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Diversification strategy for small and medium-sized farms
https://amp.osu.edu/research/mellinger-farm-agricultural-diversification-research
agriculture. Small and mid-sized farms, however, need a different kind of economy. Economies of scope rely on ... managing diverse enterprises, to access more profitable markets and reduce the cost of off-farm inputs. ... naked/hulless Oats Pasture raised chickens Diverse Pasture plots Other fauna at Mellinger farm Mellinger farm ...
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Small and New Farm Resources
all new or aspiring farmers, new rural landowners, small farmers, and farm families looking for new ... New and Beginning Farmer Resources Whole Farm Planning Model Planning is one of the most important ... designed to help producers evaluate new enterprises for their farms or family businesses. It is based on ...
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Champaign County Precision Ag Day: Planter Technology
multi-hybrid planting experience, provide a UAV update, introduce their new field research app and more. Justin ... The technology and agronomic research we have today can help farmers maximize planter performance for ... Decisions made at planting time are critical in getting any crop off to the best possible start. ...
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Cornfield's 'Cool' Block O Designed to Spur Conversations on Precision Ag Potential
putting under the microscope. “In general, farmers have always managed their acreage on a per-field basis, ... commercially available to farmers that allows the planting of two different hybrids in the same field ... management. On other areas of the field, you might want to place a more risk-averse, or defensive, hybrid that ...
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Crops & Conservation Field Day
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2022-27/crops-conservation-field-day
The new ACRE (Ag Conservation, Research and Education) Farm started in 2022. Research plots were ... Discover ways to make soybean cropping decisions to improve our opportunities for successful wheat and ... cover crops. Learn from a panel of farmers about conservation successes and failures. What’s the ...
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Sprayers, Precision Ag Are Focus of Aug. 16 Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Field Day
the Southwest Ohio Corn Growers Field Day on Aug. 16. A goal of the event is to help participants ... hear about new technologies and new research to help growers increase the profit margins on their ... farms,” he said. “Topics for the day were generated from issues farmers are dealing with on their farms ...
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Ohio State Working to Update Tri-State Fertility Recommendations for Soybeans, Corn and Wheat
ideally looking for farms that help capture a diversity of soil types and particularly those fields that ... and need to be updated to reflect the growing conditions now. “Farming has changed substantially in ... helping to facilitate the trials on their clients’ fields, Culman said. The data that will be collected ...
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Ohio State Working to Update Tri-State Fertility Recommendations for Soybeans, Corn and Wheat
flexibility in the plot layout and application rates, he said. “We are ideally looking for farms that help ... fields and their nutrient needs now that harvest season is ongoing and growers will then start fall ... fertilizer applications on their fields,” Culman said. “Another benefit to farmers is that they will have all ...
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Side-dressing Manure into Newly Planted and Emerged Corn
manure applicators another window of time to apply manure to farm fields. Our research started with using ... hose to apply swine finishing manure to emerged corn fields with several farmers during the 2014-2019 ... incorporated as a side-dress but some years weather forced us to apply at the V4 stage. Darke County Farms Plot ...
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FFAR invests in projects to increase farmers' use of conservation practices
https://senr.osu.edu/news/ffar-invests-projects-increase-farmers-use-conservation-practices
waterways and restored wetlands. Edge-of-field practices can help farmers regulate water storage, improve ... large scale adoption of edge-of-field conservation practices. Isenhart’s project is equipping farmers ... project is using these studies to produce data-driven decision support tools that will allow farmers to ...