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Short-Season Forages for Late Summer Planting on Dairy Farms
25-30 days into June or early July. In our research, a fall harvest and 3 additional harvests the ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
this article, I must step down as my days are numbered, and I will soon be graduating. I have ... 70 lb/day and 85 lb/day is about $13.39 and $13.83/cwt, respectively. This is over $0.75/cwt more ...
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2015 Tri-State Dairy Nutrition Conference
pre-conference symposium on April 19. Mark your calendars for plans to attend an excellent program and to join in ...
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Winter Calf Management
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-6/winter-calf-management
winter, this can be a challenge since 50⁰F at night can have highs of 70⁰F during the day. Usually calves ... calves warm will be beneficial. Studies show that calf jackets improve gain by 0.22 lb/day compared to ... it off during the day is extra work but may help calves who cannot regulate temperature very well. ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
and 85 lb/day is about $7.13 and $7.56/cwt, respectively. This is more than $3/cwt lower than ...
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Making High Quality Baleage
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/making-high-quality-baleage
bales where bales meet. They require higher feed-out rates of ideally two bales per day. With a line ... after baling to avoid spoilage. The temperatures of bales that were wrapped each day from at baling to ... 4 days after baling are provided in Figure 1 (data from University of Wisconsin). With the temperature on ...
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Raising Dairy Calves: Reading Personality of the Calves can be Important
calf starter. Calves were assigned to 1 of 4 milk-feeding allowances (1.6, 2.1, 2.6, or 3.2 gal/day of ... was reduced to 50% of the allowance at 42 days of age and reduced by 20%/day from day 50 until calves ... were completely weaned at day 55. At 27 and 36 days of age, each calf was subjected to three novelty ...
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Establishing New Forage Stands
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-2/establishing-new-forage-stands
to smother the stand. For pure grass seedings, generally harvest after 70 days from planting, unless ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
protein. For March’s issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about ...
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Cold Weather Dairy Calf Care
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-1/cold-weather-dairy-calf-care
meet the need. The lower critical temperature for calves from birth to 7 days of age is 55°F. Between ... 7 and 30 days of age, the lower critical temperature is in the 48 to 50°F range. For older calves, the ... additional feeding. For example, if normally the calf is fed 3 quarts twice a day, add an additional 2-quart ...