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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
corn or soybeans. If the crops are emerging, manure can still be applied to corn but not soybeans. ... Newly emerging soybeans can easily be killed by the application of liquid manure. Corn can tolerate the ... a boost to the emerging crop. It is difficult to know how much of the ammonium nitrogen in the dairy ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
temperatures are at 68 degrees F or higher. This often can occur in May in the US eastern corn belt. Walk your ... the sides, high producing cows, long day length, and uneven air flow within the barn are all possible ... The dairy farmer will look over the cow pen and notice the cows are bunched up and huddled into a big ...
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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
plate! They’ve been investing in and researching new strategies that will shrink our greenhouse gas ... about the dairy system and its sources of greenhouse gas emission, about the emerging technologies that ... will enable us to reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle, and discuss what carbon credits are, ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
disinfection practices on any given day. Some things are difficult to control, for example, temperature and ... can negatively impact disinfectants. If temperatures are predicted to rise throughout the day ... , consider moving your C&D to whenever the warmest temperatures will be reached. Alternatively, some ...
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Goat Council Raising Funds
https://champaign.osu.edu/news/goat-council-raising-fundsd
the 2023 Champaign County Fair. From now until May 1, 4-H goat project members will be selling ... sold, the club the member belongs to will receive $5! So if a member sells 5 planters and/or hanging ... baskets, the club will receive $25 from the Goat Council as a thank you for helping out.  Check out the ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
nutrients in the soil, if pH isn’t taken care of the forage will not be as productive. Most forages are ... that are well-draining. Timing for seedbed prep should be based more on conditions than the calendar ... mixes that will meet desired production. Direct seedings without a companion crop will allow for 2-3 ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
a profound decline, even within the context of the long-standing decline in dairy herds. The economic ... decline stands out. A question that emerges from Figure 4 is, “What caused higher exits from dairy farming ... difference between the US average all milk price received by farms and the cost of feeds (corn, soybean meal, ...
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It's Time to Make It Take It!
https://champaign.osu.edu/news/its-time-make-it-take-it
The Champaign County Master Gardener Volunteers will once again be offering their annual spring ... Make It Take It event! The program will be held at the Champaign County Community Center Auditorium on ... May 2, 2024 at 6:30 p.m., and will feature the making of a succulent teacup arrangement. The cost of ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
note of where on the plant shoot growth is active. Healthy plants will have numerous shoots growing ... University Extension Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. ... root diseases. A thorough and timely assessment will allow for planning any necessary adjustments for ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
March 2024 issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about $10.19 ... Bargains At Breakeven Overpriced   41% Cottonseed meal Corn silage Whole cottonseed Blood meal Distillers ... dried grains Corn, ground, dry Mechanically extracted canola meal Gluten meal Soybean hulls Solvent ...