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Nutrient Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Income Over Nutrient Costs
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, Ohio State University In this column, ... I periodically use a software program that we developed here at Ohio State (SESAME) to estimate the cost of major ... nutrients required for milk production and break-even prices of feed commodities in Ohio. Results can be ...
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Spring Alfalfa Stand Evaluation
Mr. Rory Lewandowski, Extension Agriculture Educator, Wayne County, The Ohio State University ... winter dormancy in a weakened state as a result of these compounding stressors. The question is “How will ... is taken from an Iowa State University Integrated Crop Management newsletter article from March of ...
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What is Your Corn Silage Worth?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-12-issue-3/what-your-corn-silage-worth
nutritional value of corn silage in comparison to other feedstuffs available in the Ohio market area. Corn ... that more inexpensive nutrients are retained, and less purchased feeds will be needed in the coming ... (Table 2). Based on early August wholesale prices for central Ohio, feed commodities fall into three ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University. Feed markets have ... calculated using market prices of commodities in central Ohio (Table 1). Net energy lactation is currently ... traded or available in central Ohio. In spite of its relative high price ($3.70/bu), corn grain was ...
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Dairy Policy and Market Watch
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-6-issue-4/dairy-policy-and-market-watch
Dr. Cameron Thraen, Milk Marketing Specialist, Ohio State University, Additional milk marketing ... markets, and policy issues of importance to Ohio and Federal Order 33 producers go to my website, Ohio ... the U.S. The June blend price for Ohio hit $20/cwt. This would be a devastating low price in Japan but ...
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Milk Production Gains Strong- Outlook for Prices is Revised
projected milk production for the United States is set at 161.5 billion pounds for the marketing year ending ... increase, this will set a record level of production for the United States! The 3.2% expansion will be the ... production in the 20 selected states was 12.0 billion pounds in April. This is according to the USDA's ...
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Factors to Consider in a Program for Heat Detection
Dr. Joe Ottobre, Associate Professor Department of Animal Sciences Data from DHI summaries of ... Ohio dairy herds indicate that the average estrous (heat) detection rate in Ohio is approximately 45%. ... Thus, Ohio dairy producers are missing 55% of the opportunities to breed cows, or are breeding at the ...
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Calendar of Events
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-14-issue-6/calendar-events
Date Program Location January 21 Ohio Purebred Dairy Cattle Association Annual Meeting Der ... Dutchman, Plain City January 26 Ohio Jersey Breeders Association Annual Meeting Der Dutchman, Plain City ... February 16 Ohio Brown Swiss Breeders Annual Meeting Der Dutchman, Plain City February 23 Ohio Ayrshire ...
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Evaluating Forage Stands After the Winter Season
Dr. Mark Sulc, Forage Specialist, Ohio State University As winter releases its grip, forage crops ... forage stands in early spring, recent research in Ohio and Missouri has shown that more alfalfa plants ...
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Cost of Nutrients and Benchmarks of Profitability for Ohio Dairy Farms
Dr. Normand St-Pierre, Dairy Management Specialist, The Ohio State University. At the time of this ... implicit market prices of nutrients were calculated using market prices of 29 commodities in central Ohio ... by nutritionists when balancing dairy rations. Table 1. Prices of nutrients, central Ohio. Nutrient ...