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  1. Soil Health Testing

    https://soilfertility.osu.edu/our-research/soil-health-testing

    plants and soil food webs use to cycle nutrients and energy through the soil. Because of the importance ... PROJECT SUMMARY Total organic matter is an important soil property that is routinely measured in ... standardized soil tests. However, total organic matter is not an ideal indicator of nutrient availability ...

  2. Shoo Fly, Don't Bother Me. Or My Cows!

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/shoo-fly-dont-bother-me-or-my-cows

    reproduce in moist environments, so soiled bedding, old feed, and manure piles are prime areas to locate ... cause, but also because they have been documented to carry anaplasmosis, a blood disease that destroys ...

  3. Warm Weather Means Warm Season Grasses

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/warm-weather-means-warm-season-grasses

    planted, it is time to plant sorghum, sudangrass, and sudex because soil temperature will consistently ... seed-soil contact. The seeding rate for broadcast seeding sudangrass is 25-35 lb/A and for sudex varieties ... The University of Minnesota considers it to be a summer cover crop to help in building soil and ...

  4. Pipeline Study & Specialty Crop Growers

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/pipeline-study-specialty-crop-growers

    studied include soil health and crop productivity. According to the research team, they will be evaluating ... crop yields and soil properties over the installed pipeline as well is in an unaffected, adjacent area. ... This will be accomplished by using yield maps, aerial imagery, and soil analyses. They are primarily ...

  5. New eField Study Report Available

    https://soilfertility.osu.edu/news/new-efield-study-report-available

    New eFields study shows soil health values across Ohio farms and how management impacts soil ...

  6. Corn Smut

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/corn-smut

    crop rotation or planting in a smut-free location as the spores survive in soil for several years. ... corn and popcorn rather than field corn. The spores will live in the soil and practicing a 3-year ... rotation will aid in keeping the fungus at bay. The spores also survive well in acidic soils. The ...

  7. Soil Health and Active Organic Matter

    https://soilfertility.osu.edu/extension-and-outreach/soil-health-testing

    food web use to cycle nutrients and energy throughout the soil. We are working with three tests that ... into a resting state to survive. This method measures how fast the soil food web can ‘wake back up’ and ... SOIL HEALTH AND ACTIVE ORGANIC MATTER IN SOILS Total organic matter is a very important soil ...

  8. Cover Crops in Cropping Systems

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/cover-crops-cropping-systems

    Conservation Service,  https://www.nrcs.usda.gov/Internet/FSE_DOCUMENTS/nrcs144p2_030986.pdf For those without ... https://extension.purdue.edu/extmedia/AY/AY-353-W.pdf Residual Herbicides and Fall Cover Crop Establishment.  https://extension.entm.purdue.edu ...

  9. Tree University: Powerful Pawpaws

    https://chadwickarboretum.osu.edu/events/tree-university-powerful-pawpaws

    Information Join us for this 1-hour webinar with Dr. G. Matt Davies, Associate Professor on Soil and Plant ...

  10. Snow and Freezing Temperatures Bring Harvest Challenges

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/snow-and-freezing-temperatures-bring-harvest-challenges

    tear. Another important factor to consider is the soil. When you run a combine and a grain cart over ... wet, cold soil, compaction and rutting will happen. It is best to be patient and wait for a time when ... either the soil is frozen enough to be on, or the soil is dry enough to reduce compaction chances. The ...

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