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  1. Rain, Rain, Go Away, Right On Down the Ditch and Drain

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    two-stage ditches. The first being a greater nutrient processing capacity than a channel ditch. The microbes ... it from flowing further down the ditch. Lastly, the two-stage ditch design slows water flow compared ... -type ditch with one depth. However, a two-stage ditch has, you guessed it, two depths. There is a step or ...

  2. Preparing for Spring Calving

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    indicate that stage two is MUCH shorter.  In these studies, assistance was given if stage two progressed ... two, and mature cows calved within an average of 22 minutes of the initiation of stage two.  Those that ... took longer needed assistance.  These and other data would indicate that normal stage two of ...

  3. Alfalfa Weevil Scouting

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    alfalfa plant.  The first two instar stages feed primarily on the growing tips of alfalfa plants and ... mild winters, such as what we experienced this past year, the egg stage of the weevil may survive. We ... alfalfa crop. The lifecycle stage that does the damage is the larval stage.  After hatching from the egg, ...

  4. Monitor Wheat for Risk of Head Scab

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    the next two to three weeks. On average, it usually takes about 5 days from full head emergence ... not applied at the correct growth stage. Unlike foliar diseases, you cannot wait until you see scab ... symptoms to make a fungicide application. It usually takes two to three weeks for symptoms to develop; by ...

  5. Scout for Alfalfa Weevil

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    degree day heat units begin to accumulate.  The young larvae pass through 4 developmental stages called ... from the first two instars is most evident on the growing tips of the alfalfa plants.  The third and ... for an insecticide application is rarely justified for two reasons.  The first is that the alfalfa ...

  6. The Corn Pollination Process

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    development stage or soon will be.  With that in mind, Peter Thomison, OSU Extension corn specialist provides ... the following explanation of the corn pollination process. The pollination period, the flowering stage ... the pollen tube down the silk channel within minutes of coming in contact with a silk and the pollen ...

  7. Winter Wheat Concerns

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    a Pickaway County field on March 30 were at Feekes 5 growth stage.  This growth stage is defined as: strongly ... occurred between 14 to 27 degrees.  The effect of cold weather depends on the wheat growth stage. Maximum ... of freezing temperatures.  Feekes 6 growth stage, is the beginning of the jointing stage in wheat and ...

  8. Nitrogen Application to Wheat Fields

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    tell us that nitrogen application should be determined by wheat growth stage. Wheat does not require ... large amounts of N until stem elongation/jointing (Feekes Growth Stage 6), which typically is the middle ... potential for loss, ammonium sulfate the least, and urea would be somewhere between the two other sources. ...

  9. Manure Application: N Value and Timing

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    pulled across each plot twice (going in opposite directions) at corn growth stages V1through V5. Tractor ... design.  The following table contains the results of the plant population and the harvest yield for each ... drag hose treatment:   Corn stage Population Yield bu/ac No drag hose 30,166 145.1 V1 29,660 154.3 V2 ...

  10. Cover Crops Offer Options

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    these crops could be another great management strategy. For straw, two options occur at heading stage of ... the two. Expect between 1.5-3T/acre when harvesting these grains as forage. Rye, triticale, and barley ... all should be cut in the boot stage (seed head not yet visible) if harvesting as a forage. After that, ...

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