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  1. 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 ...

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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 ...

  4. Warm Weather Means Warm Season Grasses

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    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 ...

  5. 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 ...

  6. Cover Crops in Cropping Systems

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    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 ...

  7. Low-impact Lawn Care

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/mental-models/basic-stream-and-watershed-ecology-lesson-plans/low-impact-lawns

    lawn care utilizes practices like soil testing, water conservation, careful cultural practices and ... soil and use simple steps such as soil testing.   Photo credit: ... lawns require practices that might seem nontraditional lawn care to homeowners including: soil ...

  8. 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 ...

  9. 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 ...

  10. Social Marketing

    https://ohiowatersheds.osu.edu/resources/human-dimensions/social-marketing

    http://ag.utah.gov/divisions/conservation/documents/GettingYourFeetWet.pdf USEPA has a publication that covers many aspects of social marketing along with recommendations ... marketing. Download a pdf copy of Getting Your Feet Wet with Social Marketing Guidebook. ... for engaging communities in environmental issues. Download a pdf copy of Community Culture and the ...

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