CFAES Give Today
Pesticide Safety Education Program

Ohio State University Extension

CFAES

Site

Search results

  1. Avoid Driving on Wet Soils

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/avoid-driving-wet-soils

    wet soils from the heavy rains this past weekend across much of Ohio. While we are eager to get that ... first cutting made, haste will make waste if we drive on hay stands before the soils are firm enough to ... support the equipment. When we run hay equipment on soft soils, the wheel compaction damage to plant ...

  2. Lower First Cutting Hay Yields Are Being Reported

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/lower-first-cutting-hay-yields-are-being-reported

    noticeable differences in first cut yield among forage stands that differed in soil fertility status, cutting ...

  3. Late Season Alfalfa Management

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/late-season-alfalfa-management

    probability enters.  In addition, there are factors such as previous cutting management, age of stand, soil ... fertility, variety, and soil moisture that affect the level of risk with fall cutting. For those who are risk ... especially soil potassium levels, and a soil pH near 6.8 will improve plant health and increase tolerance to ...

  4. Soil, Water and Environment Lab

    https://oardc.osu.edu/facility/soil-water-and-environment-lab

    409 Kottman Hall, 2021 Coffey Road, Columbus, OH 43210 http://swel.osu.edu The Soil, Water and ... agencies. SWEL can expand your research capabilities in soil, water, plant, and other agricultural and ...

  5. August Establishment of Perennial Forages

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/august-establishment-perennial-forages

    caused stand loss in alfalfa fields due to compaction and crown damage from harvest on wet soils, and ... competing with the flush of annual spring and summer weed emergence/growth. The soil borne root rot and ... damping off disease organisms that thrive in cool, wet soils are not an issue. However, growers need to be ...

  6. Emergency Forage for Planting Early to Mid-Summer

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/emergency-forage-planting-early-mid-summer

    http://forages.ca.uky.edu/variety_trials (see Annual Grass Report) Soil temperatures should be at least 60-65 F before planting the sorghum ... a warm-season grass that can be used for hay, silage, or pasture. Soils should be at least 60-65 F before ... acre over several cuttings and can tolerate both drought-stressed and waterlogged soils. More details ...

  7. Beef and Forage Field Night

    https://forages.osu.edu/events/beef-and-forage-field-night

    documentation, and other topics that can add value to calves on sale day. * Featured speakers will include ... Henning, Forage Specialist, University of Kentucky Plant & Soil Sciences: Making Successful Long-Term ...

  8. Pasture and Forage Management Field Day

    https://forages.osu.edu/events/pasture-and-forage-management-field-day

    A FREE clinic that will cover the following topics: Soils and Fertility Seeding: rates, varieties, ...

  9. Get Ready for Spring Planting Now

    https://forages.osu.edu/news/get-ready-spring-planting-now

    you pulled a soil sample last fall, and if not, do it now and send to the lab). Calibrate the ... Finally list the field work tasks that you need to do this spring when the weather and soils are fit, then ...

  10. Entomology Seminar

    https://oardc.osu.edu/events/entomology-seminar-2

    David Crowder "Untangling the epidemiological web: community influences on the transmission ...

Pages