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Choosing a milkweed species for your garden
https://butler.osu.edu/news/choosing-milkweed-species-your-garden
You have no doubt seen or heard about the declining monarch butterfly population. Home gardeners are encouraged to plant milkweed to provide the host plant for the monarch caterpillars. There are 13 varieties of milkweed native to Ohio, but three of these ...
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From Wet Weather to Dry Weather…
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-27/wet-weather-dry-weather%E2%80%A6
Most areas in Ohio experienced above average rainfall during soybean vegetative stages. With wet weather, soybeans tend to have reduced tap root growth and increased lateral root growth near the soil surface(photo example). This is a problem when the we ...
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Sorting through Residual Soybean Herbicide options
There are a bunch of residual herbicide premixes available now for use in soybeans. Most of these are listed in the 2015 edition of the Weed Control Guide, but it seems like there’s always one or two that we don’t know about. Many new premixes are essen ...
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Astabula County Survey
Please VOTE below!! For more information or to review the nominations, please call the Extension Office at 440-576-9008. 2015 Ashtabula County Outstanding 4-H Advisor Award Brian Edelman Annette Millard The Ashtabula County 4-H Outstanding Advisor Award i ...
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Editor's Note
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-25/editors-note
In last week’s article: “Pricing Corn Silage Update” the step 4 the sentence should have read “based on current market values…”, instead of “based on nutrient values…” ...
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Soybean Aphids and Western Bean Cutworm Updates
Two insects that growers may be on the lookout for are soybean aphid and western bean cutworm. The recent rain events may have also carried with them early season soybean aphid migrants that are possibly now in soybean fields. The forecast for this week ...
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Rating Fusarium Damaged Kernels (FDK) in Scabby Wheat
1. Wait at least a week or so after harvest (grain should be allowed to dry in the greenhouse). 2. Mix the grain in the bag as light (i.e. damaged) grain will settle on top (use a gloved hand to stir) 3. Scoop a subsample into a 60 x 15mm petri dish (or s ...
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1st Annual Meat Judging Coaches Clinic
https://ohio4h.org/events/1st-annual-meat-judging-coaches-clinic
Please join Dr. Lyda Garcia, Assistant Professor, Meat Science, to learn about meat judging opportunities. Dr. Garcia would be thrilled to work with 4-H professionals and volunteers interested in all aspects of meat science. Please click HERE for the fly ...
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Important Tips to Make Next Year’s Garden a Success
https://butler.osu.edu/news/important-tips-make-next-year%E2%80%99s-garden-success
Have you begun the process of planning your 2016 vegetable garden? I can hear the chuckling, if not outright laughter, at the thought of doing so now while 2015 gardens are still in full swing. Although December and January are when seed catalogs arrive ...
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NEW! Soybean and Small Grain Website (stepupsoy.osu.edu)
The soybean and small grain production lab has gone digital. For information on research results, news, and upcoming events in the soybean and small grain lab visit stepupsoy.osu.edu. You’ll also see the faces of technicians, graduate students, and unde ...