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Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters
hay production (Ward et al., 2016, 2018), and so managing these costs is key to an Ohio forage ... state of Ohio (NASS, 2017). Fertilizer costs represent 40 to 60% of the variable input costs of forage ... reliant on the best available information. In order to make better and up-to-date forage fertility ...
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Steps to Speed up Field Curing of Hay Crops
forage quality as the crop matures. As we keep waiting for perfect haymaking weather, we will reach the ... Some rain damage is not going to reduce the value much in that very mature forage. Before cutting ... long-lasting effects on hay crops. We’ve seen many fields where stand loss in wheel tracks led to lower forage ...
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Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer
Dr. Mark Sulc, Professor and Extension Forage Specialist, Department of Horticulture and Crop ... perennial forage stands or filling in seedings made this spring that have gaps. The primary risk with late ... summer forage seedings is having sufficient moisture for seed germination and plant establishment. The ...
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Harvest Management of Sorghum Forages
Dr. Mark Sulc, Professor and Extension Forage Specialist, Department of Horticulture and Crop ... grasses, such as sudangrass, sorghum-sudangrass, forage sorghum, pearl millet, and teff grass, are being ... used as additional sources of forage on dairy farms. This article discusses harvest and grazing ...
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Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program
and Holstein bulls), Calendar week, and Calendar month. Background: A total of 6488 calvings during ... sires. 5. What has been the pattern of calf death loss at birth by calendar week? In the calendar week, ... female), and parity, season and calendar week should be considered when assessing calf death losses for ...
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USDA Releases July Dairy Outlook
here: https://www.usda.gov/oce/commodity/wasde. Production and Use Data According to data from the ... numbers were 4,100 higher than the same week one year ago. Milk production in May was 0.5 lb less than ... Actions taken by some cooperatives and handlers may have discouraged higher production Increased feed ...
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Introduction to Hydroponics
https://hcs.osu.edu/courses/hcs-2300
production. The course will provide basic information on key components of hydroponics, different systems ... gardening as well as school science teaching programs. If you enjoyed this course, you may like… HCS 3521 ... Greenhouse Systems and Management HCS 4300 Hydroponic Crop Production HCS 4301 Hydroponic Crop Production Lab ...
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Introduction to Agronomy
https://hcs.osu.edu/courses/hcs-3100
HCS 3100 An introductory course of row crop and forage agricultural production (agronomy). This ... course introduces students to row and forage crop species common in Ohio and surrounding states, and ...
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Advanced Cropping Systems
https://hcs.osu.edu/courses/hcs-5100
professionals. Students will apply their knowledge regarding row and forage crop management to address production ... and ethical responsibility, and production efficiency to help students transition to being ...
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Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality
dairy products and fluid milk is greatly affected by the initial quality of the raw milk harvested at ... and without sufficient water intake, milk production will suffer. An adequate ingestion of fresh, ... maximize water intake and you will maximize feed intake and consequently milk production. To improve ...