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  1. Soil Sampling

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/soil-sampling

    Fall is a good time of the year to sample soil.  Basic information included in standard soil tests ... include soil pH, buffer pH, soil organic matter, cation exchange capacity, soil nutrient levels for ... order to have reliable information from a soil test, good soil sampling procedure must be followed.  ...

  2. Corn Stalks Offer A Low Cost Feed Option

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/corn-stalks-offer-low-cost-feed-option

    (www.iowabeefcenter.org/Forages/grazingcornresidue.pdf) early in a 30 to 60 day corn residue grazing period cattle could select a ration in the 6-7% crude ... An October 24, 2017 article on the University of Nebraska web site ... (https://cropwatch.unl.edu/2017/impacts-cattle-grazing-corn-residue) cites a 16-year study that looked at the impact on soil health from cattle grazing corn residues.  ...

  3. Planting and Soil Temperature

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/planting-and-soil-temperature

    Soil Temperatures Key to Corn Planting Everyone views risk differently. Some individuals are more ... a hard freeze after emergence or more likely, the seed will sit in the ground if the soil temperature ... get damaged by insects, wildlife, or possibly rot. While 50 degrees is the soil temperature needed for ...

  4. Sampling

    https://turfdisease.osu.edu/sampling

    package. Wrap your sample tightly in aluminum foil or newspaper. This will keep the soil (root zone ... material) from moving and getting on the leaves. When soil covers the leaves this makes diagnosis difficult ... and can cause contamination with other microbes that might be in the soil. Do not add water to the ...

  5. Farm Transitions are Easier with Planning

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/farm-transitions-are-easier-planning

    for the next generation. Beyond just having documents like power of attorney, a living will, a life ... insurance policy, etc. make sure people know where those can be found when needed. These documents are not ... helpful if someone else does not know the document exists or where to find it. I spent a lot of time ...

  6. 2018 Farm Financial Management School

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/2018-farm-financial-management-school

    2018 FFMS will focus on teaching participants how to develop and use core farm financial documents and ... activities to teach participants how to assemble and use essential farm financial documents.  Participants ... will learn how to put together and use financial documents to measure their current farm financial ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. 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 ...

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