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How Climate Affects Corn Production
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4407
less dissolved oxygen. Cool weather, on the other hand, may allow plants to live for more than a week ... rainfall can also cause nitrate leaching. For crop moisture to be adequate, available soil moisture must ... Temperature Corn can survive brief exposures to adverse temperatures―low-end adverse temperatures ...
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Corn Growth and Development
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4409
inappropriate cultural practices. A helpful resource with information for diagnosing problems related to pests ... tasselcompletely extended. A single plant can release ½ million or more pollen grains per day; silks receptive to pollen for about 10 days. R2 Blister 266 1686 Occurs 10-14 ... of Planting Days to Maturity Rating System Seeding Depth Growing Degree Day (GDD) Maturity Rating ...
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Variety Selection
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4450
performed best at a test site that is similar to the field for which a variety is being selected, or select ... and environment to be used rather than on their yield record alone. For example, if excessive growth ... Maturity information should be used to select varieties that mature at different times to allow for timely ...
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Grain Quality
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4417
may use this information to reduce feed costs and optimize diets. Hybrid genetics significantly affect ... the protein and oil content of corn grain. For feed, protein content is of primary interest, whereas ... for processing uses, oil content is of interest. Corn grain is typically 8 percent protein and 3.6 ...
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Saving the copperbelly water snake
https://senr.osu.edu/news/saving-copperbelly-water-snake
copperbelly water snake and how biologists and others are working to save the water snake in the Guardian. ...
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SENR Announcements, Jan. 19
https://senr.osu.edu/email/senr-announcements-jan-19
like to submit content for Announcements, please send to the following email: FAES-SENRComm@osu.edu ... resource professionals is planned for March 15 focused on what it takes to turn a woods into a functioning ... college students: We invite you to apply for a $1,000 WMAO Scholarship through the Columbus Foundation. ...
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Late Planting
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4336
for the first half of June are about 200,000 to 225,000 seeds per acre. For the last half of June, ... spacing on the yield for soybeans planted in May can be seen in Figure 5-3. Soybeans planted in 7.5- to ... Late planting reduces the cultural practice options for row spacing, seeding rate, and variety ...
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Replanting
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4338
a field are lost, it is realistic to replant if adequate growing season remains for the crop to mature. ... throughout the field, a stand count should be taken to determine the number of plants remaining. For dark ... recommended seeding rate for the date on which the interseeding could take place, plus about 10 percent to ...
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Planting Date
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4335
Herbicide programs must provide weed control for a longer time until the crop is large enough to suppress ... Yield loss resulting from delayed planting ranges from 1/4 bushel to more than 1 bushel per acre per ... soil temperatures reach 50 degrees Fahrenheit and moisture is present at the planting depth of 1 to 1.5 ...
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Tillage
https://agcrops.osu.edu/node/4327
a prelude to land leveling, rock removal, and for the incorporation of soil amendments such as lime or very ... operations. The cost to perform various tillage operations and the yield increases needed to pay for those ... (bu/ac) required to pay for tillage** ($/ac) Corn Soybean Wheat Chisel Plow 17.80 4.7 2.0 3.9 ...