CFAES Give Today
Ohio 4-H Youth Development

Ohio State University Extension

CFAES

Site

Search results

  1. 4-H: 2024 Updates

    https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/4-h-wrap-and-2024-updates

    and learn more about the Fairfield County 4-H program from the Extension Educators and current ... "Finished" Dairy Beef Steer Project MQP (Barrow, Lamb, Goat) Information New Beef Performance and Carcass ...

  2. Grill Smart for Youth coming in June

    https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/grill-smart-youth-coming-june

    product grilled to perfection, on June 28 local youth can learn and experience how to correctly select, ... specifically, during the 2 +/- hour Grill Smart for Youth class, participants learn to match the appropriate ... grill. Furthermore, those in attendance will learn about potential food safety issues when preparing meat ...

  3. Why Do Cows Bunch?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/why-do-cows-bunch

    comfortable barns. I enjoy watching cows and have learned to be a keen observer of dairy cows. My teachers of ... The dairy farmer will look over the cow pen and notice the cows are bunched up and huddled into a big ... group of cows a couple hours later all bunched up again.   I know dairy farmers that have a “cow ...

  4. Dairy Sustainability – The Jargon, the Dairy Story, and the Opportunity (Part I)

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/dairy-sustainability-%E2%80%93-jargon-dairy-story-and

    to do anything about it? Dairy farmers and allied dairy industry partners are stepping up to the ... about the dairy system and its sources of greenhouse gas emission, about the emerging technologies that ... how they are being bought and sold, and what that means for the dairy farms and the dairy industry. ...

  5. US Dairy Herds and Policy and the 2022 Census of Agriculture

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/us-dairy-herds-and-policy-and-2022-census

    of Illinois 1 The exit of dairy operations since 2017 has attracted considerable attention (see, for ... a profound decline, even within the context of the long-standing decline in dairy herds. The economic ... pressure for fewer dairy herds is abating but remains notable.  An important question is, “What role did ...

  6. New Factsheet: Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/new-factsheet-avian-influenza-detected-dairy-cattle

    A new factsheet on “ Avian Influenza Detected in Dairy Cattle ” has been developed and posted on ... the front page of our web site:   https://dairy.osu.edu/ ...

  7. Using Dairy Manure with Newly Planted Corn and Soybeans

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/using-dairy-manure-newly-planted-corn-and-soybeans

    In recent years, dairy farmers and commercial manure applicators have been moving towards applying ... dairy manure to newly planted corn and soybeans. Applying dairy manure to fields after crops are planted ... 10,000 gallons per acre of dairy manure has not negatively impacted crop germination and emergence on ...

  8. You can support the creation of a new 4-H project book!

    https://ohio4h.org/march-2024/you-can-support-creation-new-4-h-project-book

    addition to serving as a learning tool for 4-H’ers, Cervenec hopes this project book will be a resource for ... through hands-on activities and learning opportunities. “This project book will give kids the tools they ... self-exploration and discovery, the project book will help youth learn about “traditional” careers associated with ...

  9. Current Dairy Industry Outlook and Dairy Margin Coverage Sign-Up

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/current-dairy-industry-outlook-and-dairy-margin

    Jason Hartschuh, Extension Field Specialist, Dairy Management and Precision Livestock, Ohio State ... University Extension Dairy margin coverage (DMC) sign-up is currently underway at your local Farm Service ... history. Figure 1. Actual and forecasted dairy margin coverage. In March, USDA raised the 2024 all-milk ...

  10. Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins, and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-26-issue-2/milk-prices-costs-nutrients-margins-and-comparison

    cows, or for profitability changes related to culling cows. Table 1. Prices of dairy nutrients for Ohio ... dairy farms, March 15, 2024. Economic Value of Feeds Results of the SESAME™ analysis for central Ohio on ... Actual, breakeven (predicted) and 75% confidence limits of 26 feed commodities used on Ohio dairy farms, ...

Pages