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  1. Managing the Work Schedule for Personnel in Large Dairy Herds

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-5/managing-work-schedule-personnel-large-dairy-herds

    and the pros and cons of a 12-hour work shift versus the “normal” 8-hour shift. In practice, it really ... working longer shifts, but they are also working many more hours in the week and month. Although there are ... limited studies available in the literature for the dairy industry, the total number of employees is ...

  2. Handling Dairy Manure

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-7/handling-dairy-manure

    satisfy the needs of the variety of operations in place today or being planned. Experience and research ... material that was not accounted for in the systems design is very frustrating and potentially costly, if ... not unworkable. The design of stall bed used in freestalls largely determines the bedding material ...

  3. A Look Back at the Dairy Business of 2013

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-1/look-back-dairy-business-2013

    industry.  That said, there is a wealth of information in these numbers for all Ohio farms to use as they ... evaluate their dairy’s performance. An enterprise overview is displayed in Table 1.  The “Average of 35 ... their animals.  The “Range” column identifies the high and low numbers in each category.  The “Top 20% ...

  4. How the Weather and Feed Shrink Affect Your Bottom Line

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-3/how-weather-and-feed-shrink-affect-your-bottom-line

    concentrate shrink expenses can add up when a dusting is lost here and there. Shrink comes in many forms; ... commodities shrink in many ways from the time they arrive at the farm until they are eaten by your cows. The ... a 50% reduction in shrink, it helps to identify shrink of individual ingredients. With just an 8% shrink ...

  5. 2015 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-17-issue-3/2015-tri-state-dairy-nutrition-conference

    515 in attendance and a record number of exhibitors. The pre-conference workshop on feeding management ... software was well attended, there were 9 undergraduates and 12 graduate students that competed in student ... pre-conference symposium on April 19. Mark your calendars for plans to attend an excellent program and to join in ...

  6. New 15 Measures of Dairy Farm Competitiveness Available

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-10-issue-3/new-15-measures-dairy-farm-competitiveness-available

    of Dairy Farm Competitiveness" in 1997. Those same questions are just as valid today and can be ... answered in the context of today's dairy industry using the newly released 2008 edition of the 15 ... most competitive dairy producers in the midwest. Some dairy producers already exceed many of the ...

  7. 2011 Graduates of the OSU Dairy Certificate Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-13-issue-3/2011-graduates-osu-dairy-certificate-program

    Program was begun in 2009 by the OSU Department of Animal Sciences. The general requirements for the ... Program are completion of 37-38 credit hours in specified courses, completion of a dairy-related ... internship, and participation in the Dairy Challenge Program. The largest class since the Program’s inception ...

  8. 4-H Dairy Program Updates

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-2/4-h-dairy-program-updates

    be held on March 29th-March 31st at the Ohio Expo Center in Columbus.  The daily schedule is ... available at www.springdairyexpo.com. If you have any interest in dairy, it is a wonderful event that ... %20%282%29.pdf). Youth Dairy Judging Clinic In an amazing turn out of participants, a dairy judging ...

  9. Milk Production for Ohio Dairy Herds

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-2/milk-production-ohio-dairy-herds

    useful in monitoring cow health and feeding practices within a farm. The average production of milk, and ... proportions of fat and protein by breed for Ohio dairy herds in 2011 using the Dairy Herd Improvement (DHI; ... http://www.dhiohio.com) program are provided in the Table 1. Not all herds on DHI are included in the table below because ...

  10. Nutrition

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-11-issue-2/nutrition

    st-pierre.8@osu.edu The current financial situation in dairy production is quite disastrous.  Find out which feeds ... the extent of our current financial disaster in dairy. ...

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