... On February 19 th, key topics will include calendar based management, identifying and fitting your ...
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Extension Professionals Complete Risser Farm Financial Management Training.
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/extension-professionals-complete-risser-farm-financial-management-training
Forty-six Extension professionals participated in the “Risser Farm Financial Management ... certification to be instructors for OSU Extension Small Farm Financial Management Colleges which will help ... Agriculture's website. #LeanOnYourLandGrant Farm Management ag law Farm Finances Farm Office ...
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New Farm Bill Likely Won't Surprise Corn and Soybean Farmers
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/new-farm-bill-likely-wont-surprise-corn-and-soybean-farmers
CFAES. Among those issues are funding to support cotton and dairy farmers, research, and water quality. ... been toward lower commodity prices and declining overall farm revenue. Across the nation, dairy farmers ... feel they’re not getting enough assistance from the federal government, but the dairy industry is ...
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Reducing the Environmental Impact of Cows' Waste
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/reducing-environmental-impact-cows-waste
phosphorus in the national feed requirements for beef and dairy cattle can be reduced without jeopardizing ... the nutrition and strength of the cow. Some farmers feed their animals more phosphorus than the ... be problematic. The phosphorus and nitrogen in cow manure, after it’s applied to farmland as ...
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Morrow County BQA Training
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/morrow-county-bqa-training
cover: Tattoo lessons and herd identification techniques DNA collection methods and understanding ... herd health and vaccination protocol ...
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Showers limiting days for spreading livestock manure
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/showers-limiting-days-spreading-livestock-manure
few opportunities to get the manure applied,” said Glen Arnold, a manure management specialist with ... Typically, farmers with a lot of livestock, such as dairy cows or hogs, pump out their manure ponds and pits ... year because of rain. Even after harvest, there were few days when manure could be applied to fields ...