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OSU South Centers Program Helps Boost Rural Development
care services. The program operates solely through grants and funding from Ohio State University ... from the U.S. Department of Agriculture Rural Development to continue its efforts. "We've ... out-migration from rural Ohio communities-- in short, to ensure the region as an asset to Ohio's overall ...
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Learn to Convert On-Farm Resources into Renewable Energy at Farm Science Review
upwards of 140,000 visitors from all over the country and Canada, who come for three days to peruse 4,000 ... product lines from 600 commercial exhibitors, and learn the latest in agricultural research, conservation, ... purchased from county offices of OSU Extension or participating agribusinesses. Children 5 and younger are ...
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Look to Soil Tests, Not Yields When Making Fertilizer Applications
November 3, 2009 WOOSTER, Ohio – Crop producers may have shied away from making phosphorus or ... predict it. "Fertilizer prices have dropped dramatically since last year, from $1,200 a ton to under ... $400 a ton for phosphorus and from $1,000 a ton to about half that now for potassium. For those farmers ...
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Ohio Wheat Greening Up and It Looks Promising
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/ohio-wheat-greening-and-it-looks-promising
soybean harvest prevented growers from planting wheat in a timely manner. In some cases, not all of the ... swollen area about an inch or so from the base of the stem. "Since all tillers will not reach the ... same growth stage at the same time, pull tillers from multiple areas of the field and look for the node ...
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Keep an Eye on Pest Pressures on Field Crops
https://news-archive.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news-release/keep-eye-pest-pressures-field-crops
Reports from neighboring states indicate the true armyworm moth is now taking flight, but the good news is ... "The concern will then turn from damage to re-growth," said Hammond. • Slugs – As corn and ... early season feeding from bean leaf beetle. "As we get into May and the plants emerge, we could see ...
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Chow Line: Grapes have bunches of benefits (for 9/30/07)
risk of blood clots from forming, and protect our arteries from the damaging effects of LDL (the ... Resveratrol, at least in the lab, appears to directly protect the heart from such reactions. Scientists are ...
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Chow Line: Drinking water may help shed pounds (for 12/21/08)
greater weight loss, regardless of other factors. The study examined data from 173 overweight women ages ... of the journal Obesity Research, examined data from 4,755 people who took part in the National Health ... and Nutrition Examination Survey from 1999 to 2001. Researchers found that people who reported ...
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Ohio Farm Custom Rates 2012
https://aede.osu.edu/about-us/publications/ohio-farm-custom-rates-2012
simply “custom work”. A “custom rate” is the amount agreed upon by both parties to be paid from the ...
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Higher Fuel Prices To Impact Some Farmers More Than Others
grain farmers will most likely benefit from high commodity prices despite rising fuel expenses, livestock ... lock down prices when they were lower,” she pointed out. The situation, however, is far from a perfect ...
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Wheat Disease Management Reaches Critical Stage; Spray Timing Key
and to be prepared to apply a fungicide to prevent these diseases from spreading and reaching the flag ... armyworm, word from Kentucky suggests that they perhaps will not be that high, and an insecticide spray ...