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Watters named International Certified Crop Adviser of the Year
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/watters-named-international-certified-crop-adviser-year
the Crop Observation and Recommendation Network (CORN) newsletter and is a regular OCJ contributor ... Watters has influence on Ohio agronomic crop production education as co-coordinator of this 80 ... through his monthly CORN to go… page. Watters also serves as an informal mentor to new team members and ...
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Inversion & Drift Mitigation Workshop
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herbicides in corn and soybeans. On Dec. 14, join a discussion about recognizing inversions and ways to ... Recognizing weather conditions that could cause inversions is important when using certain ... Inversions and Weather Conditions: How to recognize an inversion and weather conditions that affect spray ...
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New & Small Farm College: Vinton County
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/new-small-farm-college-vinton-county
how to make the most of a few acres? If so, this eight-week course is just for you! Filled with ... 31935 State Route 93, McArthur, OH 45651 CLASS DATES: Tuesdays Jan. 15 – March 5, 2019 Inclement ... weather makeup date: March 12 CLASS TIMES: Light dinner at 6 p.m. Classes are from 6:30 – 9 p.m. CFAES ...
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Extensive Spread of Corn Toxin Could Affect 2019 Crop
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/extensive-spread-corn-toxin-could-affect-2019-crop
corn in at least a decade, according to a grain disease expert with The Ohio State University. And next ... particularly if stalks or other plant material from the 2018 corn crop are left on the surface of the soil, ... said Pierce Paul, an Ohio State University Extension specialist in corn and small grain diseases. OSU ...
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When Weed Killers Miss Their Mark
https://agnr.osu.edu/news/when-weed-killers-miss-their-mark
herbicides that drift from their intended target. “Would a farmer do this to a field? Absolutely not,” said ... shriveling beige stalks. This was not a farmer’s bad luck. Instead the field was intentionally sprayed with ... “The purpose is to share what can happen when things don’t go as planned.” For farmers, weeds are more ...
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Farmers need to gear up for more rain
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fell in Brookville, just east of Dayton. “The question is, what do we do with it? How do we steward ... COLUMBUS, Ohio—Weather extremes like those during 2018, much more rain, and heavier downpours are ... across the Midwest, with the coldest temperature in the year now up 3 degrees from what it was in the ...
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Warring with Weeds
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COLUMBUS, Ohio—They can sprout up anywhere in a field and they increasingly do: weeds, ... herbicides that, years earlier, killed them. In Ohio, the worst two weeds in the pigweed family are Palmer ... a resistance to three types of weed killers, Loux said. Farther west in the Corn Belt, some populations of ...
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New Pesticide Applicator Training
https://agnr.osu.edu/events/new-pesticide-applicator-training-0
fee. Signing up for this class will not deliver you study materials. On-site registration accepts ... weeks following the class. There is a $30 fee for any returned checks. Registration and check in ... around 3:30 p.m. You will choose what exams you would like to take during the check-in process at the ...
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Helping farmers know their bottom line
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Ohio State were created. This week, Ohio Agriculture Week, March 10–16, which corresponds with National ... Most farmers do cash-based recordkeeping, tracking money coming in and going out, so they might not ... production business wasn’t doing well. At first, they changed what they fed the cows to produce milk that was ...
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Ohio State University Extension Small Farm Program announces the 2020 Ohio New and Small Farm Colleges
Are you a small farm landowner wondering what to do with your acreage? Are you interested in ... exploring options for land uses but not sure where to turn or how to begin? Have you considered adding an ... agricultural or horticultural enterprise but you just aren’t sure what is required, from an equipment, labor, ...