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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
University Milk Prices In the January issue, the Class III milk future for March was $16.33/cwt. Class III ... March 2024 issue, the income over nutrient cost (IONC) for cows milking 70 and 85 lb/day is about $10.19 ... dairy farms, March 15, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the SESAME™ analysis for central Ohio on ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
improve chances for a successful forage establishment this spring. Soil Fertility and pH: Set up your ... spring planting window for forages in Ohio is mid-March to mid to late April for southern Ohio and late ... warmer than normal February and March we had this year, soil temperatures and spring green up are nearly ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
University Extension Dairy margin coverage (DMC) sign-up is currently underway at your local Farm Service ... payout for January and February totaling almost 60% of the program premium. While March and the rest of ... history. Figure 1. Actual and forecasted dairy margin coverage. In March, USDA raised the 2024 all-milk ...
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February 2024 Highlights
https://fst.osu.edu/february-2024-highlights
11 – 15 Spring Break March 20 FST Seminar Series ... FoodSURE Spring Poster Presentations 12 – 3 pm Parker Food Science Lobby March 27 ... Congratulations to Dr. Christopher Simons who been selected for the 2023-2024 CFAES Distinguished ...
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Assessing Forage Stands and Winter Damage
University Extension Spring is here and now is a great time to walk fields and note how the forages faired. ... Stands should be assessed carefully during spring green-up for concerns, such as heaving and crown and ... poorly draining soils. Warmer temperatures occurring sporadically in February and March, followed by ...
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January 2024 Highlights
https://fst.osu.edu/january-2024-highlights
Matos 4-5 pm Parker Food Science 118 March 11 – 15 Spring Break March 20 ... Talia Katz, who have been named 2024 CFAES Distinguished Seniors. They are four of the twenty-three ... of Food, Agricultural, and Environmental Sciences (CFAES). The Distinguished Senior Award honors top ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
in the spring offers some advantages over applying manure before crops are planted. One advantage is ... be costly if wet weather further delays spring planting. The second advantage is the liquid manure ... scouring the soil surface and burying small corn plants or further burying seeds. Fields that are spring ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
don't see an immediate response. Many factors can influence the effectiveness of your cleaning and ... relative humidity can impact the success of your hygiene practices. However, there are strategies you can ... implement to make the most out of your C&D (Figure 1). The Basics Plan your C&D. Organize your ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
than feed cost. Over 2016-2022, highest and lowest feed cost differ by $2.50/cwt ($12.87- $10.37) but ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
partly due to less social distress. If your facilities allow, a separate first calf heifer group is ... temperatures are at 68 degrees F or higher. This often can occur in May in the US eastern corn belt. Walk your ... barns during late afternoon each day and be a “cow whisperer”. What are your cows telling you? If they ...