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  1. OSU Extension Offers Tractor Safety Training Course

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/osu-extension-offers-tractor-safety-training-course

    Extension July 25. The training is one way for youths to meet current rules set by the U.S. Department of ... their parents' farm have to go through a 24-hour training program and earn a certificate, she said. ... July 20, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Educators and volunteers interested in learning about teaching ...

  2. New Research to Examine Connections Between Land Use, Public Policy, Lake Erie Water Quality and Climate Change

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/new-research-examine-connections-between-land-use-public-policy-lake-erie-water-quality

    together to examine how watershed management practices like the application of agricultural fertilizers ... A new research project at Ohio State University integrates biological, physical and social sciences to ... Maumee River watershed. The four-year, $1.5 million project, funded by the National Science Foundation, ...

  3. Early Spring Nitrogen Application Likely Won’t Increase Yields for Late Planted Wheat, Ohio State Expert Says

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/early-spring-nitrogen-application-likely-won%E2%80%99t-increase-yields-late-planted-wheat-ohio

    a word, no. "Our research has found that early application won't result in more fertile tillers ... March 1, 2012 COLUMBUS, Ohio – Despite the fact that an unusually wet fall and planting delays ... application," said Lentz, who also is an OSU Extension educator in agriculture and natural resources. "In ...

  4. Project Starter Kits

    https://brown.osu.edu/program-areas/4-h-youth-development/4-h-youth-opportunites/project-starter-kits

    registering for the specific project. Must complete the application by the specified deadline. Including ... options of projects to complete. Applications are due by April 3 rd, 2024, at 4:30pm to the Brown ... notified after the April 4-H Committee meeting. Click here to download the application! 2024 Project ...

  5. Ohio Pasture Management Project Gives Livestock Farmers Guidance on Grazing

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-pasture-management-project-gives-livestock-farmers-guidance-grazing

    May 31, 2012 MT. GILEAD, Ohio – An ongoing forage project conducted by Ohio State University ... Extension offers livestock producers detailed information on how fast pasture fields are growing statewide, ... decisions.   The Ohio Pasture Measurement Project uses weekly pasture growth reports from more than 32 ...

  6. Forage Fertility: Where We Are and Why it Matters

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-23-issue-4/forage-fertility-where-we-are-and-why-it-matters

    across the state. Understanding current practices and limitations to forage fertility will guide us in ... Garth Ruff, Beef Cattle Field Specialist and Greg LaBarge, Agronomic Crops Field Specialist, Ohio ... state of Ohio (NASS, 2017). Fertilizer costs represent 40 to 60% of the variable input costs of forage ...

  7. For the Most Out of Soybeans, Don't Sit on Harvest

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/most-out-soybeans-dont-sit-harvest

    crop was harvested by this same time last year. Projected average yield as of Sept. 1 was 44 bushels ... per acre, slightly down from last year. "We are expecting some fields to have fantastic yields ... and other fields to have poor yields depending on when the crops were planted and how much rain they ...

  8. 4-H Mentoring Projects 'Making a Huge Difference'

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/4-h-mentoring-projects-making-huge-difference

    sometimes, all it takes is a caring adult teaming up with those kids-- perhaps on a project that captures ... their interest-- that can make all the difference. That's the premise behind a mentoring project ... from the National 4-H Council and the U.S. Department of Justice's Office of Juvenile Justice and ...

  9. Lower Corn Production Forecast Likely to Fuel Increased Calls for Ethanol Waiver

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/lower-corn-production-forecast-likely-fuel-increased-calls-ethanol-waiver

    projected U.S. corn production to 10.8 billion bushels, down 17 percent from its forecast last month of ... about 10 percent of total gasoline usage, which requires converting some 40 percent of the U.S. corn ... ethanol standard, but the calls have since grown stronger.”  In fact, Roberts said, 25 U.S. senators sent ...

  10. Ohio State Receives $2.6M NSF Grant for Unique Research in Africa's Threatened Sahel Region

    https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-state-receives-26m-nsf-grant-unique-research-africas-threatened-sahel-region

    practices in the ecologically fragile Sahel region of Africa. The five-year project will focus on microbial ... negatively impact local communities. Ohio State’s collaborators in the project include ... unlike in other semi-arid regions where fields are cleared for agriculture, there are woody shrubs that ...

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