Grass flavor in milk avoided by timed pasture grazing
Dairy expert advises delaying pasturing and keeping cows off rough greens for five hours before milking. California and Oklahoma studies show reduced seedy grass odor when cows are moved to a dry lot or barn between morning milking and next milking. Applying this for two to three weeks in spring minimizes grassy and garlic flavors while meeting daily forage needs.
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New Jersey College of Agriculture
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Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Stations
Forcing Breeding Hens By Increasing Protein
Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station experiments show no increase in breeder mortality when green feed is supplied during protein forcing. Green feed protects egg hatchability. proteins up to 28 percent may be fed safely with daily green feed such as sprouted oats or alfalfa meal.
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Oklahoma Agricultural Experiment Station
Clean Water for Ponds Farm Pond Siting Guidance
Marion Clark of the Missouri College of Agriculture urges locating ponds to receive drainage only from clean pasture or meadow. Do not allow barnyard or lot runoff into stock ponds. use terraces to divert contaminated water to a separate watershed.
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Marion Clark
Missouri College of Agriculture
Grain Mix for Poultry Relies on Corn and Wheat Mainstay
A North Carolina State poultryman says the common ration is 60 percent yellow corn and 40 percent wheat. Adjustments depend on farm yields and grain costs. Heavy barley or oats can replace part of the mix but should not exceed 30 percent.
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North Carolina State College
Agricultural Notes on Meat Yields and Farm Fire Sparks
Hog meat yields highest edible proportion among livestock. Seven of every hundred farm fires start from sparks landing on roofs. Oats in spring pastures provide the best pasture in shortest time at the least cost.
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