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Cover Crops Offer Options
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/cover-crops-offer-options
soil health. These crops are typically planted in the fall. Rye, barley and wheat will overwinter and ... Benefits include: scavenging excess nutrients that could otherwise be lost to runoff or leaching, aeration ... of compacted soils (forage radishes), spring weed control with overwintering species, and all of them ...
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Establishing New Forage Stands
https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-22-issue-2/establishing-new-forage-stands
(https://forages.osu.edu/forage-management/soil-fertility-forages). Forages are more productive where soil pH is above 6.0, but for alfalfa it should be 6.5 to 6.8. Soil ... forage establishment in the spring. Make sure soil pH and fertility are in the recommended ranges. Follow ... the Tri-State Soil Fertility Recommendations ...
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COVID-19 Updates
pesticide and fertilizer deadlines be extended? I have not received my new pesticide/fertilizer applicator ... are still remotely serving the counties. “While our physical offices will be closed, we are committed ... to continuing to conduct our work as fully as possible,” said Jackie Kirby Wilkins, interim director ...
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Winter Wheat Stand Assessment and Fertilization
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/winter-wheat-stand-assessment-and-fertilization
a spring top-dress fertilizer on wheat. Specifically, the research has been done with liquid manure. The ... temperature. Typically, winter wheat is said to break dormancy once soil temperature has warmed to 39 F or ... potential for weed issues. Once the grower has decided to keep a wheat stand, the next management decision ...
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How to Get Ready for Spring Planting Now
weather outlook for our spring planting season is not encouraging, as it is expected to be wetter than ... normal again, although hopefully not as bad as 2019. The purpose of this article is to stimulate our ... tanks of all tractors that will be used. Service all tractors. Get any needed fertilizer on hand or ...
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Update to the OARDC Feed Energy Equation
been made since then, but our lab is in the process of making a major update to the equation. Because ... the equation is summative, an equation component for one nutrient can be changed without affecting the ... (Mcal/lb) = 0.015*((NDF-Lignin)*(1-[(Lignin/NDF) 0.667])) where all nutrients are entered as % of DM. Those ...
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Adjusting to the New Normal
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/adjusting-new-normal
silent virus that has changed our world now and forever. I fear we will experience long-term transition ... mindfully enjoy nature as you work. It may also allow us time to really talk with our families to evaluate ... what’s a priority in life. Sometimes we become so busy that our life is controlled by the schedules of ...
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Control Poison Hemlock Now
https://wayne.osu.edu/news/control-poison-hemlock-now
heaving are wet, saturated clay soils with high shrink/swell potential, exposed to rapid freeze/thaw ... cycles. During these conditions plants can be physically lifted (heaved) out of the soil exposing the ... In severe cases the plant can be heaved several inches or more out of the soil, breaking the taproot ...
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Milk Prices, Costs of Nutrients, Margins and Comparison of Feedstuffs Prices
April Frye White, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State ... Nutrient prices As in previous issues, feed ingredients commonly used in Ohio were analyzed using the ... can be used to appraise important nutrients in dairy rations, estimate break-even prices of ...
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Effects of Dietary Protein Level in Dry Cows and Heifers on Milk Production
Alex Tebbe, Graduate Research Associate, Department of Animal Sciences, The Ohio State University ... production in early lactation. The researchers collected over 125 treatment means from published journal ... confirmed the NRC (2001) recommendations that heifers require more MP than cows. If management conditions ...