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Newspaper
The Chronicle Telegram
Location
Elyria, Ohio, United States of America
Date
Jul 18, 1988
Page
8
The author passionates about a 1988 drought cycle, detailing farm hardship in Ohio. Discussions cover irrigation limits, abandoned fields, no-till farming setbacks, exhausted ponds, and strained water and fuel resources. Farmers seek collective voice while anxious about future droughts and economic losses.
Farmers consider nitrate tests on standing corn before grazing as drought stressed grasses can accumulate nitrates. After rain and moisture movement, testing is advised, especially if high nitrogen fertilizer was used. Tests help decide safe forage and consider alfalfa or other forages with nitrate risk.
Ohio State University Extension specialists Gary Schnitkey and Maurice Eastridge offer feeding guidance for area dairy producers amid higher feed costs and drought. They urge balancing rations, testing forages, using alternative feeds, conserving high quality forages, and culling lower producers to maintain production without starving intake.
Wellington reports a group of area dairy farmers pooling resources to buy hay from Utah at 160 per ton delivered. Jerry Long of the Cooperative Extension Services notes current Utah hay costs around 400 per ton without delivery and suggests purchases could reach 1,000 tons.
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