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  1. Steps to Speed up Field Curing of Hay Crops

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/steps-speed-field-curing-hay-crops

    Consider Desiccants Desiccants are chemicals applied when mowing the crop that increase the drying rate ... best under good drying conditions. They do not help increase drying rate when conditions are humid, ... hay. Carefully follow the preservative manufacturer’s directions and application rates for the hay ...

  2. Assessing Calf Death Losses in a Beef-Dairy Crossbreeding Program

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/assessing-calf-death-losses-beef-dairy-crossbreeding

    performance, cows had an overall 42% conception rate (CR) with 28% 21-day pregnancy rate (PR) and replacement ... pregnancy results in the birth of one calf. However, the birth of two or more calves could occur at a rate ... regardless of sires. The overall twining rate was ~1% for first-calf heifers, ~4% for lactation 1, and ~7% ...

  3. Cover Crops (NRCS 340)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/cover-crops-nrcs-340

    herbicides. Follow the herbicide label for rate and timing. Purdue Extension’s Successful Cover Crop ... benefits of cover crops. The tool uses cost inputs such as seed type and rate, planting, termination, and ...

  4. Tillage Intensity to Maintain Target Residue Cover (NRCS 329, 345 & 346)

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/tillage-intensity-maintain-target-residue-cover-nrcs-329-345-346

    study on two different soils found that infiltration rates were at least 1.9–4.2 times greater under ... al. (2012a) found that infiltration rates were at least 1.9 to 4.2 times greater under no-till when ...

  5. USDA Projects Dairy Production to 2030

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/usda-projects-dairy-production-2030

    a compound annual growth rate of 1.1% over the next 10 years, reaching 248 billion pounds in 2030. With slow ... expected to increase from 2020 to 2021. Milk production in 2022 is projected to grow at a rate slower than ...

  6. Subsurface Placement of Nutrient

    https://agbmps.osu.edu/bmp/subsurface-placement-nutrient

    2001). Banded fertilizer rates can be reduced by 25–50 percent. The goal in fertilizer addition is to ... fertilizers are used, limits to nitrogen and potassium total rates exist. Due to the potential of injury from ... 17 percent of the application rate might be possible. Figure 34. Effect of phosphorus placement on ...

  7. Keeping Cows and Calves Cool Through Ventilation System Maintenance

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-2/keeping-cows-and-calves-cool-through-ventilation

    motors have electric efficiency ratings, but the higher efficiency motors have more copper windings which ... also consider the fans efficiency rating. For tunnel ventilation fans, look for a minimum efficiency ... rating of 20 cfm/watt at 0.05-inches static pressure. Tunnel ventilation and exhaust fans are rated under ...

  8. Seeding Perennial Forages in Late Summer

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/seeding-perennial-forages-late-summer

    specific product label for guidelines on timing and rates before applying any product ...

  9. Ventilation System Maintenance Is Critical to Keeping Cows Comfortable

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-2/ventilation-system-maintenance-critical-keeping-cows

    ratings; the higher efficiency motors have more copper windings, increasing their cost. High efficiency ... rating for lifetime electrical use. When inspecting ventilation systems and placing new fans, it is ...

  10. Key Mastitis Control Points for Best Milk Quality

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/key-mastitis-control-points-best-milk-quality

    reduce clinical failure but may have no effect on cure rate, SCC, or new intramammary infection. Will she ... treatment could be defined based on: 1) Cure rate (return to normal appearance of milk, duration of milk ...

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