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  1. A Great Success!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-1-issue-12/great-success

    With over 300 attendees, the first Ohio Dairy Conference attracted considerably more people than expected by the organizing committee. Despite the strain imposed by this unexpected attendance, the program was kept on schedule and most of the attendees rel ...

  2. Planning: A Vital Function of Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-1/planning-vital-function-management

    For most dairy producers, this is a slower time of the year.  With a bit of free time in  your hands, you should manage to make room for planning.  We know that you dont like sitting behind a desk to scribble numbers on a piece of paper.  Thats a female j ...

  3. Milk Prices Flatten as Milk Output Stays in High Gear!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-2/milk-prices-flatten-milk-output-stays-high-gear

    WHEW! In my April report (put out March 25th) I stated that the March BFP would come in at $11.57 and explained what was behind the significant decline in the February BFP. For March I was off by only 5 cents and I can live with it! Now let's turn ou ...

  4. Harvest Alfalfa Based on Quality Goals

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-2/harvest-alfalfa-based-quality-goals

    How many times have you heard the statements: Timely harvest is critical for achieving optimal quality of alfalfa forage and high forage quality is critical to good performance in high producing lactating cows? But how do you know when alfalfa is at the o ...

  5. Rations for Good Rumen Health

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-3/rations-good-rumen-health

    The first priority of dairy rations should be to maintain rumen health. Traditionally, forages of sufficient particle size are used to stimulate cows to chew feed during eating and cud-chewing (the latter is called rumination). Dairy cows spend about 10 h ...

  6. Wet Conditions Increase the Chances for Pesticide-Contaminated Forages

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-4/wet-conditions-increase-chances-pesticide

    The use of organochlorine pesticides such as DDT, aldrin, dieldrin, heptachlor, lindane, etc., has been banned for approximately 30 years. Therefore, they should not present a risk of actionable residues in milk or meat products. Unfortunately, the latter ...

  7. Maintaining Quality Grain in Storage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-4/maintaining-quality-grain-storage

    If you had $15,000 to $30,000 in cash sitting in a grain bin, would you check it often? You know you would. So why not check your grain that is worth that much? When you store wheat, oats, rye, barley, grain sorghum, shelled corn, or any other grain on yo ...

  8. Cheese Inventories Dip- Cheese Prices Roar!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-5/cheese-inventories-dip-cheese-prices-roar

    Holy Hot Cows!  High heat and humidity throughout most of the United States is slowing the torrid pace of milk production this summer. The latest USDA July 15 milk production report shows production gains, while still high, are off in most of the high pro ...

  9. DROUGHT CONCERNS: BEWARE OF NITRATES!

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-6/drought-concerns-beware-nitrates

    William P. Shulaw DVM, Extension Veterinarian; Kent H. Hoblet DVM, Extension Veterinarian; Diane F. Gerken DVM, Veterinary Toxicologist.   Drought Concerns Reminiscent of 1988, we are facing possible problems with feeding drought-stressed plants and poten ...

  10. ROASTED SOYBEANS AND COPPER INCREASE SPONTANEOUS OXIDIZED MILK FLAVOR

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-2-issue-7/roasted-soybeans-and-copper-increase-spontaneous

    Jennifer S. Timmons, M. S., Donald L. Palmquist, Ph.D.   Department of Animal Sciences Ration composition of lactating cows has been altered over recent years to supply the energy required to support enhanced milk production. One way to accomplish this is ...

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