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Forage Options Increasing for Frost Seeding
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/forage-options-increasing-frost-seeding
February 9, 2006 ATHENS, Ohio-- Lespedeza, a drought-tolerant annual legume, is receiving ... attention throughout parts of Ohio as an alternative forage species to frost seed for pasture renovation. ... Ohio State University Extension, along with a small number of livestock producers in Athens and Hocking ...
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Environmental Changes to Crops May Have Ties to Health/Market Value
May 7, 2002 WOOSTER, Ohio- Something as simple as moisture levels or heat stress can alter the ... chemical characteristics of a vegetable crop, which may change its nutritional or market value. Ohio State ... Matt Kleinhenz, an Ohio State Extension vegetable specialist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and ...
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Using Carbon Trading to Boost Economics of Developing Countries
October 23, 2006 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Ohio State University is teaming up with the United Nations and ... Rattan Lal, an Ohio State University soil scientist with the School of Environment and Natural Resources ... director of the Carbon Management and Sequestration Center at the Ohio Agricultural Research and ...
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Researchers: Apply Public Trust Doctrine to 'Rescue' Wildlife from Politics
COLUMBUS, Ohio-- When a species recovers enough to be removed from the federal endangered species list, the ... Ohio State University's School of Environment and Natural Resources and lead author of the Science ... statutory protection," said Bruskotter, who also has an appointment with the university's Ohio ...
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Market Expectations Overshoot Projected Crop Plantings
March 31, 2009 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Corn acreage in the United States is down and soybean acreage is ... shift is not as great as the markets expected. Matt Roberts, an Ohio State University Extension ... be the third largest acreage since 1949, behind 2007 and 2008. Ohio is among 10 corn-producing ...
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Vomitoxin on the Mind of Growers as They Choose Corn Hybrids for This Growing Season
February 4, 2010 WOOSTER, Ohio – As Ohio corn growers struggle with moldy grain in storage and ... choices may be, the weather may ultimately decide the season, said Pierce Paul, an Ohio State University ... Extension plant pathologist with the Ohio Agricultural Research and Development Center. "If all you ...
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Droughts Have Few Financial Impacts on Farmers
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/droughts-have-few-financial-impacts-farmers
September 11, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio- A drought may make a growing season seem pretty ugly for ... Ohio State University agricultural economist. "The conventional wisdom is that droughts are bad ... said. Ohio livestock producers are being affected more than the average U.S. livestock producer because ...
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Compost Helps Control Turfgrass Fungus
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/compost-helps-control-turfgrass-fungus
April 2, 2002 COLUMBUS, Ohio-- Incorporating compost into soils when lawns are seeded reduces the ... severity of leaf rust, a fungal disease that attacks perennial ryegrass. Ohio State University plant ... Ohio. Leaf rust, caused by a pathogen of the Puccinia species, is recognized by a yellowing of turf ...
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Avoiding Fatigue Can Prevent Injuries on the Farm
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/avoiding-fatigue-can-prevent-injuries-farm
April 26, 2010 COLUMBUS, Ohio –There are a number of factors that determine the length of farm ... fatigue aside to get the job done. But that's when injuries can sneak in, says Kent McGuire, an Ohio ... State University Extension ag safety educator and Ohio AgrAbility Program coordinator. "Non-stop ...
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Drift Retardant Chemicals Serve Their Purpose
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/drift-retardant-chemicals-serve-their-purpose
June 17, 2004 COLUMBUS, Ohio — Drift retardant chemicals may be an option to help reduce spray ... drift on field crops, but their effectiveness continues to be questioned. An Ohio State University ... Ohio State agricultural engineers, examined the effects of drift retardant chemicals on spray pattern, ...