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  1. Rising Nitrogen Prices and Implications for Corn Fertility Decisions

    https://waterqualityextension.osu.edu/news/rising-nitrogen-prices-and-implications-corn-fertility-decisions

    calculator reflect current market prices for both the selected nitrogen fertilizer and corn. In each ... Farmer – DTN, are $674/ton for urea and $464/ton for 28% UAN. Traditionally the Ohio Quarterly Fertilizer ... is up 15-20%. The national average retail price for nitrogen products, as reported by Progressive ...

  2. Rising Nitrogen Prices and Implications for Corn Fertility Decisions

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2026-06/rising-nitrogen-prices-and-implications-corn-fertility-decisions

    calculator reflect current market prices for both the selected nitrogen fertilizer and corn. Figure 1: At ... Farmer – DTN, are $674/ton for urea and $464/ton for 28% UAN. Traditionally the Ohio Quarterly Fertilizer ... In the second scenario, shown in Figure 2, corn price remains constant at $4.50/bu, while 28% UAN ...

  3. Farmers Can Use Nitrogen-Rate Calculator For Application Rates

    https://wayne.osu.edu/news/farmers-can-use-nitrogen-rate-calculator-application-rates

    years and has consistently shown that, on average, an Ohio corn crop needs approximately 150 units of ... average price of nitrogen fertilizer has increased by 20 to 25% in our retail market.  If you purchased ... more for top dressing small grains, or side dressing corn later in the season, the price increase may ...

  4. Alfalfa Weevils Are Active Earlier than Usual this Spring

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2026-08/alfalfa-weevils-are-active-earlier-usual-spring

    ability to cause damage. Alfalfa weevil are one of the two main insect pests for alfalfa in Ohio and do ... (Figure 1). Figure 1. Map of accumulated growing degree days (base 48°F sine calculation method) for ... scouting is an easy process, and all you need is a bucket and a measuring tape. The first step is to assess ...

  5. Dairy Dollars: Feed Prices, Nutrient Costs, and Milk Income

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-2/dairy-dollars-feed-prices-nutrient-costs-and-milk

    Economic Value of Feeds Figure 2 displays the costs for the 21 reported commodities in Ohio. These results ... appraisal set, shown in Table 1, predicts the prices for commodities that did not have a current local ... 3. Prices of milk and milk components, sourced from the Federal Marketing Order 33, for Ohio dairy ...

  6. Side-dressing Corn with Liquid Manure Using a Tanker

    https://ohioline.osu.edu/factsheet/anr-0211

    was to determine if manure could replace commercial fertilizer as a side-dress nitrogen source in ... wheels widened for use in the corn field. In addition to the expense of modifying the manure tanker to ... Specialist, Agronomic Systems, Ohio State University Extension Nitrogen is a critical nutrient for corn ...

  7. Winter Annual Cereal Grain Forage Spring Management

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-2/winter-annual-cereal-grain-forage-spring-management

    lb./acre. For a stand that received no fall nitrogen, an early application as soon as the crop turns green ... 2024 and 90 lb/acre in 2025. As acid rain continues to decline, sulfur applications may someday ... yield when 60 lb./acre or less of fall nitrogen was applied. In 2024 (Figure 1), the yield was maximized ...

  8. Planning Your Spring Vegetable Garden

    https://madison.osu.edu/news/planning-your-spring-vegetable-garden

    ready for harvest. Examples: lettuce and cabbage planted alternately in the same row; radishes seeded ... another vegetable right after the initial planting matures. For example, early sweet corn can be followed ... two vegetables in the same area at the same time. One crop matures and is removed before the second is ...

  9. Spring Management Reminders for Maximizing Nutritive Value of Ryelage

    https://dairy.osu.edu/newsletter/buckeye-dairy-news/volume-28-issue-2/spring-management-reminders-maximizing-nutritive

    help retain nutritive value for ryelage that gets cut late. In late 2024, we initiated a rye ... impact your summer crop. In this study, soybean yield was measured across the rye forage treatments, as ... can be seen in Figure 4. Figure 4. Soybean plants growing through unharvested rye cover crop (left) ...

  10. Weed Management and Other Considerations for Alfalfa Spring Plantings

    https://agcrops.osu.edu/newsletter/corn-newsletter/2026-07/weed-management-and-other-considerations-alfalfa-spring-plantings

    you live in far northeast Ohio or northern PA. Soil temperature can play an important role in planning ... soils a bit longer to reach this stage. Many of the herbicides available for post application in new ... Visit Weed Response to Herbicides in Alfalfa for more detailed spectrum of control and crop tolerance ...

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