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'We are continuing to look for best management practices' to improve water quality
With harmful algal blooms forecast to have increased this summer in western Lake Erie, experts with CFAES are continuing to work with farmers statewide to offer steps that agriculture can take to lessen the potential for runoff from farmlands. Farmers ar ...
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OARDC scientists working to fight new deadly U.S. swine disease
Food animal health researchers with CFAES are looking for a unique way to test for and trace the spread of porcine epidemic diarrhea virus (PEDV), a disease of swine that was found for the first time in the U.S. in April and that has impacted hundreds o ...
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How do you spell Clean Marinas?
https://students.cfaes.ohio-state.edu/news/how-do-you-spell-clean-marinas
Summer is winding down, but boaters around Ohio can still take advantage of scenic Lake Erie views and beautiful sunshine for a little while longer. Of course, enjoying nature along the lakeshore comes with responsibilities-- to the environment, to others ...
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Ohio State, Maryland team up for new sustainability knowledge assessment
Researchers at Ohio State and the University of Maryland (UMD) have developed an assessment to measure sustainability knowledge across its three domains: environmental, economic, and social. The Assessment of Sustainability Knowledge is already helping ...
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Tar Spot: a New Corn Disease in the Midwest
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-32/tar-spot-new-corn-disease-midwest
A few weeks ago, Tar Spot, a new disease of corn caused by the fungus Phyllachora maydis was reported for the first time in the US, first in Indiana and then in Illinois. It was later found as far east as Allen County, IN, bordering Paulding County in n ...
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Application of Manure to Newly Planted Wheat Fields
Several livestock producers have inquired about applying liquid dairy or swine manure to newly planted wheat fields using a drag hose. The thought process is that the fields are firm (dry), there is very little rain in the nearby forecast, and the wheat c ...
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Liming Considerations
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-32/liming-considerations
Fall is an excellent time to test soil pH and determine whether any lime needs to be applied for future crops. Proper soil pH is important for nutrient availability, herbicide activity, and crop development. For most soils, additional lime is not needed e ...
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Fall Herbicide Applications and New Technology
The C.O.R.N. archive has a plethora of previous articles about fall herbicide treatments, including the importance of these for management of marestail. Nothing has really changed that would merit rehashing all of this again – don’t spend a lot of money, ...
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Decisions, Decisions, Decisions— Focus on Variety Selection
Each year things seem to be coming earlier, choices need to be made even before we have this current crop in the grain bin, much less have it sold. Here are a couple of suggestions as you prepare for the 2016 crop. 1. Focus variety selection on the ...
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Yield Monitor Tips for 2015 Harvest
https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2015-29/yield-monitor-tips-2015-harvest
Andrew Klopfenstein, Kaylee Port and Scott Shearer also contributed to this article Wet spring and persistent rain in many areas of Ohio have generated highly variable harvesting conditions for 2015 in both soybeans and corn. There are maturity, height, ...