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Assessing Milk Price and Risk Management for 2023
downturn. Talking to input suppliers for commodity/feed crops, it appears that prices may be higher in 2023 ... numbers than was originally projected. This may mean a tighter margin year ahead for 2023 as crop input ... consider is the DRP, which can be used to set a floor under your milk price at your cost of production or ...
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Preparing Equipment for Corn Silage Harvest
harvest. Sources: Getting Ready for Corn Silage Harvest, Cornell University, https://blogs.cornell.edu/nwny-dairy-livestock-field-crops ... costly. A breakdown in the field can lead to delayed harvest and lower quality silage, resulting in poor ... milk production and animal performance. Now is the time to be reviewing, servicing, and preparing ...
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Environmental and health scientists bite back! Managing tick and mosquito bite-based diseases in Ohio and beyond
Agriculture (USDA) Steven Wilden has worked for USDA APHIS Veterinary Services as a field Veterinary Medical ...
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Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud on 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 ... to harvested fields. During these operations, it is not uncommon to find mud or manure spilled on ...
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Alternative Forages – What are they really?
and then small grain harvest/straw production to happen early enough in the summer to allow for a crop ... norm that aids the producer in meeting production goals or better fits in with the mission of the farm ... that fits all production practices because each operation has differing goals and missions. This leads ...
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Time to Assess Forage Legume Stands
Dr. Mark Sulc, Professor and Extension Dairy Specialist, Department of Horticulture and Crop ... when 3 to 4 inches of new shoot growth is present. Select random sites throughout the field and count ... Random sampling will give the best unbiased overall evaluation of the field. Plant heaving is always ...
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USDA ERS Dairy Outlook: September 2022
reported July milk production of 19.140 billion pounds produced by an average of 9.416 million head of ... dairy cattle. July milk production per cow averaged 2,033 pounds. The all-milk price in July was ... has been reduced to 9.4 million head, but average production per cow came in higher at 24,075 ...
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Preparing Your Dairy Herd for the Fall Football Season
and negatively affect milk production if the herd is not prepared. Shorter day length, lingering ... U.S. has been the response in milk production to long day lighting. An added 4 to 6 lb/day of milk per ... successful in feeding new corn silage without production decline take great care in proper corn hybrid ...
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What is Wild?! How intensive training practices for the African wild dog and cheetah are influencing wildlife management strategies around the world
veterinary and conservation medicine, field ecology and animal management. His background in conservation ...
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Nuisance Bird Economics, Prevention, and Control for Livestock Farms
grain and leave droppings, which results in feed and possibly milk production losses. The starlings may ...