Site
Search results
-
Keep Stored Grain Cool and Dry
https://fairfield.osu.edu/news/keep-stored-grain-cool-and-dry
temperature increases reduces the allowable storage time by about half, according to Ken Hellevang, also ... time for 18 percent moisture corn is about 200 days at 40 F, 90 days at 50 F, 50 days at 60 F and only ... two weeks. While checking on the grain, measure and record the grain temperature and moisture content ...
-
Converting Spent Wheat Straw from Horse Stalls into Methane
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/AEX-653-14
Associate, Department of Food, Agricultural and Biological Engineering About 27.6 million tons of used ... hemicellulose (19.1% vs. 21.8%) contents, but a much higher volatile fatty acid (VFA) content (11.4% vs. 3.16%). ... content. The inoculum provides digestion microorganisms. Effluent from an existing liquid anaerobic ...
-
Gypsum for Agricultural Use in Ohio—Sources and Quality of Available Products
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-20
composition of gypsum, the physical properties of gypsum, the plant nutrient content of gypsum, and the trace ... metal content of gypsum samples. The Role of Gypsum as a Soil Amendment Gypsum is hydrated calcium ... Compared to most other calcium-rich soil amendments, such as limestone, gypsum is relatively soluble in ...
-
Using °Brix as an Indicator of Vegetable Quality: An Overview of the Practice
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/HYG-1650
appeal." Others, such as flavor, texture, aroma, and nutrient content, however, are more subjective. They ... other aspects of quality, crop managers benefit from learning more about how to measure °Brix and ... nutritional value. Winemakers, vegetable processors, and many other members of the food industry use °Brix to ...
-
Creating a Final Business Retention and Expansion (BRE) Community Report
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/cdfs-4107
a movie in which you find out what the story is going to be about. The executive summary, on the other ... envision how your final report will look, think about your target audience, how much they may already know ... about the local community and how you will present the data in the final BRE report (Stewart and Lucente ...
-
Bushels, Test Weights, and Calculations
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/agf-503
to be about 1.25 cubic feet in volume. Although grain is referred to in terms of bushels in the ... weights of 60 pounds. Some other examples are: Rye at 56 pounds per bushel, barley at 48, oat and fescue ... by test weight. Other factors, such as cracked kernels, foreign materials, splits, and heat damaged ...
-
Manure and Compost: Nitrogen Availability in Organic Production
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-34
Manure and compost nitrogen content and availability can vary greatly between species of animals that ... produced the manure. Table 1 compares the nitrogen content availability for different poultry. Poultry ... manure typically has the highest nitrogen content. Laboratory analysis is recommended to determine actual ...
-
Understanding Dimensional Changes In Wood Products
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/F-72-11
longitudinal direction. Certain abnormal cells, however, can shrink spectacularly in length. Moisture Content ... Is Important Moisture content is a ratio of the amount of water in wood relative to the weight of ... oven-dried wood. It is expressed as "percent Moisture Content (% MC)" by multiplying the ratio ...
-
Torrefaction: Upgrading Biomass to "Green Coal"
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/fabe-6603
advantages of torrefied biomass over raw biomass include: Reduced moisture content and improved ... hydrophobicity. With torrefaction, the moisture content of the biomass is drastically reduced to less than ... absorbs minimal water from the atmosphere, thus it has minimal increase in moisture content during ...
-
Rapeseed as a Cover Crop in Ohio
https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0126
erucic acid content, whereas canola has usually less than 2% erucic acid Cultural Traits Winter annual ... used in rotation with other brassicas. May help reduce rhizoctonia in some cropping systems. May become ... Very good Chokes weeds Very good Other Attracts beneficials Very good Short windows Good Potential ...