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Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)
will enable us to reduce enteric methane emissions from cattle, and discuss what carbon credits are, ... total, its estimated that man-made activities in the US emit about 6,300 million metric tons of CO ... https://doi.org/10.1002/bbb.1496 Capper, J. L., and R. A. Cady. 2019. The effects of improved performance in the U.S. dairy cattle ...
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New Factsheet: Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle
A new factsheet on “ Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle ” has been developed and posted on ...
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Why Do Cows Bunch?
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch
similar – bunch together! Cows will bunch together when under stress because of their God designed ... 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 ...
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Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up
US dairy herd continued to shrink in January of 2024 by about 23,000 head compared to December 2023 ... Agency (FSA) office through April 29 th. The DMC program provided about $2.80/cwt of support in 2023 for ... Percentages of milk fat and solids from 2018 to 2024. U.S. milk prices are being supported by strong domestic ...
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US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture
policy design was retained. For a brief but longer history of US dairy policy, see the discussion in the ... 24,094 US farms sold milk during 2022 (see Figure 1). The largest number of dairy farms with milk sales ... 1,000 or more cows accounted for 66% of all US milk sales (see Figures 1 and 2). The comparable share ...
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Disease Prevention: Making the Most of Your Spring (and every day) Cleaning Practices
time-consuming, but successful C&D is critical to reducing cattle exposure to pathogens, even if you ... an impact. What is the Best Disinfectant? Disinfectant choice is specific to your facility and which ... about cleaning and disinfection and how to develop your C&D program, check out ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
50%. The cost of NE L is about 55% lower than the 5-year average ($0.09/MCal). However, the cost of ... by about 40%. These changes can be largely attributed to a lower reported cost of feeds providing ... used for average US cows weighing 1500 lb and producing milk with 3.9% fat and 3.2% protein. For the ...
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Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans
university trials of surface applied dairy manure, only about half the ammonium nitrogen applied seemed to be ...
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Safeguarding Your Herd: How Biosecurity Keeps Salmonella Dublin at Bay
to cattle and is one of the most commonly identified serotypes from clinically ill animals. ... The encouraging news is that dairy producers can take proactive steps to protect their herds. ... Biosecurity practices are not a new concept to most, especially after the COVID-19 pandemic. The use of face ...
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Spring Forage Establishment
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/spring-forage-establishment
pest pressure, it is ideal to delay the first harvest of a new seeding until early flowering for ...