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  1. Richard Dick elected president of Soil Science Society

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/richard-dick-elected-president-soil-science-society

    Africa has been elected to lead one of the nation’s premier natural science organizations. Richard Dick, ... professionals dedicated to advancing the field of soil science. It is one of the most prestigious and ... “Richard is one of the leading soil scientists in the world, having advanced our knowledge on soil as ...

  2. Estimating Corn Grain Yield

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/estimating-corn-grain-yield-0

    kernel development.  Some of these fields look very good and others are showing symptoms of nitrogen ... expect at harvest and there are a couple of methods typically used to estimate yield in the field ... http://www.agry.purdue.edu/ext/corn/news/timeless/YldEstMethod.html Calculate estimated grain yield as follows: Step 1. Count the number of harvestable ears in ...

  3. Be Prepared To Scout For Black Cutworm And Armyworm Damage

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/be-prepared-scout-black-cutworm-and-armyworm-damage

    Corn and wheat growers should be prepared to scout wheat and corn fields in the later part of May ... —Female moths like to lay eggs in fields with heavy weed cover; weeds like chickweed are especially ... a couple of weeks.  As the larvae develop, they can defoliate wheat plants, leading to yield loss. If corn ...

  4. Challenges of Drying Higher Moisture Corn

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/challenges-drying-higher-moisture-corn

    even some July planted corn.  Grain moisture contents on these fields are in the upper teens to ... mid-twenties.  Typical November weather conditions are dismal for in-field drying.  Reaching a storage moisture ... Hawkins, Extension Field Agronomist specialist, and Jason Hartschuh, Extension Educator in Crawford County ...

  5. Establishing Alfalfa and Weed Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-18-issue-2/establishing-alfalfa-and-weed-management

    field is less than 15 acres, then a single soil sample will suffice. If the field is larger than 15 ... can be based upon soil type, topography, soil organic matter, or a combination of these. If a field ... has been in no-till and the field will remain untilled, obtain two soil samples per field, zone, or ...

  6. Establishing Alfalfa

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-20-issue-2/establishing-alfalfa

    fields of alfalfa lost last year due to excessive rains but not like in 2015.  We are approaching a good ... successfully establish alfalfa? The first task is to obtain a soil sample or samples.  If the field is less ... than 15 acres, then a single soil sample will suffice.  If the field is larger than 15 acres, take ...

  7. Abnormal Corn Ears

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/abnormal-corn-ears

    kernel formation in many Ohio corn fields this year. Poor ear and kernel development is associated with ... variability in plant growth within fields that is related to differences in the timing and duration of soil ... saturation.   In some areas within fields subject to protracted saturated soil conditions, ears are absent ...

  8. Danielle M. Hutchison

    https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/node/4865

    growth. Along with co-executive officers and close friends, she helped lead the community through ... Research Service in 2018 as a lab assistant with no prior field experience, Dani points to her progress as ... a field researcher as her greatest accomplishment. Though her initial misgivings over her inexperience ...

  9. What Are Your Bedding Options- is $100/ton Straw an Option?

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-21-issue-3/what-are-your-bedding-options-100ton-straw-option

    Wheat fields are thin and straw is hard to find this year. Straw price went sky high last winter and ... to100 per ton for unbaled wheat straw in the field. As you weigh your options, be sure to consider ... the field as it dries and bleaches yellow. The Pre Harvest Interval (PHI) for cereals on some ...

  10. Ohio Laws Governing Manure and Mud on Roadways

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-24-issue-5/ohio-laws-governing-manure-and-mud-roadways

    fields to the farm.  This is also a time when tractors and manure spreaders are used to apply nutrients ... to harvested fields.  During these operations, it is not uncommon to find mud or manure spilled on ... with enforcement by local law officials.  A violation is a first-degree misdemeanor that can lead to no ...

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